I have great news: Arturo is taking the NR site down on FRIDAY, APRIL
3rd for at least 24 hours with the possibility of it being a bit longer.
He has determined that the site is in bad need of being rebuilt and he
is tackling this tremendous project.

Is there anyone in the group that has graphic design AND css experience?
If so please let us know as Arturo could very much use your help!

Arturo has determined that we should retain the use of the email
discussion lists but that the online website will be unavailable for "a
period of time." Arturo is very skilled at what he is doing but there
always exists unexpected situations that make it impossible to give the
exact time the site will be back up. Just know that Arturo will be doing
his best and he is confident that we should have "near" full
functionality within 24 hours after he takes the site down on FRIDAY
APRIL 3rd.

Another matter that needs your immediate attention is the Albums area of
the group. Arturo thinks there is the possibility that the information
in the Albums area might be "unrecoverable". This is not a big problem
because the various individuals who have put their pictures and other
scans there should visit, refresh their memories as to what they have
uploaded, and later be ready to re-upload any material they feel is
important to have in the albums area. I think this will give us an
opportunity to "clean up" the albums area and as individuals determine
what is best to re-upload. PLEASE NOTE WHAT FOLDERS YOUR PICTURES ARE IN
SO YOU CAN UPLOAD LATER TO THE SAME FOLDERS. Everyone in the group that
has material in the Albums Area has a week to accomplish the task of
visiting the Albums Area of the group before the site goes offline.
Please visit this area ASAP, thanks.

I think the NR membership should think long and hard of a special way to
express our thanks for the hard work that Arturo has put into initially
building the New Nuestros Ranchos site and now taking on the massive
amount of work needed to rebuild and install more secure and new
functionality to an already great website. If there are members of the
group that would like to join me in expressing thanks to Arturo please
CONTACT ME OFF OF THE LIST AT joseph@nuestrosranchos.org (Do not send
email to the list please).

joseph

ps: I'm asking one of the Spanish Translation Volunteers to translate
the above message.

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Joseph Puentes
NoMeat@h2opodcast.com
http://h2opodcast.com/vsse.html (Vegan Environmental Solutions Podcast)
http://h2opodcast.com (Environmental Podcast)
http://h2opodcast.blogspot.com (Blog for above)
http://PleaseListenToYourMom.com (Women's Peace Podcast)
http://NuestraFamiliaUnida.com (Latin American History Podcast)
http://nuestrosranchos.org (Jalisco, Zacatecas, and Aguascalientes
Genealogy)