James et al,
I agree -- this mailing list should be hosted in Uganda.
Kiggs, to say that you've done a wonderful job maintaining this list
would be an understatement. However, as many here have pointed out,
more than one person needs to have root access to the box.
I would like to be one of those people.
For what it's worth, we operate the Uganda LUG website under the same
set of principles -- 4 people have shell/admin access. Perhaps you'd
like to be the 5th?
Regards,
Kyle Spencer
On 11/13/2010 12:18 PM, Wire James wrote:
Stephen
While I appreciate the simplicity that google gives us, I still believe
that as a community, we have the ability and resources to manage this
service independently without having to run to big brother. For how long
shall we continue making the likes of google the alpha and omega of our
IT services? In future I see us resisting google the way microsoft is
being resisted today why? Because they will have grown to an extent
where they are influencing each and every nook and cranny of our ICT
experience. This is not a good thing in my view.
While the problems experienced lately with the list are worth noting, I
still believe that the efficiency with which the list has been
maintained in the last 9 years has been superb. What we need to do is
probably just shape up a few areas like integrating the list with the
lug website as proposed by Kyle and Vass and also having a backup admin
to the list who can reinforce Kiggs' tireless efforts.
Other cosmetic additions like Mugarura's comment on a clear unsubscribe
notice accompanying the emails posted are also welcome IMHO.
My 3/= per second
Wire
On Sat, 2010-11-13 at 09:13 +0300, Stephen S. Musoke wrote:
Kiggs/Kyle/Simon,
Just a question, does it make sense for the LUG to actually operate its own
mailing list? Why not use something like Google Groups, which can also be
integrated with Google Calendar to also provide reminders for events that
are upcoming.
All this information can easily be added to the LUG website via the Google
APIs?
BTW I am aware that there is a need to develop local content and keep it
within Uganda, but why not use an existing service that offers near zero
downtime, upgrade issues etc.
Stephen
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