Technical Library

Looks good Pete - such an awesome resource, especially since we can't bronze Eddie and OM and cc etc. : )
Cheers,
Neil

I know it is hard to break the "Back Room" mentality but did it occur to anyone to discuss and announce the details and it's workings [b]BEFORE[/b] just implementing what is now basically a duplication of posts.

There is no back room.... This was started because of you and now we need to work on the operations of this new tool.
Now we can pull this off line and figure everything out before it is activated or we can work along and make adjustments as we go.
Things do not happen over night but given time we will get there.

I suggest you do just that.
Take it off line and open it with a plan of attack, including open dialogue with forum members as to how the objective should be achieved and what members expectations are on the subject. Then formulate a plan as to how to get it accomplished. Next would be a request for resources to get it done.

In order to get help, request for specific needs should be described. Just getting someone recruited to dump on is not a form of management.

I think that this is great especially because I'm typically on the receiving end of wisdom on the BB : ). We (the forum members including the board) should discuss and experiment with what works, and what is less-than-optimal and be prepared to adjust along the way.
Here are some considerations for what/how to post (by the admins) [and I put these forward for some basic structure but not because we want to make this a total bureaucracy : ]

- introducing a new topic e.g. how to determine that should be listed in the technical library
- possibly structure by topic e.g. Techniques (e.g. how to remove a master pin), Specifications (e.g. rail wear limits), Temporal changes (e.g. the serial # and date at which wet clutches became std in Dx)
- format of postings e.g. a) what it's about, b) which machines it applies to, c) the information d) corrections

Cheers,
Neil.