User:Statprof/BlogEntry: 2007 March 13 06:48:28 EDT
From sasCommunity
In an effort to begin to build content, we have opened up the site to a larger group of participants. These include about 15-20 additional individuals who were nominated by the SAS-L folks that we had previously engaged in the process as well as the section chairs for SAS Global Forum 2007.
The content of that email was:
The SAS Global Users Executive Board is developing a new web presence for users of the SAS software, worldwide. It is our intent for this to be the primary site that SAS users will turn to for information from other users. Your name has been suggested as someone who would be willing to preview the site and contribute content to the site prior to it being made publicly available. I am happy you extend this invitation to you. Please do not disclose this information to others until we have made more progress in adding content to the site and have announced it publicly.
You are invited to visit the sasCommunity.org site. Note that this site is being actively utilized for development and thus the system can be brought down or made nonfunctional at any time without warning. This site has been built using open source components by a team from the IT staff at SAS.
To visit the site you should go to http://www.sasCommunity.org and you will be prompted for a userid/password to access the site. Once announced, it will not have this initial access constraint. The userid to use is xxxxx and the password is xxxxxxx
At this point you will be directed to the Main page – note that this is not the layout of the front page that is envisioned, it is just a placeholder where we can collaborate on the content to be included at the time of the kickoff of the site in Orlando.
To be able to contribute content you will need to log into the site. There is a link at the top left of the page which will allow you to create an account. As part of the registration process you will need to confirm your email address.
Please feel free to experiment and to contribute your ideas about the developing site. Leave your comments on the site. Please come back often as we expect the content to be growing rapidly during the next several weeks.
You also are free to create your own home page or blog. You may want to read some of my more recent posts on my blog at http://www.sascommunity.org/wiki/Special:ListSubBlogs/User:Statprof.
Feel free to email me or don if you have questions. If you know of others who you feel would be willing to work on the site over the next month, please email me their names.
-phil
