[ELECTRON] future, broadband, meeting, etc

Tue Apr 5 11:11:54 UTC 2011

Thanks to everyone who has replied so far.

Francis McKee has now confirmed he will be at the meeting so we will be
able to sort out the wider CCA stuff as well.

best wishes
Si

> Hi,
>
> The 14th is fine for me. Currently I'm not sure what help I can be but am
> open to suggestions and more than happy to get involved.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jason
>
> On 5 April 2011 11:06, Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am also not too sure I can make the 14th will pencil it it though),
>> but
>> reiterate my availability to support the transition in whatever capacity
>> may
>> be needed, as the EC provides a great value for the local community. I
>> am
>> mostly virtual as I travel a lot, but online 'I am here'
>> Let me know whats up and what can I do
>> cheers
>> PDM
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Document Film Festival <
>> info at documentfilmfestival.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Simon,
>>>
>>> Put the 14th in my diary see you then
>>>
>>> Paula
>>>  Paula Larkin
>>> Coordinator
>>> Document Festival
>>>
>>> tel: 00 44 141 332 9311
>>> http://documentfilmfestival.org
>>>
>>> Document 9 - International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival,
>>> Glasgow,
>>> October 2011.
>>>
>>> Document Festival | Basement Office | 35 Carnarvon St | Glasgow | G3
>>> 6HP |
>>> Scotland | UK
>>> Document is a company limited by guarantee and registered in Scotland
>>> SC157797.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3 Apr 2011, at 23:02, Simon Yuill wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> As you may recall Francis McKee (CCA Director) offered to meet with us
>>> last month to discuss CCA's ongoing support for the Electron Club and
>>> get familar with more members as I will be stepping down.
>>>
>>> Anyway, as things went it wasn't possible. He got caught up in other
>>> commitments which meant he couldn't make the dates originally proposed.
>>>
>>> I will try and arrange for another meeting this month but meanwhile we
>>> need to press on with other people taking over my responsibilities at
>>> the Electron Club.
>>>
>>> Ben Dembroski has offered to provide hosting for the website, and Blair
>>> offered to help get a new website up and running.
>>>
>>> For the mailing lists, the options are either for something to be set
>>> up
>>> on Ben's server, or if we are to shift to using the Groupserver system
>>> we looked at a few weeks back, they offer a free service that Electron
>>> Club could sign up to. This would take care of both hosting and
>>> maintenance, although it would not be possible to customize it in any
>>> way, but it is posisble to have your own URL directed to it and for the
>>> mailing list addresses (so members at electronclub.org could still be used
>>> for example). There will need to be one or more people to act as
>>> moderators for the lists - individual group lists should continue to be
>>> run by the groups themselves but will also need to move to whatever new
>>> system we adopt. We should aim to get the transition to the new
>>> server(s) started this month.
>>>
>>>
>>> Kenny Macleod (CCA head technician and Production Manager) has been in
>>> touch this week regarding the broadband. The CCA have now offered to
>>> take on the full costs of running this for us, so there will no longer
>>> be any need for people to fundraise for the costs of this. The CCA will
>>> be taking this over at the end of April - there may be some downtime as
>>> they transfer it to their own provider.
>>>
>>>
>>> I am also setting the end of April as the deadline for my own
>>> departure,
>>> so we will need people to have taken over my responsibilities by this
>>> point.
>>>
>>>
>>> The main thing here is for one or more people to act as the liason with
>>> the CCA, keep them updated about new members and who needs access ot
>>> the
>>> room, provide advance notice when workshops are happening, respond to
>>> enquiries for them and pass on news for when the building is shut etc.
>>> It is also useful for someone to forward information to their marketing
>>> people for any public events at Electron Club that people would like
>>> advertised through CCA.
>>>
>>> Internally there needs to be someone to respond to enquiries from the
>>> public about the Electron Club - passing on invites to things such as
>>> the BBC workshop last month, and welcoming new members, helping new
>>> groups get started using the space, etc.
>>>
>>> It is probably best that this is shared out between a group of people
>>> and a dedicated mailing list could be set up for that. But first we
>>> need
>>> to know who is willing to be part of this.
>>>
>>> I have booked the room for a week on Thursday, 14th April, at 6pm. Can
>>> everyone who is interested in helping with the ongoing running of the
>>> Electron Club try and make that?
>>>
>>> If people can't make the date but want to be involved, just let me know
>>> and I'll make sure you get included in any ongoing arrangements.
>>>
>>> I will try and get Francis or someone else from CCA to be at this as
>>> well so we can sort that stuff out at the same time.
>>>
>>>
>>> best wishes
>>> Si
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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