patworks 5 #1 September 10, 2016 The Skydiving Museum, Curatorial and Collections' eMuseum QuoteVISION: SMHoF WIKI will come to be THE credible resource for information on the history and development of parachuting and skydiving.” THE SM SKYDIVING ENCYCLOPEDIA IS A REFERENCE WORK HOLDING A COMPREHENSIVE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION ENCOMPASSING THE SKYDIVING/PARACHUTING BRANCH OF KNOWLEDGE. July Status Report • The SMHoF WIKI Encyclopedia is a World top-100-site in size. At our 150 GB of Topic WIKI Entries, the SMHoF WIKI is in the top 99% of all similar sites. • WIKI going viral: Jumping from 15,000 Hits per month to 100,000 + hits per month over 1.4 years. We expect to reach over one-million WIKI hits by year-end. • On-Line Issues of SKYDIVING MAGAZINE -- (Unbudgeted item). When loaded, every issue published from June 1979 to January 2009 (330 issues) will be online in the WIKI.” 3. Sue Clifton is donating her time to help OCR-scan the 97 missing Issues of SKYDIVING MAGAZINE. Mary, Swovelin’s and Pat have OCR Scanned the rest. 4. Editorial Oversight -- Jan’s Editorial Oversight/Review is scrubbing the Topics for accuracy and correctness. Collections and Curatorial Committee Roster • Pat Works, Curator • Mary Todd, Webmaster, Programming, Analysis and Operations/Maintenance • Jan Works, Editorial Oversight, Reality Checker • Cheryl Whitford, Advisor • Kim Knor, Advisor, POSP Lead • Brian Giboney, Author, Freelance Contributor, Parachutist Magazine • Mike Horan, Author, Contributor • Robin Heid, Author, Freelance Contributor, Skydiving Magazine http://www.skydiving-encyclopedia.com/Pat Works nee Madden Travis Works, Jr .B1575, C1798, D1813, Star Crest Solo#1, USPA#189, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
patworks 5 #2 September 22, 2016 Addendum to my (July) post to reflect the revised committee structure exactly as per the below which is the latest (Sept) list of committee members and advisors. Collection & Curatorial Committee Sept, 2016 Chair: Sandy Reid Mike Horan Pat Works – Interim Curator Advisors: Michael Kearns Kim Knor Mary Todd Cheryl Whitford Jan Works Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
