New additions to the PBA Newsletter/Blog have been posted.  Check it out at http://pbanews.org to see pictures from Shelly's going away party and to hear about former President Bush's visit to RBM.

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Photos and story from the Chick Clique Sunday Ramble have been posted on the PBA Newsletter Blog.

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Many of you have asked and we know that many of you are talking on the side and some of you are just scratching your head about why we took what seemed to be a perfectly good website and messed it up.  We are going through some birthing pains to be sure but while the surface of our website was functional, we had some severe problems under the surface.  The software that we were running was no longer supported and we had some major administration problems dealing with membership and renewals that was causing our all-volunteer organization a lot of headaches.  The store was also not the easiest to administer.

The first thing we had to do was upgrade our platform.  While it seems easy in concept there were a lot of issues to deal with and to be sure they have not all been resolved.  We realize that people are having trouble logging in and that many of the navigation features are not currently working as expected.  The membership features are not yet working as we have planned, although there are explicit temporary work-around links and messages on the home page for both new member subscriptions and renewals.  We recently gathered on a Sunday afternoon to prioritize fixes to the site and are working as fast as possible to get them resolved.

The board recognizes that the website is a primary value to our members, and we apologize for the inconvenience.  The fact is that the club has outgrown the ability to sustain the site through volunteer efforts and going forward we will engage professional support to ensure the site meets our members' expectations.