+1 Sharon Whiston ----- Original Message ----- From: "Preston Bernstein" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, 17 December, 2010 22:28:11 GMT +01:00 Amsterdam / Berlin / Bern / Rome / Stockholm / Vienna Subject: Re: [authors] Proposal to move website & change name
+1 On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Andy Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri Dec 17 2010 13:02:10 GMT-0800 (PST) Jean Hollis Weber wrote: >> >> As many of you know, we have had some problems with website downtime and >> slow connections. Most of you don't know that Andreas, our system >> administrator, has been having difficulty upgrading the site to Plone 4, >> due to lack of server space and the slow, unreliable connection. Because >> of these problems, we have been looking for alternative places to host >> the site. Our choices are limited because most commercial hosts do not >> accept Plone sites because of the resources they use. >> >> Andreas suggested the German association OOoDeV might host the site. >> OOoDeV has now formally offered to host our website, but only if our >> domain & site names do not include OOo or OpenOffice. (OOoDeV hosts The >> Document Foundation/LibreOffice. I assume they are going to change their >> name, too.) >> >> (Related info: Some weeks ago, we invited the LibreOffice docs team to >> use our website. They have not accepted this offer (in part because of >> the site name), but the possibility exists for them or other related >> documentation groups to do so. A minor name change would make this >> arrangement more attractive.) >> >> I propose to change the domain and site names of OOoAuthors to the more >> generic ODFAuthors, where ODF = OpenDocument Format. I have already >> registered the domain name to prevent anyone else from grabbing it. >> >> I also propose to accept the offer from OOoDeV to host the site. This >> will allow Andreas and others to administer it more efficiently. >> >> Please respond to this note with +1 or discussion about the proposals. >> Thank you. >> >> --Jean > > Big +1. > > Andy > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- T h a n k s, Preston Bernstein http://www.linkedin.com/in/prestonbernstein http://www.prestonbernstein.com Twitter: PMBernstein --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
