Thanks Daniel and Committe. Any thoughts re replacing the list with a FaceBook Group?
Rod Blitvich - Amy & Sam’s Dad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rb...@iinet.net.au <x-msg://329/rb...@iinet.net.au> > On 16 May 2022, at 6:45 pm, Daniel Kerr <wa...@macwizardry.com.au> wrote: > > Hi All > > We’ve recently been advised that unfortunately our current host is no longer > able to support where the WAMUG list has been sitting in Perth for many > years. As time’s gone by, it’s now the only list sitting on a very old server > and is due to be “decommissioned”. > Because of this, we are having to look to move it. The new space it will > sitting in is still hosted in Australia. > > The good news is that there is still somewhere we can move it to that uses > the same type of software it’s run on. Which in theory should mean there is > no change to how the list will work. It will be “just like normal” for day to > day things. > The bad news is, it will cost us a little extra each year to run it. However, > the membership cost will easily cover this. So doesn’t mean an increase in > costs to all. So I guess that’s “good bad” news. :) > > We discussed this within the committee and all are happy to look at the move. > In theory there shouldn’t be any disruption to the list in the transition > period and I’ll let people know before and after it’s been completed. > Hopefully, it should also mean that there are more current updates installed > to the backend of what runs the list - so that’s good news as well. > > There’s a little bit of work to get it all organised. But hopefully as > mentioned, it shouldn’t affect the running of the list. > Though when it’s down, if you do post you may not see your message arrive. > But I’ll certainly let everyone know by a mailing post before it gets > transferred and after it’s completed. > > Hopefully this will ensure the list can continue running for many more years > to come! > > Thanks in advance for your understanding with this. > If anyone has any queries or concerns, please feel free to post them to the > list and I’ll do my best to answer them. > > Thanks! > Kind regards > Daniel > On behalf of WAMUG Committee. > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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