[C320-list] Discussion List upgrade

[Chris Burti]

Feedback- thanks for all of your selfless labor 

Best Regards,
Chris Burti


> On Jun 18, 2019, at 10:47 AM, Jeff Hare <Catalina at thehares.com> wrote:
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> Hello all,
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> It's time for an upgrade.  Ok, way past time, but we're all volunteers and
> super busy right?  :-)
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> **BACKGROUND:
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> Today the c320-list is an email discussion list running at our hosting
> company.  It has the benefit of storing all the discussion history in text
> format that we can download and keep handy if we like.  We don't allow
> pictures or attachments to be posted because we don't have any way to
> moderate content out of the archives once they've been posted.  
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> Today we also send a copy of every post over to our C320-List on
> GoogleGroups.  That group has no members so it acts like there's just one
> really busy member posting all this stuff.  That's why nobody can post or
> respond directly to messages you read there, but you can browse/search that
> discussion group with your web browser.  
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> We've been doing this for years.  
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> **THE UPGRADE:
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> It's time to reverse that whole thing and allow you to participate only
> through the C320-List Google Groups (via email and/or web browser as you
> choose). 
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> The association itself will continue to use our current email list only to
> archive all incoming content so that we don't lose any of it but it will
> stop being used for delivering discussion list emails.  GoogleGroups will
> assume that role.  (BTW, It would be great if we could get volunteers to dig
> through those and turn that into technical articles/FAQs on our website.)
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> **WHAT WILL THIS MEAN TO YOU?
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> We will need to remove everyone from the current C320-List and ADD you as
> members to our Google C320-List.  We should be able to do this for you in
> bulk,  but I think we'll need to get your consent first because we do not
> want to be flagged as building a list with members who do not want to be
> included.  If you'd rather use another email address, like your gmail,
> comcast or AOL email address instead of what you're using today you'll be
> able to do that.  
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> In order to do this, we may create an Opt-In form on our C320.org website
> and request that you fill it in to give us permission to move you.  If you
> want to join the google C320-List on your own later that will always be
> possible of course.
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> We will provide advanced notice when we'll do this.  Once we start this
> process the old list will be shut down and the GoogleGroup list will start
> up and allow participation both Online via web browser and also via email.
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> Posting Pictures and Videos will be permitted.  Yea!
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> **WHEN WILL WE START THIS?
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> I will be finishing the migration plan later this week and will send another
> short email as soon as I can with exactly what we need you to do and when.  
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> We will also post this information on the front page of the C320 website so
> you'll be able to go there and understand what you need to do if you want to
> participate.  I hope to have this completed over the next couple weeks,
> barring personal schedule conflicts.
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> There will probably be some hiccups in this process, so try to be
> understanding.
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> Feel free to provide feedback if you have concerns, comments, or volunteer
> if you want to help get this done faster.   :-) 
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> Cheers!
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> Jeff Hare 
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