Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Call to action for inactive SLOBs - attend the meetings or resign your seats

2018-11-16 Thread Claudia Urrea
I agree with you! It is important to get together during established meetings, but it is as important to engage in concrete tasks/responsibilities. I also agree that we should all inform the rest of the board if we will be absent. My suggestion is to revisit the schedule during our next board meet

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Switching sugarlabs.org to Backdrop CMS

2018-11-16 Thread James Cameron
Thanks, good question. In the past year, the changes made to the web site via GitHub have almost entirely been for style or appearance. Changes to content have been very rare. People who we all should expect to provide content, such as Thomas, the new marketing team, yourself, and the oversight

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Call to action for inactive SLOBs - attend the meetings or resign your seats

2018-11-16 Thread Alex Perez
Claudia, I totally understand that real life gets in the way. I travel for work as well, and it makes things difficult. I think the most important thing is to be transparent about it when you may not be able to make it, and simply say so. There are other ways than just the board meeting to co

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Call to action for inactive SLOBs - attend the meetings or resign your seats

2018-11-16 Thread Claudia Urrea
I understand the concern, Alex. I am committed and interested in continuing to serve, even if I have only participated 4 times this year. When I agree to join the board again, the schedule had been established, so it took couple of months for the schedule to adjust. That said, we should look at al

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Switching sugarlabs.org to Backdrop CMS

2018-11-16 Thread Walter Bender
Could you (or someone) please articulate why you think this will reduce the maintenance burden? (I ask with complete ignorance about Backdrop.) regards. -walter On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 4:01 AM James Cameron wrote: > Backdrop CMS is a lightweight content management system for > non-profits. > >

[IAEP] Switching sugarlabs.org to Backdrop CMS

2018-11-16 Thread James Cameron
Backdrop CMS is a lightweight content management system for non-profits. Backdrop CMS joined the Software Freedom Conservancy recently, and Sugar Labs is also part of SFC. Have we any volunteers interested in converting the web site and content to Backdrop? It seems to have all the features need