I am working on confirming the renewal price. Another thought is to setup a GoFundMe (or one of the crowdfunding payment options) to let the ARSlist community vote with their dollars and see if the List lives on (at least in its traditional format/technology).
Jason On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 4:54 AM, Fawver, Dustin <faw...@mail.etsu.edu> wrote: > ** > > I remember that there was some back-channel discussion in the past that > resulted in the setup that is currently running. Would you be willing to > divulge what it would take for option 3? > > > Thanks! > > Dustin Fawver > Sr. Help Desk Technician > Information Technology Services > > P: 423-439-4648 <(423)%20439-4648> > itsh...@etsu.edu > [image: 1489002992830_itslogo.png] > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) < > arslist@ARSLIST.ORG> on behalf of Jason Miller <jason.mil...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 27, 2017 1:46 AM > *To:* arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] ADM: ARSlist Future 2017 > > > ** > Hello everybody, > > It is time again to make some decisions regarding the future of the > ARSlist. Our LISTSERV (the software ARSlist runs on) license expires in a > little over 30 days. Dan, Misi and myself have been discussing where to go > from here. We agree with the current (low) volume of posts that (Dan) > continuing to pay for the ARSlist platform does not make much sense. > Clearly the ARSlist is not providing the value it one was (when it was the > only place to discuss Remedy topics). > > The options for the future at this time appear to be: > > - Move the ARSlist to a free mailing list platform. * > - Say goodbye to the ARSlist and shut it down all together. > - Money will come from somewhere to pay the license fee and the > ARSlist lives on for at least another year. > > There is a contingency with the first option. Assuming the platform the > List moves to is not a hosted system in the cloud, Misi, who has > been graciously hosting ARSlist LISTSERV on his server for the last year, > will not be able to make a software switch until after the T3SMAC > conference <http://tooltechtrain.com/> in November. If we give Misi a few > days to hangout in Vegas after the conference, get home, and setup a new > mail list system, we are looking at possibly a few week outage of the > ARSlist while things transition. If we find a platform that is hosted and > doesn't require shell access to Misi's server then I can work on the > transition before the conference. > > If anybody see additional options please let me know. Also I am open to > honest feedback. At heart I know none of us want to see the ARSlist go, it > has been here for us for many years. Shutting it down is not something to > be taken lightly. However being practical, do we reject the idea of > shutting down the List based on our feelings and not so much the value it > is providing in 2017? Since this post is really a continuation of a > conversation that started over a year ago, I wonder if maybe the time has > actually come to retire the ARSlist? > > Thank you, > Jason > > > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
