Changing our community's internet presence for the better

[Guest guest]

Dear Raw Seattle/Raw Washington Community,

 

At Jeff Rogers' request and after discussions between Jeff, Monika

Kinsman, Orion Bard, Christian Blackburn (creator of the

RawSeattle.org website), Raw Network of Washington board members, and

myself (Eric Farris), we have come to an agreement that we feel will

optimize our web presence, the dissemination of information, and our

ability to reach people not only in the greater Seattle area or even

the whole Northwest, but the World-Wide Web.

 

With the advent of The Raw Network of Washington, the

.org web site has been providing the level of service

that RawSeattle.org has provided over the years, and then some. All

administrators of RawSeattle.org, past and present, have unanimously

agreed that our community is served best by migrating all function

and content of RawSeattle.org over to .org for the

following reasons:

 

1. More agreeable " first impression " . RawSeattle.org's current

appearance and technology are out of date, whereas .org

has much more appeal, in line with the image we wish to present.

 

2. No need to duplicate effort. The content that requires the most

maintenance on RawSeattle.org has been the details on upcoming

events. .org provides this same information, not only

for the greater Seattle area, but all of Washington state (to the

extent that community users inform the .org

administrators).

 

3. More inclusive. There is a bigger local community than just the

greater Seattle area. Great thinking on Monika's part to have

included all of Washington state in her planning! Everything that

Seattle area folks would want or look for, can be found on

.org. Even better, Washington users outside the Seattle

area can get information pertaining to them too now.

 

4. While Raw Seattle was an unofficial " community " , the Raw Network

of Washington is an official non-profit, which has the potential to

open up more doors for our community.

 

What will this look like? Anyone searching the internet using key

words such as `raw foods', `Seattle', and so on, will still find us.

RawSeattle.org will still exist as a domain name. However, from now

on, it redirects to .org. In addition, all the same

content which RawSeattle.org has provided—links, photos, a few

recipes, event details, etc.—will all still be available, on

.org.

 

For much the same reasons as above, the moderators of the Raw Seattle

have decided to change the name, and consequently the

URL, to Raw Washington. Otherwise, all functionality and content

will remain the same.

 

You will be notified when the change occurs and you will

automatically be a member of the new group. The notification will

give you details of the exact name, URL, email, etc. Archives of

RawSeattle at , should remain available at the new

site. When you receive the notification, please change your address

book and bookmarks to reflect the new email address and URL.

 

As the moderators and administrators of these internet sites and

services, we discussed the ramifications and implications of the

changes, and came to the agreements we present here as the best

working solution that we believe will lead to the most convenience

and satisfaction overall. Attempting unanimous agreement among all

member/users did not make sense to us; it just isn't practical or

even necessary. We will continue to provide the best service to the

community so that everyone is as happy as possible with our new

internet presence.

 

We are glad to be working closely with Monika to provide the best

possible exposure and support for all of us in the raw food community

in the Seattle area and throughout the state.

 

Thank you for your support of this community and for this exciting

transition!

Administrators, Raw Seattle , RawSeattle.org, and

.org