No, not at all! Another North American is very welcome. --Jean On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 16:13 -0500, Rachel Kartch wrote: > Sorry--I'm also in the US (eastern time zone). Not sure if that disqualifies > me but I'm still willing to help out if needed. > > Rachel > > Sent via my sweet DROID on Verizon Wireless > > -----Original message----- > From: Jean Hollis Weber <jeanwe...@gmail.com> > To: authors@documentation.openoffice.org > Sent: Wed, Nov 10, 2010 20:56:36 GMT+00:00 > Subject: Re: [authors] Needed: Sydadmin for OOoAuthors Plone installation > > On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 19:47 +0000, rachel a kartch wrote: > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Andrew Pitonyak [mailto:and...@pitonyak.org] > > >Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 10:09 AM > > >To: authors@documentation.openoffice.org > > >Subject: Re: [authors] Needed: Sydadmin for OOoAuthors Plone installation > > > > > >On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:37:04 +0100, OOoAuthors_DE <oooauth...@gmx.de> > > >wrote: > > >> Hi Andrew, > > >> Am 08.11.2010 21:01, wrote Andrew Pitonyak: > > >>> > > >>> What tasks are typically required? > > >>> > > >>> - Web site changes ?? (I assume probably not) > > >> Sometimes ;-) But this in only needed if Jean an other Contributors > with > > >> admin rights aren't able to do the changes for what reason ever. > > >>> - Patches as appropriate > > >>> - Future upgrades > > >>> - Install new modules > > >> Your right. That's the main task and this will bring many fun > (problems) > > >> every time. > > >> The Site is created as built-out with the 'egg' mechanism > > >> > > > >http://plone.org/documentation/manual/developer-manual/managing-projects-wit > h-buildout/packages-products-and-eggs > > >>> - New user and permission changes > > >> Only if Jean an other Contributors with admin rights aren't able to do > > >> this. > > >>> I have very rudimentary Plone skills, but have a desire to understand > > >>> more > > >>> about Plone. My preference would be to not work alone if for no other > > >>> reason that it is outside my usual skill set; I am more in-tune with > > >>> development than system administration. > > >> That's the way Andreas and me were stepped in this rule ;-) > > >>> Any idea how much time a week this typically requires? > > >> It depends on the needing tasks. If the site is up to date an running > > >> without problems there is no need to do everything accept sometimes > have > > >> a little look at the > > >> plone site in order to get informed for (security) updates. But if > > >> problems occur like Site-Spamming, or updates it could be a 'full time' > > >> job for some days ;-) > > >>> Andrew Pitonyak > > >> > > >> Kind regards > > >> Marko > > > > > >Off hand, this sounds like something that I can do. I do have a day job > > >that takes precedence (even if the site is down)... I learned long ago > that > > >I should not start a maintenance task that may cause a problem unless I > had > > >time to finish it (system upgrade, etc...) > > > > > >My preference is that another person from OOo Authors also steps up to > > >help. Never good to have only one person that knows what is going on. > > > > > >Andy > > > > I'll volunteer to help out as well. I have no Plone admin skills but do > have a desire to learn; and like Andrew, I have a day job so cannot > guarantee full-time availability for this role. If this is okay then sign > me up! > > > > > > Rachel > > I should learn too, so I can act as the admin of last resort if no one > else is available. I know about a few standard admin things (as do most > of the other people with standard admin privileges) but not the *system > admin* stuff that lets you really bugger up the website if you're not > careful (and therefore, AFAIK, requires even more site privileges than I > have). > > Ideally we would have someone in each of 3 major parts of the world, to > cover when the others are asleep or at work as well as general > unavailability. I'm in Australia, Andrew is somewhere in the USA, and > Rachel -- where are you? Having someone in Europe/UK would be ideal. > > --Jean
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