[hbpm] HawkesBay.pm Website?

Jacinta Richardson jarich at perltraining.com.au
Mon Nov 19 22:31:15 PST 2007


> is anyone else having  a problem accessing the website?
> does anyone know what's going on?
> 
> when i looked on perl mongers.
> i did not find HawkesBay.pm listed.
> does that seem right?

Every few years or so, the PM Groups Leader (it was Dave Cross, but I think he's
passed the baton on) seems to get an itch to cull the PM groups that appear
inactive.  The greatest was in 2002 and another followed the census at the end
of 2005 (http://www.pm.org/census/2005/).  Since Hawkes Bay apparently survived
both of those, I don't know why it's lost its status now, but its not irrevocable.

The two most important criteria for "active" seems to be

	* Does the PM group leader respond to emails from the PM GRoups Leader?
	* Is the website even slightly/remotely current?

To resurrect the group, we need Daniel Hopkirk to contact support at pm.org
following the below instructions:

http://groups.pm.org/faq.html#how_do_i_request_a_new_group_or_to_reactivate_a_group_that_has_been_inactive

To keep it alive, it would help if the list had more discussion, and if you met
occasionally (even once every three months) while updating that information on
your website.  There are some useful hints on running a successful PM group
available:

	http://www.pm.org/successful/index.html

If Daniel Hopkirk isn't interested in running the group anymore, he can cede
that responsibility to anyone he chooses.  Once the group is re-recognised
(which is important as otherwise the list might also be culled), it should have
a website and be listed on www.pm.org again.  It's also allowable to have more
than one person registered (with their own WebDAV details) as website maintainers.

All the best,

	Jacinta

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