[evtech] Re: EVTECH Old vs EVTECH New lists: We need to make a decision as a group.
- From: George Mitchell <mitx7410@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <evtech@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:36:27 -0500
please sign me up to the "new" list, thanks
George Mitchell mitx7410@xxxxxxxxxxx
From: martin.klingensmith@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 09:37:23 -0400
Subject: [evtech] Re: EVTECH Old vs EVTECH New lists: We need to make a
decision as a group.
To: evtech@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
CC: evtech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 10:02 PM, eric@xxxxxxxxx <eric@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Okay everybody, we have a bit of a problem.
As many of you are aware, the EVTECH list has been down for several
days, and it appeared unlikely it would ever return under it's current
administration. Recently, there has been discussion on the EVDL list
about creating a new EVTECH list on a different server.
Well, we *do* have a new EVTECH list (evtech@xxxxxxxxxxxxx), but now
the old list (evtech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) is back, and some people
have expressed concern about "splitting" the list. Personally, I'm
for using the new list. Here's how I break it down:
"OLD" EVTECH List: Well established, but spotty uptime. This last
outage was long, and didn't seem to have an end in sight.
"NEW" EVTECH List: Already has new members that weren't on the old
list, who had heard about it on the EVDL. I'm told that freelists.org
has good uptime.
I think that splitting the list up is about the worst thing we can do.
I'd like to know what everyone thinks. I'm don't have any control
over either list in any way, but I do care about the future of EVTECH,
and I think we should figure this out, and act together as a group.
There was (I thought) significant discussion on the EVDL while EVTECH was still
down, that we should move/start a new list at a new provider. David Roden (EVDL
admin) set up the freelists.org account for EV tech.
I don't care a lot whether it stays at evtech.org or freelists.org, but I do
think the list should be open and available, and if not, we should know why.
Sheer doesn't get thanked very well for hosting the list. I know it's not a
glamorous job, but; he should let us know if he's going to randomly pull the
plug for a week at a time. It is for that reason that I think the list members
should move on.
--
Martin K.
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