Motion: Migrate mailing lists to OSGeo

[David William Bitner]

Just as a note to tack on, Twin Cities MapServer Users Group, is also
interested in moving our list over to OSGeo.  It would probably be easier if
we move all UMN lists over to OSGeo in one fell swoop.

David

On Nov 29, 2007 10:16 AM, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com> wrote:

> Howard Butler wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > I would like to motion that we migrate our mailing lists to OSGeo's
> > infrastructure.  Frank and I volunteer to coordinate the OSGeo side of
> > the migration, and we would need some help from UMN folks to coordinate
> > the UMN side.  It is expected that archives and subscriber lists would
> > come as part of the migration, and failure to migrate either would mean
> > holding off.  I don't have any more details of the migration, but I
> > thought I would get the ball rolling and ensure that there is general
> > support that we do so.
>
> +1
>
> I'm eager to get this out where we have more influence over it!
>
> I'd note we are likely to lose any special options set for different
> subscribers.  That is, since the old system isn't mailman, I'm likely
> to just grab the whole subscriber list, and all of them will be regular
> subscribers (one email per message).  Digest, or "no mail" settings would
> be lost.
>
> Best regards,
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