On the topic of names for the orgnaisation, I suggest that we stick with "OSHCA" - easy to say, has been around for years, everyone here knows (more or less) what it stands for; there is no need in my opinion to fall into the trap of trying to put the definition of the thing into the name...
- thomas beale Nandalal Gunaratne wrote: > > > "Bhaskar, KS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I thought that we have to rename this list as the "openhealth list " > belongs to Minoru? If it is possible to rename this list as you > suggest FLOSSHCA LIST without disrupting things too much we can go on > too. > > However Bruian and Molly do not seem to want the yahoo group hosting > to proceed. > > I do hope that we do not split the list as a result of this. > > Nandalal > First, I would like to welcome Brian back to the community. > Having met > him only once, and never having collaborated with him, as a newcomer to > the open source healthcare community, I don't know him as well as I > perhaps should. But it is always good to have an early active member in > a field return to active participation. So, welcome back! > > I am also very encouraged by the discussion about resurrecting OSHCA. I > think it was an important organization. [I do wonder, however, given > the subtle changes in language over the last few years, whether FOSSHCA > or FLOSSHCA might not be better names to use today...] > > I was the one that originally created the openhealth mailing list on > Yahoogroups, and my "light a candle vs. curse the darkness" motivation > for doing it is discussed in my post (copied below) announcing the list. > > In my role as moderator, I see myself as serving the wishes of the free > and open source software for healthcare community. One suggestion I > would make, however, is simply to leave the list at Yahoogroups. Yes, > we can create our own list on our own server, but then we would be > responsible for things like the list below for a server that will sit on > the Internet: > > 1. Backups. > 2. Indexing and searching. > 3. Anti-virus and spam filtering. > 4. Security, including keeping up to date with patches. > 5. Network access, bandwidth, data center operations. > > I recently had an opportunity to observe the need to respond to a server > that was found to have the t0rn root kit installed on it, and it was > very disruptive on the lives of those who managed it. > > Yahoogroups does all of this for us, and the price is some advertising > appended to each message (and if you opt for text messages rather than > HTML messages, the advertising is at the bottom and quite innocuous). > All the group moderators have to do is to approve requests to join the > group. > > We already have several moderators from the community who are members of > the group, and there is redundancy should I, or any of the other > moderators, have something untoward happen to us and be unable to serve. > I am also happy to accept others who would like to volunteer to serve > the community as moderator. > > My two bits' worth: let us focus on building the new OSHCA / FOSSHCA / > FLOSSHCA community, web page, portal, etc., and leave the mailing list > where it is. > > Regards > -- Bhaskar > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > Background / motivation: A couple of months ago, as a result of an > > e-mail server consolidation following a corporate acquisition, my e-mail > > address changed from [EMAIL PROTECTED] to [EMAIL PROTECTED] This > > of course meant that I could not post to the openhealth list, since > > posting is restricted to members. I have tried a couple of times to > > subscribe with my new e-mail address, but my attempts went into the bit > > bucket. This has meant that although I can read posts - e-mail sent to > > the old address is forwarded to the new one - I cannot post and > > participate in discussions. > > > > Under the theory that it is better to light a candle than to curse the > > darkness, I have created a mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Yahoo Groups (http://groups.yahoo.com) <http://groups.yahoo.com%29> > is a robust place for mailing > > lists and electronic communities, including a file repository, > > searchable web-accessible message archive, online chat, etc. > > > > If you would like to join, please send me e-mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > or [EMAIL PROTECTED], and I will send you an invitation from Yahoo > > Groups. If you click on a link in that e-mail invitation, or reply to > > the e-mail, you will be subscribed to the group. Alternatively, go to > > http://groups.yahoo.com and search for openhealth. Ask to join the > > group, and I will get a message asking to approve your application to > > join. In an attempt to keep e-mail harvesters off the list, I have > > created the group requiring administrator approval to join. However, I > > will otherwise approve all requests to join. > > > > An e-mail address suffices to get e-mail posts from the distribution > > list. A Yahoo id is required for access to the online features. > > > > Other volunteers to help administer the list are sought. Thank you very > > much. > > > > -- Bhaskar > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > SPONSORED LINKS > Software > distribution Salon > software Medical > software > Software association Software > jewelry Software > deployment > > > --------------------------------- > YAHOO! 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