[C320-list] Discussion List upgrade

[Mark Gillingham]

Thanks Jeff. You really are our best member.

I have some knowledge of google groups and might be able to offer some
assistance, more so in a couple weeks. Beth and I are camping on Speakeasy
this summer. We miss the water here in New Mexico and I love understand
that Lake Michigan has plenty.

Mark

On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 12:05 Scott Thompson <surprise at thompson87.com>
wrote:

> My community association mailing list went through a similar conversion
> to Google Groups earlier this year and it was totally seamless except
> for one thing: Many people forgot to update their address books and so
> continued to send email to the wrong address. Eventually we pulled the
> plug on the old address. In any event, the only work required at my end
> was to update my addressbook entry to point to the Google Groups
> address, so I don't think much dumbing down will be required!
>
> Anyhow, thanks to Jeff for making it happen. The ability to attach
> photos (docs too I presume) will be a welcome enhancement.
>
>
> On 6/18/2019 11:01 AM, Brian McLamb wrote:
> > First, a big thank you for your time and expertise on behalf of all
> > members!  Secondly, on a personal level I am not familiar with Google
> group
> > but assume it functions like FB group.  With that in mind I hope future
> > instructions after the conversion can be dumbed down to my level.  Again,
> > thanks for your extraordinary efforts to continue this invaluable
> resource
> > to us.   Brian McLamb s/v Serenity # 1075
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 10:56 AM Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> 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:
> >>>
> >>> Hello all,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> It's time for an upgrade.  Ok, way past time, but we're all volunteers
> >> and
> >>> super busy right?  :-)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> **BACKGROUND:
> >>>
> >>> 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.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 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.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> We've been doing this for years.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> **THE UPGRADE:
> >>>
> >>> 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).
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 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.)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> **WHAT WILL THIS MEAN TO YOU?
> >>>
> >>> 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.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 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.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 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.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Posting Pictures and Videos will be permitted.  Yea!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> **WHEN WILL WE START THIS?
> >>>
> >>> 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.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 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.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> There will probably be some hiccups in this process, so try to be
> >>> understanding.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Feel free to provide feedback if you have concerns, comments, or
> >> volunteer
> >>> if you want to help get this done faster.   :-)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Cheers!
> >>>
> >>> Jeff Hare
> >>>
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> --
> Scott Thompson
> Surprise, #653
>
> --
Mark Gillingham | @markgillingham | 312-543-3052