Stephen, I like your thinking! Kiggs how about it installing and running Mailman? Topic for Nov/Dec?
Simon Vass Technical Manager E-Tech Uganda Ltd http://www.etech.ug Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 email: [email protected] skype: e-techservicedesk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen S. Musoke" <[email protected]> To: "Linux Users Group Uganda" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, 13 November, 2010 1:46:49 PM Subject: Re: [LUG] Mailing List - Google Groups as an Option? Reinier, With those points, I agree with you. The pains are part of the fun. Kiggs can you create a presentation on your experiences running the LUG forum? Stephen From: Reinier Battenberg [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 1:16 PM To: Linux Users Group Uganda Subject: Re: [LUG] Mailing List - Google Groups as an Option? - its hosted abroad, whuch is besides the Uganda part of the Uganda LUG - it has advertisements - its just not geek. - it will not solve the issue of having the website integrate with the mailinglist. - it will prevent us from learning how stuff works. We had patches posted here, advise for kiggs to solve it, pointers and eh, mistakes made. But you cant learn anything without making mistakes (and kiggs explaining what went wrong was a lesson learned for us all, so kudos for that.) (and to shamelessly plug our own mailinglist platform, why not host it (in country) at www.pamoya.com then? ) -- rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 758 801 749 www.mountbatten.net On Saturday 13 November 2010 12:42:52 kikonyogo kivumbi wrote: > I joined yesterday. i can create a google group in 10 minutes. it's > headache free.Advise when you want it > kikonyogo > > On 11/13/10, Wire James <[email protected]> wrote: > > Stephen > > > > While I appreciate the simplicity that google gives us, I still believe > > that as a community, we have the ability and resources to manage this > > service independently without having to run to big brother. For how long > > shall we continue making the likes of google the alpha and omega of our > > IT services? In future I see us resisting google the way microsoft is > > being resisted today why? Because they will have grown to an extent > > where they are influencing each and every nook and cranny of our ICT > > experience. This is not a good thing in my view. > > > > While the problems experienced lately with the list are worth noting, I > > still believe that the efficiency with which the list has been > > maintained in the last 9 years has been superb. What we need to do is > > probably just shape up a few areas like integrating the list with the > > lug website as proposed by Kyle and Vass and also having a backup admin > > to the list who can reinforce Kiggs' tireless efforts. > > > > Other cosmetic additions like Mugarura's comment on a clear unsubscribe > > notice accompanying the emails posted are also welcome IMHO. > > > > My 3/= per second > > > > Wire > > > > On Sat, 2010-11-13 at 09:13 +0300, Stephen S. Musoke wrote: > >> Kiggs/Kyle/Simon, > >> > >> Just a question, does it make sense for the LUG to actually operate its > >> own > >> mailing list? Why not use something like Google Groups, which can also > >> be integrated with Google Calendar to also provide reminders for events > >> that are upcoming. > >> > >> All this information can easily be added to the LUG website via the > >> Google APIs? > >> > >> BTW I am aware that there is a need to develop local content and keep it > >> within Uganda, but why not use an existing service that offers near zero > >> downtime, upgrade issues etc. > >> > >> Stephen > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> LUG mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > >> > >> LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > >> > >> All Archives can be found at > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >> > >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > >> attachments if any). 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