<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Alex Mandel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tech_dev@wildintellect.com" target="_blank">tech_dev@wildintellect.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On 09/26/2013 05:26 AM, Ian Edwards wrote:<br>
> To make more concrete progress on the larger issues facing WebCom I'd like<br>
> to start some closed discussions.<br>
><br>
> If you have experience with the admin of any of the OSGeo infrastructure<br>
> then please join us. We'll report back progress on the open WebCom mailing<br>
> list. Sensitive information about the systems will be thoroughly documented<br>
> and tested and will become a closed resource for the team moving forwards.<br>
><br>
> Please reply off list and I'll add you to the discussion.<br>
><br>
> Ian<br>
><br>
><br>
<br>
</div></div>Webcom to my knowledge has been inactive for several years, are you the<br>
new Chair? The infrastructure you refer to has all been handled by<br>
members of the System Administration committee. Everything except<br>
security information (passwords) is publicly on the OSGeo Wiki if<br>
someone has taken the time to write it up.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Alex,</div><div><br></div><div>Webcom still notionally exists even if it is somewhat moribund. </div><div><br></div><div>Ian has agreed to assist with the migration of Drupal, aspects of which touch on SAC. </div>
<div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>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?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div>Frank</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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I think to start you might want to relook at what's the role of Webcom<br>
is in relation to Marketing(Outreach) and Sys Admin committees. It got<br>
blurry a while back, and the major thing we hoped Webcom would handle -<br>
migration of main OSGeo site to a new look and feel on a newer server<br>
(so we can retire the old server) stalled after a few iterations of<br>
design mockups.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Alex<br>
<br>
System Administration Committee Chair<br>
Marketing/Outreach Committee Member<br>
<br>
PS: I'm not looking to join another committee so I'd rather take<br>
questions publicly and see proposals that involve system changes get<br>
sent from Webcom to SAC when necessary. Sorting out what committee does<br>
what seems like an inter-committee thing so probably should happen on<br>
OSGeo Discuss.<br>
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