[OSGeo-Discuss] WebCom discussions

[Frank Warmerdam]

On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Alex Mandel <tech_dev at wildintellect.com>wrote:

> On 09/26/2013 05:26 AM, Ian Edwards wrote:
> > To make more concrete progress on the larger issues facing WebCom I'd
> like
> > to start some closed discussions.
> >
> > If you have experience with the admin of any of the OSGeo infrastructure
> > then please join us.  We'll report back progress on the open WebCom
> mailing
> > list. Sensitive information about the systems will be thoroughly
> documented
> > and tested and will become a closed resource for the team moving
> forwards.
> >
> > Please reply off list and I'll add you to the discussion.
> >
> > Ian
> >
> >
>
> Webcom to my knowledge has been inactive for several years, are you the
> new Chair? The infrastructure you refer to has all been handled by
> members of the System Administration committee. Everything except
> security information (passwords) is publicly on the OSGeo Wiki if
> someone has taken the time to write it up.
>

Alex,

Webcom still notionally exists even if it is somewhat moribund.

Ian has agreed to assist with the migration of Drupal, aspects of which
touch on SAC.

I don't think it would be all that helpful for Ian to struggle with whether
there ought to be a webcom, or if it is a SAC issue or a marketting
committee issue.

It is hopefully just about migrating Drupal and possibly doing some updates
to the web site - particularly as needed to make things work with a newer
drupal.

That said, I'm non-plussed by this idea of "closed" discussions and use of
some thing called basecamp.  Ian - why are closed discussions valuable
other than the need to be protective of a few passwords?

Best regards,
Frank



> I think to start you might want to relook at what's the role of Webcom
> is in relation to Marketing(Outreach) and Sys Admin committees. It got
> blurry a while back, and the major thing we hoped Webcom would handle -
> migration of main OSGeo site to a new look and feel on a newer server
> (so we can retire the old server) stalled after a few iterations of
> design mockups.
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
>
> System Administration Committee Chair
> Marketing/Outreach Committee Member
>
> PS: I'm not looking to join another committee so I'd rather take
> questions publicly and see proposals that involve system changes get
> sent from Webcom to SAC when necessary. Sorting out what committee does
> what seems like an inter-committee thing so probably should happen on
> OSGeo Discuss.
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