[FM] (no subject)

[Dean Anderson]

I think you got the wrong impression. Pat Montieth has known about this
change since October of 99.   Pat has previewed these pages several times
before they went into production. (and in early stages of development)
We've made several changes based on WUMB's input over past several months.

The times on the boxes are exactly what we specified and agreed to with
WUMB.  One of the changes that we made for WUMB was on the pop up times.

		--Dean

>>From grady.moates@umb.edu  Tue Nov 30 08:27:24 1999
>Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 08:31:46 -0500
>From: "Grady Moates" <grady.moates@umb.edu>
>To: Dean Anderson <dean@av8.com>
>Subject: Re: Demo of new pages
>References: <3.0.32.19991130055113.0175637c@odie.av8.com>
>
>Hi, Dean,
>
>   I signed up this AM (last night was a little hectic, had work
>to do 'til 2 AM).
>
>  These comments are *not* meant as criticism, just info for you
>as you debug the system:
>
>   1)  The "still listening?" box does not appear to let
>       me click the "OK" button (it does not appear to
>       depress, and the box doesn't go away unless I "X"
>       it out).
>
>   2)  The "still listening" box appeared in the extreme upper
>       left-hand corner of the screen, and I didn't even see it
>       for nearly minute.  Maybe if there's no response after a
>       couple of minutes we can send another box in a more
>       noticeable position, or make the first box more garish
>       so it'll get seen quickly.
>
>   3)  We really need to minimize the info we "require"
>       to put them on the free system.  Some of our listeners
>       are the kind of folks that guard the perimeter of their
>       land with guns (c; and a lot more of them wish they
>       could   ((cc;;   .  Also, it must be clear to the
>       people signing up that they are providing info to
>       BostonDial.com.  WUMB has a policy that nothing we
>       are told about a person is shared with any outside
>       entity.  This is especially important now that the
>       big fiasco about WGBH and WBUR sharing their lists with
>       political parties has hit the media.  Some simple
>       explanation of why the info is needed and how it'll be
>       used (and, more importantly, how it *will not* be
>       used) is gonna be necessary.  For instance, we need
>       to promise folks that we will not be providing their
>       info to any of the advertisers we shove at them.
>       There's a lot of fear about that kind of thing, and
>       it needs to be allayed at the beginning.
>
>   4)  I've been listening now for probably 10 minutes and the
>       'are you listening' box hasn't come back.
>
>   P. S.:  The reason that I showed the preliminary stuff to
>Pat was in your best interest.  I didn't want you to put too
>much work into this without making sure that we weren't pushing
>it "WAY PAST" some point she has a serious objection to.  Just
>trying to minimize wasted work.  I respect your time, and try not
>to waste any of it.
>
>Grady
>
>



>I spoke to Pat Monteith, general manager of WUMB, last night.  The service
>with the company providing the on-line capability has been terminated
>immediately.  They did not have permission to require passwords or personal
>information.  The pop-up box to see if people were still listening wasn't
>supposed to appear until someone was listening for two hours.
>A contract with a new service was signed yesterday.  The service should be
>up and running in five weeks.
>
>Jack Murray
>
>
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