[clue] [TALK] Ultimate home for the CLUE Website

[Jeff Iddings]

On 06/08/2011 12:53 PM, YES NOPE9 wrote:
>> Jeff
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> Jeff
> What you are entitled to do ( and invited to do ) ...... is contribute as much as you want to any project that CLUE members are working on.  Offering advice and data is good.  It is always good to avoid statements like " This could be done in one minute "   .......
> What CLUE has now is a working website with x number of features.  The server group wants to have FUN and create a website with many more features.  Having CLUE appoint a Website CZAR is precisely what I am trying to prevent.  This CLUB is to have FUN ( correct me on that one )  and what is FUN about having a CZAR ?  If the website crashes ....... hardly the biggest deal in the world  ... especially if we have the static site to fall back on ( By the way, the static site often had time lag in being updated  .... because there were only one or two CZARs who could access it or knew how to use it).  I think the same sort of analysis would apply to the Mail-list .... The mail-list is more important I think...why not have two mail-lists ?
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> So if you know how to install Drupal and make it wonderful ...... jump right in and assist the other guys.  ( Guys is generic for people )  If you know some secrets about Drupal tuning... jump right in.
> My 45 cents is that CLUE exists because people want to have FUN ......   and if that means things are not always moving along so perfectly ..... Hmmmm I guess I have never seen any form of governance or organization attain perfection ( or any close to it ).   But if anyone recommends a dictatorship or an oligarchy... I will oppose that.  Jump right in ... you are authorized to help ( not that you required any authorization )

The purpose of the website is to reliably provide information about the
club and promote Linux, is it not? If you want to experiment and create
situations where things are unstable, perhaps there should be
'beta.cluedenver.org' and then a functional main site.

I'd be happy to offer some advice, but it seems like there are already
far too many cooks in this particular kitchen. It's been said already,
creating a CMS driven website isn't rocket science. It seems we're over
thinking this -- a lot.

Not everything needs a steering committee. I'm not sure if CLUE has
bylaws or any particular structure, but perhaps there should be a
'website admin' position within the CLUE to achieve the aforementioned
goal.

Jeff