[Melbourne-pm] Wikification of melbourne.pm.org?

[Alfie John]

On 10/01/2006, at 7:09 PM, Jacinta Richardson wrote:

>
>
> Ben Marsh wrote:
>
>> What is YACMaS?
>
> Yet another content management system.  We used to have a dynamic  
> site until
> pm.org got hacked one too many times and they decided to host  
> static web pages only.
>
>> Granted I am only new here but I like the idea of a seperate site.
>> Doesnt it look better for Melbourne Perl Mongers to have their own  
>> site?
>
> I really can't imagine it looking bad for Melbourne.pm.org to  
> redirect to
> anywhere else, but that might just be me.
>
>> Admittedly the current Melbourne.pm.org maintainer seems very busy on
>> other things.  I actually had the crazy thought that I might help
>> with/do the melbourne.pm.org web page.  I do envisage that such a  
>> website requires
>> information to be donated from lots of people.  But then so does a  
>> wiki.
>
> Scott, Paul and I are the Melbourne.pm.org maintainers.  I wrote  
> the current
> content mid last year after I got sick of no content at all (due to  
> the pm.org
> issues).  I'd be *delighted* to add more content if anyone wants to  
> volunteer
> any.  I'd even be willing to write further content on various  
> topics if anyone
> indicates that they *want* it.

Maybe at the next meeting we could run a requirements analysis  
session on what we want PerlNet's wiki to do for us. Wiki content can  
grow at an enormous pace meaning maintenance nightmares arhh! A  
couple of guidelines and templates could help things go a bit smoother.

Alfie

>
> Of course one of the big joys of having a wiki is that I don't have  
> to be
> involved, you can all just add content as you go.  You'll see that  
> I've been
> keeping a meeting history.  Feel free to add to it.
>
>
>> Me too. :-)  If everyone thinks that the best way for that is the
>> redirect to the Melbourne_Perl_Mongers page then so be it.  But I  
>> like
>> the idea of a separate web site more.
>
> Realising that we'd keep the Melbourne.pm.org domain, and it would  
> just redirect
> (possibly after doing something cute in the same way that http:// 
> sydney.pm.org
> does):
> 	* why do you like the idea of a separate website more?
> 	* what would you like to appear on that separate website?
>
> All the best,
>
> 	Jacinta
>
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