CLUG Website

[Mark Wyatt]

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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:41:30 +0100
> From: Simon Andrews <simon.andrews at bbsrc.ac.uk>
> Subject: Re: CLUG Website
> To: Cambridge LUG <clug at cambridge-lug.org>
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> On 22 Sep 2009, at 12:36, Tom Ellis wrote:
> 
> > The main problem seems to be actually getting access to the server.
> 
> We need to get in touch with Thomas Horsten.  A quick bit of googling
> suggests the address listed on the website for him is still alive and
> that he's still in the area.
> 
> I'd be happy to help out with updating the website if Thomas isn't
> able to find the time.  It would probably be good if two or three
> people had access to the server to be able to make changes so we don't
> end up in this situation again.
> 
> Does anyone know or have any contact with Thomas?  Could you give him
> a nudge and see if he's willing to get this moving again?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Simon.
> 
Well, while it is true that getting access to the server is how the problem
presents itself, I am not convinced that this is the main problem or the
root cause.

Remember that usually when we have tried to do this in the past, while there 
has been general agreement that what we have now is not what we want, there 
has not been agreement on what we want instead.

There has usually been someone in 'lone wolf' mode who has something (or is 
allegedly about to have something) that they think we ought to want, but there
has been no widespread agreement that it is in detail what we actually want.

In that circumstance, it is clear that the suggestion will have little positive
support and may well have a strong element of passive resistance.

Whether that is a factor, or not, but with that as a background, it is unclear 
how Thomas should arbitrate between competing interests who each have a version 
that should be instantiated in place of what is there now (he probably shouldn't 
be in that position, but we have no other gatekeeper). I am hoping that isn't a
factor today, but it would be wise to clear that issue up for the future.

It is probably fine when we have universal agreement on exactly what should be 
done, but this is a conclave of techies, so that isn't exactly the likeliest 
outcome. Err, or, at the very least, not all that quickly...


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