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In part, the problem is the result of rapid technology change. People have been exploring the technology and only now are we coming to grips with the long-term implications of building and maintaining websites. Over the next few years, hopefully people will naturally migrate toward sustainable solutions as the issue becomes more well known.

Using standard content management systems (like Drupal) is a huge advantage. Nothing is harder to maintain than some home grown system. And at E-USA we chose very well in selecting Drupal: it has become the most popular system with an extremely large and active user and developer base.

I think the main thing is for people to choose to get involved in on-going projects rather than to try to build their own. We need to take what we have and make it better (and improve its sustainability) rather than to construct something new.

Also, on-going projects should make it easier for people to get involved. I think we've done a fairly good job at E-USA: we have a reasonably large pool of people who are retpagxestroj and editors. And we have a mailing list that is at least semi-active where ideas get floated on how to make the site better. Which isn't to say that we don't have huge needs: many parts of the site are in need of being updated. And I've tried several times to get someone to help improve our taxonomy system: the site would be more usable if we had a clearer taxonomy.

If someone wanted to migrate Don Harlow's content into the E-USA content management system, it would make a nice project and it would make it possible for other people to contribute, improve, and extend the collection of materials.