Hi, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chayan Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 10:15 AM Subject: Re: [ilug-cal] Updating the web site
> >However the "about us " link is non essential. We are not a corporate > entity and people generally do have an idea of what a linux user association > is. Actually, most people (and I don't specifically mean just non-IT folks) have simply no clue what a LUG is... I say this on the basis on my personal experience of interacting with many people all across India in various IT and non-IT forums... Thanks to the media, we have a situation today where many people are aware of the presence of something called Linux... but these same people are often unaware of the concept of LUG or if there is one in their town. IMO, an "About Us" link is a non-option... its a __must__... it should define concisely who we are and what we do... in short, the purpose of our existence... > >The project section is welcome and we need to do something on the lines of > sourceforge. Let the user list their own projects! Well... we tried it, but didn't work in past (not that it means it wouldn't work this time)... just a word of caution... look at sourceforge itself, there are just far too many orphaned projects.... they convey a message of enthusiasm, but they sure don't paint a pretty picture of success.... Ophaned projects reinforces the anti-OSS FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt) about non-viability of the OSS model of development... lets tread a little carefully with this one. > I suggest that we use PHP nuke as the basis of making the website (download > from source forge) as it more or less all the functionalities we require. We don't own our own server space... For the last three years, Russell McOrmand of Flora and New Delhi based Netshooter has been sponsoring our domain/site/mailing list hostings free of any charge. Earlier this year, Netshooter backed out of this arrangement. However, Russell continues to carry us along on his own servers even without Netshooter's sponsorship. During these three years, it has been Russell who has been administering our servers. We never experienced any noteworthy downtime... and whenever there has been any hint of trouble, Russell has been very prompt in setting things right. However, to expect Russell to install additional s/w on the server might be imposing a little too much on him. I'm not sure about this.... I'm however aware the he has been using php-slash on some of his servers. Personally, I'm against moving our server elsewhere... for the following reasons: 1. Hosting with flora.on.ca has worked for us. Moreover, the level of service from a committed volunteer is always by far better than a paid service. 2. The site can be moved to any our (as in LUG members) servers... but I have seen far too many ugly incidents erupting on LI and in several regional LUGs over the this issue.. inevitably the person hosting the site gets branded as using the LUG for personal/commercial gains... :-( 3. If we are to move to a hired space, purchased with voluntary contribution from the members, we are not sure of the level of support, we incur a recurring cost, and we might be shifting to a server in US (for cost considerations). I'm totally against hosting our server in US, whose use-of-technology and privacy related policies I find contrary to the values its Constitution claims to protect and uphold. > I still to know the database and the platform we are using? Can Indra > lighten me on it. We are not using any database... its all plain text ASCII flat files... see http://www.ilug-cal.org/phpinfo.php for further "lighten"-ing ;-) cheers, --indra. -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/help/faq_list.html
