(poll) What kind of meeting do you want?

[billt-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org]

On Sat, Apr 23, 2005 at 11:13:32AM -0700, Sy wrote:
> On 4/23/05, William Park <opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 23, 2005 at 04:47:51AM -0400, Steve Harvey wrote:
> > > > We can move the mailing list to Yahoo.  They got $Billion behind
> > > > their machines, and you can't beat that.  As for website, Yahoo
> > > > Group has link page, so you can link to secondary websites.  (I
> > > > never used it).  If doable, then this actually is not be a bad idea.
> > > > Each person can maintain only the stuff they are responsible for,
> > > > and we can link it from central site.
> > >
> > >   My understanding is that you must supply accurate snippets of
> > >   personal information and agree to receive advertising and other
> > >   content that are customized based upon said personal information.
> > 
> > The best way is to get office and setup our own server, so that we have
> > physically access to the machine.  Again, this requires something that
> > TLUG don't have (ie. money).
> 
> I'm surprized that this isn't already the case.  Are this mailing list
> and the website running on someone's work or school machine somewhere?
> 
> What kind of kick does a simple setup need?  Not much.. a pentium two
> would do.  I can donate some parts.  Heck, I have spare boxes at work
> I can borrow and not return.

At the moment the mailing list is on a web server that has about a dozen websites. Its in a basement, and the care and feeding of it has to be paid for anyway, so the mailing list is not adding any significant costs.

Even if this machine is to go down, there is literally a half dozen people that can host it. One of the things TLUG has plenty of is IT infrastructure.

Bill

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