I'm a bit confused now. Yesterday's call for proposals seemed to be a request for some sponsor to come forward to take care of managing Hamakor's server. Now, the discussion seems to be about getting services provided by a sponsor.
Wikis, forums and the like, tend to not need the sysadmin's attention beyond the initial install, or upgrade (or other application upgrade (Apache/MySQL/etc) which manages to break the Wiki) So what exactly are we looking for now? E L wrote: > > > On 9/13/06, *Shachar Shemesh* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Alon Altman wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 13 Sep 2006, E L wrote: > > > >> Great idea!:) > >> I think that while we at it we should look for someone who will be > >> willing > >> to give a bit more flexible hosting in example: > >> > >> 1) Giving email address for a web mail for all yedidei hamakor to > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > @ hamakor.org.il <http://hamakor.org.il> mail was discussed > and rejected, in order to > > diffrentiate > > between official representatives and just friends. > Not true. It was rejected because maintaining it is an administrative > nightmare. If and when we have a better friends/members tracking > program, we can integrate the mail server and the members database > (Lingnu has done such things before). Until such time, this is > just too > much work. > > > Forwarding address is good enough, letting people use hamakor > addresses will provide great publicity for hamakor. > The more it is seen the better, I think it's worth putting some effort > into it. > People should feel belong to hamakor they should feel they get added > value by being members. > > In any case, such a system will not allow for local storage of mail, > only a forwarding address. Reason being that the space is better used > for mirrors. > > > Ok, I guess I should have wrote those lines here:) > > >> 2) Hosting a wiki for various hamakor activities (now due to > lack of > >> hosting > >> in happens on many other sites) > >> 3) Hosting Free software forums > I'm in favor of at least the forums. I'm not sure I want a wiki, and > not, say, just a CMS. The pros and cons are worth thinking about. > >> The first 2 will be a great the 3rd will be nice:) > לאור מלחמות השפות על רשימת התפוצה הזו, אני חושב שוויקי הוא פחות חשוב > מאשר פורום. > > > Could be that you are right, anyhow I think we should try to get > hosting that has the possibilty for things like that > should they be needed in the future. > And should you decide to go forward with your electronic voting > suggestion;) > > > שחר > > > > Ely --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
