Online Yearbook Questions

[Sam_I_Am]

WI LO M,
How did it turn out? Did it all work in the end? The way I look at this is that the first year of something new leads to things going wrong and every year from this point forward should yield a better and better experience.

Have a great winter!!
Chris

[DeanRIowa]

I was listing another seed today using the online yearbook and here is a note from SSE:

Friday November 6, 2009

Today is the last day to mail your listings in to us. Listing online has been extended until November 13, 2009.

We have made several updates and bug fixes this week, most of these were based on member feedback.

Thank you for your patience with us through this new endeavor, we would not have been successful without the help and support of the membership.

[WI LO M]

Originally Posted by Sorellina

Ciao all-

Nothing like the last minute eh. Where do I get the password thingie?

"You need to create a username and password. Simply send us an e-mail at membership@seedsavers.org Please be sure to include your membership number and the e-mail address you want to use to identify your online access. We will then send you a temporary pasword that you will be prompted to change the first time you log on."

[WI LO M]

Originally Posted by Sam_I_Am

WI LO M,
How did it turn out? Did it all work in the end? The way I look at this is that the first year of something new leads to things going wrong and every year from this point forward should yield a better and better experience.

Have a great winter!!
Chris

It didn't take long before I realized that this would be a great way to double the thickness of the current Yearbook from 1" to 2" by using up an inch of print per individual listing. Long-winded descriptions often remind me of a used car salesman's pitch when selling a lemon. My listings have usually been no-nonsense. Besides, printed forms only had room for 2 lines of typing. This time, I began adding more comments to each variety before it dawned on me that I wasn't trying to sell cars!

[feldon30]

I think the intention is for each variety to have one good solid "reference" description and then every other lister can just put "me too" kind of thing.

What has happened is all these varieties in the Yearbook the original lister has passed away or simply stopped posting, so the original "reference" is gone. All you have left is the short descriptions from subsequent listers. How many varieties in the Yearbook have no significant background or information? Just "delicious early red tomato". "Large pink beefsteak". That tells me nothing.

[DeanRIowa]

I agree with Feldon, about the original source of a seed. It ought to help, if the past yearbooks going forward are searchable to discover original source.

As an example I was doing some research today for a past SSE member on some items he originally sent/discovered/listed to SSE. I found 5 items that he originally listed, and only one still listed him as the original source, that means there are 4 items with possible incorrect or no source information.

Dean