Dear Ron,
See my interpolations below. In short, please duplicate as closely as
reasonably possible the format and mechanisms etc of Wayne's list
regards
Martyn
On Saturday, 5 September 2020, 16:33:02 BST, Ron Banks
<ron.ba...@rwbanks.com> wrote:
I don't really know who (if anyone) is working on a replacement for the
lute list(s) and a classified site, or how far along they've gotten in
the process. Also, Wayne's early comments in this thread about not
replicating the old list and classified site are also very appropriate,
since his sites were based on proprietary code. It might also be a
very good time to verify what the community needs really are, as they
may have changed since 1998. While I love the portability of this list
(and email communications in general), the workload of managing the
infrastructure, security (User Registration and Maintenance,
Compliance, SPAM/Phishing/DDoS/Site Takeover protection, etc.), and
site continuity can also be pretty burdensome, especially if it's an
individual effort.
I haven't been very active on the list since the 1990's, so I can't
really speak to the current community requirements. Other members of
the community would certainly be more qualified to answer that, than I
would.
Some questions that probably need to be addressed (and may have already
been answered) are:
1) Is an email-only messaging system preferred -
YES
(with a separate web site classified page - if
really thought necessary)?
(e.g. mailman (or similar), with an additional classified/marketplace
website)
2) Is the community open to a web-based forum - Personally
speaking. an email system like Wayne's seems ideal
- with email alerting and an integrated classified section? (e.g.
phpbb or similar forum(s) with email notification and a classified
section)
3) How many members are currently on the list, and what is their
geographic distribution/nationality (e.g. cost, performance, and
compliance rightsizing) - Is this really relevant? -
people should be able to join and leave as wished
4) How many members could (or would) serve as moderators? - I
would volunteer but am afraid I don't have the necessary technical web
expertise
5) How many lists/forums would be needed? -
Perhaps just one
6) Should the list/forum be maintained as a separate effort, or should
it be rolled into the LSA, etc.?
- Being a truly international list has been a great
feature and strength of Wayne's system and ought to continue as such
without necessarily being held by any one national society.body
(e.g. sponsorship, personal vs. organizational liability, domain
ownership/transferability, futureproofing, and user rules/guidelines)
PS What might also be good, would be the ability to send parts of
messages in bold/italic etc which the current system seems to put into
plain text. For example, my interpolations here would be clearer if put
in bold.
On 9/5/20, 2:22 AM, "Jurgen Frenz"
<[1]eye-and-ear-cont...@protonmail.com> wrote:
I'm a bit confused about the status of this discussion - are we
still looking for a hosting service? I am subscribed to some other
music + sound related lists that seem to be of an acceptable format
[2]https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/create
It takes an admin to create the list and manage members etc.
Jurgen
To get on or off this list see list information at
[3]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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References
1. mailto:eye-and-ear-cont...@protonmail.com
2. https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/create
3. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
