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On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 01:17:52PM +0000, Harper, Cynthia wrote: > It was just announced at the Innovative Users group meeting that that > listserv is moving to EasyDiscuss > http://extensions.joomla.org/extension/easydiscuss. Here are the so-called benefits of EasyDiscuss: | Use EasyDiscuss as a forum to manage your customers inquiries, build | closer customer loyalty, build credibility, engage in multiple | conversations, gather valuable experience from users, or simply build a | repository of information that grows over time. EasyDiscuss is as good | as Yahoo! Answers! <URL:http://extensions.joomla.org/extension/easydiscuss> No mention of e-mail at all. If I were an Innovative user I would say "No thanks!". Paul. > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jason Bengtson > Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 9:06 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list > > Yeah, I like option two as well. I could live with option one if need be, but like Matt and Eric I'm not that keen on Google data mining the list. > > Best regards, > > *Jason Bengtson, MLIS, MA* > Assistant Director, IT Services > K-State Libraries > 414 Hale Library > Manhattan, KS 66506 > 785-532-7450 > [log in to unmask] > www.jasonbengtson.com > > On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 7:38 AM, Matt Sherman <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > I have no technical answers to the questions you pose, but I second > > Option #2. > > > > On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 5:29 AM, Eric Lease Morgan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > Alas, the Code4Lib mailing list software will most likely need to be > > > migrated before the end of summer, and I’m proposing a number > > > possible options for the lists continued existence. > > > > > > I have been managing the Code4Lib mailing list since its inception > > > about twelve years ago. This work has been both a privilege and an > > > honor. The list itself runs on top of the venerable LISTSERV > > > application and is > > hosted > > > by the University of Notre Dame. The list includes about 3,500 > > subscribers, > > > and traffic very very rarely gets over fifty messages a day. But > > > alas, University support for LISTSERV is going away, and I believe > > > the > > University > > > wants to migrate the whole kit and caboodle to Google Groups. > > > > > > Personally, I don’t like the idea of Code4Lib moving to Google Groups. > > > Google knows enough about me (us), and I don’t feel the need for > > > them to know more. Sure, moving to Google Groups includes a large > > > convenience factor, but it also means we have less control over our > > > own computing environment, let alone our data. > > > > > > So, what do we (I) do? I see three options: > > > > > > 0. Let the mailing list die — Not really an option, in my opinion > > > 1. Use Google Groups - Feasible, (probably) reliable, but with > > > less control > > > 2. Host it ourselves - More difficult, more responsibility, all > > > but absolute control > > > > > > Again, personally, I like Option #2, and I would probably be willing > > > to host the list on my one of my computers, (and after a bit of DNS > > trickery) > > > complete with a code4lib.org domain. > > > > > > What do y’all think? If we go with Option #2, then where might we > > > host > > the > > > list, who might do the work, and what software might we use? > > > > > > — > > > Eric Lease Morgan > > > Artist- And Librarian-At-Large > > > > > -- Paul Hoffman <[log in to unmask]> Systems Librarian Fenway Libraries Online c/o Wentworth Institute of Technology 550 Huntington Ave. Boston, MA 02115 (617) 442-2384 (FLO main number)