MJR wrote:

OK, as part of my policy of announcing things about 17 years before I'll get time to do it, I'm going to make the following proposal:

Proposal:

• Move the ALUG web site to static core and a Wiki

Background information: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki

Rationale:

• We're not keeping an up-to-date site

Very true something needs to be done.

• People bitch at me variously about XML and CVS

Including me, too much trouble for us non-programer types who don't use cvs on a daily basis.

• People bitched at me about Zope

I feel zope failed due to apathy and the rapid change to cvs.

• People will still bitch about the Wiki, but at least we should get an up-to-date web site with no barrier to entry at all.

People will bitch about anything "why no free beer at alug meets then".

A site with information that is no out of date on a wiki and static stuff with a life of more that the time between meets on a standard web with editors having access seems the best bet.

Your options:

• Idly support this move (most people)

I support the move but at least I have given it some thought.

• Pledge to help maintain the wiki when it's online

Yes I will help maintain the wiki if it is in my ability. (I hope this doen't come back to haunt me).

• Mutiny (feel free)

Is that a free mutiny as in open source, I mean we can't have a non GPL mutiny now can we. :-)

Vote now :-)

It gets my vote as long as if it don't work we try something else, which is what we seem to have done throughout so go ahead.

-- Cheers, BJ