The history behind this site.  Hello,     I am Gary Hansel. I started as a Tool and Die apprentice at Packard Electric in 1972. I completed my apprenticeship in 1976 and worked in the toolrooms - depts 952, Plant 8 and 552 for 31 years. I retired in 2003.     Before working for Packard, I served 4 years (1967 - 1971) in the U.S. Air Force during the Viet Nam era as a computer programmer. When the high tech toolroom was started in dept 552, I was on the planning committee and became a wire EDM operator - programmer for 10 years before I retired.     Now I design web sites, build computers, troubleshoot and clean customers computers from viruses.     I have been into computers and programming for 42 years and the internet since it was a text only venue.   Why I created the Delphiretirees.com website.    I am a Delphi retiree and want to know as much information about my situation as possible. I found a few Delphi union websites for the different locals and a few retiree sites. None that I found contained up to date information.     The only way to have a site with the ability to instantly post news or messages is by incorporating a bulletin board. Officials or retirees can access a bulletin board 24 hours a day and post messages at any time without having a webmaster accept new content and then add that content to a web site. Posters do not need to know programming or use a special program. One needs only to log into the message board and post  from any computer at any time.           This is a neutral opinion site designed to provide information, not endorsements!   This site, groups and union locals that post to this site do not endorse any posts, opinions or links on this site. Once again this site exists strictly for information dispersement.               The bulletin board is the focal point of delphiretirees.com!   A bulletin board is organized with different forums. With the forum layout, you can quickly read the official posts from the Local unions on read only forums. You can also post to the regular discussion forums, all from one easy to navigate bulletin board.     This will benefit everyone as we will have a one stop web site to browse official announcements from ALL Delphi organizations and exchange information among ourselves.     My goal is to contact every local Delphi union and every Delphi retiree group and invite them to use this site for their information distributing purposes.  This way all retirees will have instant access to the information coming from ALL local unions and retiree groups. This site is not meant to eliminate any other site, but to compliment it with a venue to post information quickly and easily without having to re-do a web site with each new message.   An invitation to ALL Delphi Delphi union locals.    If you would like a forum on this board for your local Delphi union announcements, email me and I will set up a read only forum (readers can read but not post to your forum) for you.       The IUE-CWA Local 717 Retiree Announcements  forum on the board is set up that way and is used by the local 717 officials to post important announcements. You will have complete control over your read only forum with the exclusive ability to add, edit or delete your posts. This will be the quickest and easiest way for you to get your information out to the retirees and union members. You will be able to post announcements at any time from any computer directly to your forum.       This site will give you good exposure. There have been over 5000 visits to the home page in it’s first month on the net. ( sept 13 thru oct 15 ) and over 60,000 hits to the message board.     
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