Hello everyone! First I'd like to say that I'm very happy to be a part of this group. :) Uniting the various Dean movements is going to be one of the most important pieces of the puzzle to change this country's direction. It's not often that you can feel that you are really making a difference in the world, and I believe this group is, and will.
Onward... This was brought up late in the meeting and was suggested to bring to the list instead: The DeanSpace plans seem to require every existing Dean group to have a DeanSpace node _in addition to_ their currently existing websites. I expect no one to be excited about abandoning their current sites... I expect few to be enthusiastic _beyond the initial excitement_ about maintaining an additional site that does not contribute to their current, "homegrown" sites. So could we develop stand-alone (non-drupal) modules (in php, asp, jsp, others? or perhaps just one, in client-side javascript?) that groups can put on their current sites, that will display (not alter, just display) the RSS feeds, thereby allowing a measure of integration between "homegrown" sites and DeanSpace nodes? Autonomy being the foundation of a grassroots movement, we don't want people to feel like DeanSpace is hijacking or upstaging their own work. Better yet, do such stand-alone modules already exist, GPL'd, and do they need to be expanded for our needs? Will we provide these as part of (or alongside) our kit? Peace, Josh Swartzbaugh [Madoc] __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
