[ELECTRON] future, broadband, meeting, etc

Tue Apr 12 22:32:35 UTC 2011

Simon and all

my schedule on Thursday looks wobbly, but I ould very much like to attend
the meeting

I wonder in case I cannot make it to Glasgow, if we can setup a skype
connection with video
then I will feel like I am in the room with you folks

PDM

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Josh G <bitskit at gmx.co.uk> wrote:

> Hey,
>
> I've just finished my 2.5 months of working in Austria and I'll be back in
> Glasgow next week. I joined the Electron Club before I left and never got a
> chance to come down. I'd love to get involved in the 3months I'll be back in
> Glasgow. Can you let me know of anything I can take part with over this
> time.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Josh
>
>
>
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: Alan J Munro
>
> Sent: 05/04/11 02:12 PM
>
> To: Discussion list for the Electron Club
>
> Subject: Re: [ELECTRON] future, broadband, meeting, etc
>
>
> 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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