Bill Ricker wrote: > ...we'd had so little wiki-ish authoring activity...
While Boston.pm doesn't encounter much collaborative document authoring, there is a benefit to a system where any volunteer can come along and contribute with minimal barriers. (On several occasions I've ran across open source projects that used closed wikis, which I discovered when I went to contribute. By the time I received approval to post, I had already moved on to other projects, and the opportunity was lost.) You never know when some new Boston.pm member will come along and see our ugly site and decide to give it a facelift over a weekend. :-) So while I see the point that a CMS with designated admins seems like a good match, if you've addressed the spam problem with better wiki software, the admin costs should be about the same whether it is a CMS or wiki. > ...doubting the conversion was worth the effort and cost... Cost? The good news is that there isn't much content, so the effort should be a few hours. And no different from the effort to convert to a CMS. You can take a look at BLU's wiki at Wikispaces to see what a comparable site would be link on that platform: http://blu.wikispaces.com/ > ...a Content Management System (such as the minimalist WEBDAV that > pm.org supplies... This was mentioned at the meeting. So it is a CMS and not a wiki? Or is there a wiki option? > ...maybe runnable where our wiki is now (Quinlan's)). With a small volunteer organization, any time you can outsource something you should. My first pick would be to use something pm.org supplies. If that doesn't meet our needs, then a free hosted service, like Wikispaces. Last resort is having a Boston.pm volunteer install and maintain software. (And thanks Sean for providing hosting all these years.) -Tom -- Tom Metro Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA "Enterprise solutions through open source." Professional Profile: http://tmetro.venturelogic.com/ _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
