Hi Neil and others, I too agree with Daniel's proposed direction. Whilst I am a limited user of Facebook for my specific hobby areas only (BBQ/smoking, beer brewing and car enthusiast sites), I am not sure how Facebook could provide a search mechanism for previous correspondence on an issue where it gets held on the server for search engine recovery. Maybe there is a way. There is potentially a way Facebook could augment WAMUG in the future - in addition to the server environment for rapid Q&A on topics, maybe this would supersede the server environment over time. Also - just my comments on this topic - thanks for the details Daniel.
Kind Regards Peter Crisp ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To:"WAMUG" Cc: Sent:Tue, 17 May 2022 12:07:36 +0800 Subject:Re: [WAMUG] IMPORTANT : WAMUG Mailing List upcoming change Hi all, I must admit, like Stephen, I have stayed away from Facebook and Google. In the past, I did set up Facebook, Google and Twitter accounts but only so that, in my previous role as webmaster of Gilbert’s Potoroo Action Group, I could setup Facebook and Twitter pages and a YouTube channel for the group. Since then, I have stayed away from these, except for watching interesting YouTube content, and had pretty much decided to delete my Facebook account – Mr Zuckerberg’s vision for the metaverse probably only added to that feeling – anyone else remember 2nd life!! So, my vote would definitely be for Daniel’s original plan, rather than anything to do with Facebook. Just my 2c worth ;o) Cheers Neil FROM: on behalf of Stephen Chape REPLY-TO: WAMUG DATE: Tuesday, 17 May 2022 at 10:30 TO: WAMUG SUBJECT: Re: [WAMUG] IMPORTANT : WAMUG Mailing List upcoming change Mmmm ….. Facebook sounds reasonable Rod. But I guess only if it makes life easier for those wonderful people running our group. The two most invasive things I have stayed away from are Facebook and Google. And so do many of my family and some friends. But lately I registered once again with Facebook in order to use Marketplace. I am very surprised and pleased by the changes they have made. This time I have NOT been inundated with “please be my friend” and a myriad of other unwanted messages. So far I am happy to remain with Facebook. On 17 May 2022, at 9:11 am, Rod Blitvich wrote: Thanks Daniel and Committe. Any thoughts re replacing the list with a FaceBook Group? ROD BLITVICH - Amy & Sam’s Dad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected] On 16 May 2022, at 6:45 pm, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi All We’ve recently been advised that unfortunately our current host is no longer able to support where the WAMUG list has been sitting in Perth for many years. As time’s gone by, it’s now the only list sitting on a very old server and is due to be “decommissioned”. Because of this, we are having to look to move it. The new space it will sitting in is still hosted in Australia. The good news is that there is still somewhere we can move it to that uses the same type of software it’s run on. Which in theory should mean there is no change to how the list will work. It will be “just like normal” for day to day things. The bad news is, it will cost us a little extra each year to run it. However, the membership cost will easily cover this. So doesn’t mean an increase in costs to all. So I guess that’s “good bad” news. :) We discussed this within the committee and all are happy to look at the move. In theory there shouldn’t be any disruption to the list in the transition period and I’ll let people know before and after it’s been completed. Hopefully, it should also mean that there are more current updates installed to the backend of what runs the list - so that’s good news as well. There’s a little bit of work to get it all organised. But hopefully as mentioned, it shouldn’t affect the running of the list. Though when it’s down, if you do post you may not see your message arrive. But I’ll certainly let everyone know by a mailing post before it gets transferred and after it’s completed. Hopefully this will ensure the list can continue running for many more years to come! Thanks in advance for your understanding with this. If anyone has any queries or concerns, please feel free to post them to the list and I’ll do my best to answer them. Thanks! Kind regards Daniel On behalf of WAMUG Committee. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - Guidelines - Settings & Unsubscribe - -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - Guidelines - Settings & Unsubscribe - Regards Stephen Chape _Mac by choice_ _Windows because my employer knew no better_ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - Guidelines - Settings & Unsubscribe - Links: ------ [1] mailto:[email protected] [2] mailto:[email protected] [3] http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml [4] http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml [5] http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug [6] http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml [7] http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml [8] http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
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