[ELECTRON] future, broadband, meeting, etc

[Alan J Munro]

Hi Simon, 
I can make the 14th and I will try to help in what way I can. It's in my diary and I'll try to think how I can contribute. 

best wishes, 

alan

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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