Jim, we had a couple of members meeting discussions on this, and after a
lengthy debate, the membership voted on moving to Google Groups. Of course
your opinion matters. We try to provide Google Hangouts for every members
meeting, so that all members can participate in the discussion, even if
they can't physically be there.
See here. New business section.
http://www.hackpittsburgh.org/wiki/index.php?title=Member_Meeting_Minutes_for_January_17,_2017
The main privacy concern I see, is that if you google HackPittsburgh, often
our freelists posts come up in the search results. And people have posted
in the past information such as telephone numbers, addresses, the current
location, and other private information which could come up in a random
google search.
Also
"The maximum size limit for messages sent to a group is *25 MB*,
including attachments (the normal Gmail limit). Group owners or managers
can edit specific groups to set lower size limits. The default size for a
message sent in Google Groups is *25 MB"*
Just because someone cannot access Google Groups randomly, that does
not mean someone cannot release messages from the lists themselves. It
would be best to not consider the list private or privileged.
Also, everyone will need to download your attachments. Please be
considerate of those on metered connections and do not post large
attachments. I don't want to download your giant pictures or PDFs that
I have no need for and will delete almost immediately.
So, honestly, I still think the two reasons for moving to Google
Groups is a folly, but I guess I'm not active enough to have mattered
in this discussion.
Jim
On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 9:23 AM, Geno Soroka <geno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
If you have not done so yet, please join the HackPGH Google Groups.
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/hackpgh-discuss
We will begin using this instead of freelists in a month or two. First we
will make sure that everyone is signed up. Also, freelists emails will
automatically redirect to the google groups email.
2 Main reasons are: Privacy and Attachments.
-Geno
Secretary | HackPGH
Pittsburgh’s First Makerspace
1936 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
http://www.hackpittsburgh.org
