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About Us ...
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The ClassWorld Story
In mid-2000, ClassWorld founder Chip Chapin volunteered to
create a web site for his high school graduating class that
would promote their 30-year reunion in 2001. The initial format
was simple, and consisted primarily of pages scanned from
the yearbook.
The site soon sprouted new features, such a list of "missing"
classmates with a form for sending in contact information,
a list of classmates' email addresses, and an "Honor
Roll" of the deceased. An email discussion list was created.
In due course there was a page of information about the reunion,
and finally an on-line registration and payment form.
Response to the web site and email list was fantastic. Not
only was there a big improvement in attendance at the reunion,
but attendees were already primed to see the old friends and
classmates with whom they'd been exchanging email. Many who
could not attend were still able to participate through email
and posted photographs.
It seemed clear that just about any reunion could benefit
from effective use of the Internet.
After developing and maintaining the web site for a year,
Chip had a long list of ideas in mind for how to "do
it right". The San Dieguito High School 30-year reunion
took place in August 2001, and the enthusiastic words of his
classmates convinced Chip that this was something the whole
world needed. He immediately got busy with a total rewrite
of the Mustangs71
class web site, incorporating the basic ideas that became
ClassBase. Within a few weeks he had implemented all
of the most important improvements, including
- The introduction of a member login capability for privacy
and security
- Aunified server-side database to store all the classmate
information
- Synchronization with Reunion
Planner, a popular PC software product written by another
classmate, James Jack.
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