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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 > > >