[Charlug] Website/Mailing List status

[Jim Rorie]

I'm not talking about google groups.  I'm saying let google sites host
the site, our domain.  We should be able to hook into an existing
mailing list technology.    I'm just thinking that we only have to do it
once and we are done.  We don't have to worry about who has a spare vm
server that can host the image every couple of years.  

Just an option.  It may be more of a pain that it's worth.




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On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 10:43 -0400, C. Michael Pilato wrote:
> Jim Rorie wrote:
> > I'd definitely look into having google host the website and ML.  It's
> > free and you wont have to worry about it ever again.  (Unless google
> > goes all MS on us and starts charging.)
> > 
> > Of course, it's for less than 50 users. Do we have that many on the
> > list?  Standard "google, keep your hands off my data" objections
> > notwithstanding.
> 
> Google groups are fine, but unless something has changed recently, they
> don't allow import of pre-existing archives into their system.  That might
> be a show-stopper for some folks.  Also, most of my Google-employed friends
> prefer not to use Groups for their own needs, citing its "suckiness".  But I
> couldn't say what, in particular, they dislike about it.
> 
> In terms of website needs (post-migration), I'm guessing that all that's
> really required is an easy way to remotely manage relatively static content.
>  Would a simple auth-protected Wiki to the trick(y?  Sorry... could stop
> myself.)  Or, with an eye on future possible expansion, maybe just a minimal
> Drupal instance and custom theme (I've got experience here).
> 
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