[Canberra-pm] Becoming Group Leader (was Re: Canberra-pm Digest, Vol 38, Issue 5) [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[John.Hockaday at ga.gov.au]

I'm happy for anyone else to maintain this list.  It is very useful so I hope
someone will.

Thanks.


John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: canberra-pm-bounces+john.hockaday=ga.gov.au at pm.org 
> [mailto:canberra-pm-bounces+john.hockaday=ga.gov.au at pm.org] 
> On Behalf Of Guy de Vanny
> Sent: Thursday, 15 May 2008 1:20 AM
> To: Jacinta Richardson
> Cc: canberra-pm at pm.org; Michael Potter
> Subject: Re: [Canberra-pm] Becoming Group Leader (was Re: 
> Canberra-pm Digest, Vol 38, Issue 5)
> 
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I also was at the Canberra meeting last week - excellent 
> talks - thanks 
> Paul.  I am keen to see the group continue. Unless Michael or 
> John want 
> to put their hand up, I am happy to register as the leader and do the 
> web and mail stuff and organise some meetings and perhaps a project.
> 
> I am sure that with the bit of interest already shown we can breathe 
> some more life into the Canberra PM group. So  put in your 
> thoughts, and 
> unless someone else is keen to do it, I'll  register at groups.pm.org 
> tomorrow or Friday night.  After that I think we need a 
> meeting in the 
> next fortnight or so to plan some action for the year.
> 
> Cheers,
> Guy
> 
> 
> Jacinta Richardson wrote:
> > Michael Potter wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> Given the interest at last meet, I believe the Canberra PM 
> group has
> >> good prospects to continue meeting up and what-not. I 
> would be happy to
> >> contribute to the mailing list if there is no-one 
> currently maintaining
> >> it (not sure what this involves though...).
> >>     
> >
> > Jeremy Price, the listed group leader of Canberra PM, is 
> current missing.  His
> > currently registered address with pm.org ( 
> http://www.pm.org/groups/537.html )
> > is bouncing.  If you're happy to become the new leader then 
> all you need to do
> > is follow the instructions here:
> >
> > 
> http://groups.pm.org/faq.html#how_do_i_request_a_new_group_or_
to_reactivate_a_group_that_has_been_inactive
>
> although familiarising yourself with most of the rest of the information on
that
> page is probably a good idea too.  Once you do this, you will be
responsible for
> keeping the website up to date (for some definition of up to date) and
> moderating posts/spam from non-members to the list.
>
> With respect to keeping the website up to date, you are more than welcome
to
> redirect http://canberra.pm.org/ to point to the PerlNet wiki Canberra PM
page
> http://perl.net.au/wiki/Canberra_Perl_Mongers (which is also a bit out of
date).
>  This way everyone can then help maintain your page. perl.net.au (run by
Paul
> and myself) has fairly good spam capturing and monitoring, so your page
should
> be fairly safe from bot-vandalism.   Sydney Perl Mongers does this at
> http://sydney.pm.org
>
> If you have any questions, I'd be delighted to help.  davorg's sent out the
> census this morning: http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/11/2133229
So
> there's no time to waste!
>
> 	J
>
> PS: If you're lead to think, out of a love of democracy, that the group
leader
> should be elected, or generally approved of, I'd encourage you still to
become
> leader *right now* and then contact davorg for the census questions.  You
can
> always pass the baton on later.
>
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