The original site was in Zope/Python, the next iteration was Vim and CVS, and now Drupal/PHP.
I can whip something on GitHub to have people get involved. Give me a couple of hours On Thu, Apr 19, 2018, 13:26 Jimmy via mlug <[email protected]> wrote: > Wait.. what... we have a website? :) lol. > > Here is a thought... only because I am feeling nostalgic today. > > Keep the page up, we put the story of MLUG, where it came from, people > involved, history, some pictures of the meetings in Alan's house, etc... > And where to find these resources today. Links to the linkedin group, the > mailing list, etc... > (Make sure we build the page in vim) :) > > Just a thought. > > > On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 9:46 AM Nick Accad via mlug <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> The domain itself costs maybe $20-$25 per year depending on the >> registrar, Jer is using GoDaddy right now (ew!) >> >> That is pretty much the only cost, between the group members, I am sure >> hosting can be done for free, many of us have our own machines and MLUG >> does not take that much space or bandwidth. >> >> The mailing list is hosted with koumbit.org, and we use a subdomain of >> MLUG for it, again, that is free (Thanks Koumbit) >> >> Historically, the site was hosted by Alan T., then myself, then Jer. The >> mailing list was hosted by Jimmy A. at one point, I honestly don't recall >> if I was hosting it at one point or not. >> >> (Which reminds me, I have the admin password for the mailing list, I >> don't know if anyone is monitoring the pending requests) >> >> The point is, beyond the domain cost, there is nothing. But Jer's point >> is: What are we doing with this? >> >> I transferred the domain to Jer as well as the ownership of the LinkedIn >> group because I am simply not active anymore, and because I left Montreal >> in 2009 and I don't feel it was appropriate for me to still be the "owner" >> while I don't even live there anymore. >> >> This group was started in 2000 by a group of people that are no longer >> active, the whole LUG concept has declined recently, and there are >> thousands of sites that do the same thing, nobody is "advocating" Linux, we >> already won :) >> >> Hope this helps >> >> -nick >> >> On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 8:07 AM, Leslie Satenstein via mlug < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I have the same questions as Hendrik. >>> >>> -- >>> Mr Leslie Satenstein, >>> [email protected] >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to >>> >>> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The content of this e-mail is confidential, may >>> be privileged and is intended for the exclusive use of the addressee. 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Is anyone interested in >>>> taking it >>>> > over if they think there is a reason to? >>>> > >>>> > I like the history and all, but there comes a time to rethink this. >>>> > >>>> > As it stands the domain expires 4/26/2018. >>>> > >>>> > The only real issue I see is that the listserv is using a subdomain of >>>> > mlug.ca but I think we can probably find a way around that. >>>> > >>>> > Opinions, suggestions welcome. >>>> >>>> How much does it cost to keep it going? >>>> How much storage does it need? >>>> >>>> -- hendrik >>>> >>>> > >>>> > Jeremy >>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>> > mlug mailing list >>>> > [email protected] >>>> > >>>> https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> mlug mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> mlug mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> mlug mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca >> > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca >
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