[svlug] svlug election stuff - next community directions

[Lord Sauron]

On Monday 18 September 2006 20:25, Alvin Oga wrote:
> > Lord Sauron wrote:
> > On Monday 18 September 2006 19:24, Alvin Oga wrote:
> > Can't even vote yet ; )
>
> not yet ... no official ballot ...
>
> i donno where the voting script is
>
> last time this happend, i made a demo in couple hrs to show
> that voting stuff is trivial to get done.. but.. it was fun
>
> who's next .. that wants to show their 'wares
> you'd have about 45 days to get it ( voting script ) ready
>
> i'm assuming that the votes for officers will be a combination
> of hands-up at the meetings and also online votes like its
> been in the past
>
> > I'm from the planet Geidi Prime.  Is that "new" enough for you?
>
> i'm from what you guys call the "puffy planet" :-)
> 	- all air :-)
>
> 	- everything goes right thru or over my head
> 	and i won't care until you light a match :-)

It's really difficult to put out my flaming eye... ; )

> > If you don't mind some random teenager looking at it, I know PHP=20
> > (assuming it's PHP - CGI just confuses me).
>
> purrfect .... some old timers are too tired to keep up
>
> double purrfect ... learning is good .. even for failed projects
> as long as one has suspicions and opinions of how to prevent it next
> time
>
> problem is:
>
> 	- who decides who gets access to the svlug machine to get
> 	things done ??

I'd just sorta make something locally and then submit it when I think 
it's safe (my student's code is liable to hurt someone/something).

> > I know some tools that allow for an easy Google search of any data.
>
> i just did "grep elections Mail/svlug"  and i was done in under a
> second ( K6-350 w/ 192MB ) and my giant svlug archive goes back to
> 1998 ...

Yah, I was thinking about others who haven't figured out that grep 
exists yet.  Or for those that join and don't have aeons of archives in 
their harddrives.

> > > 	-- what new features does the community want to see happen ??
> >
> > Perhaps a wiki?
>
> good idea ... are you gonna install it ..
>
> 	- lots of others what the other wiki ... of the gazillion
> 	permutations of it

Yah, I would try MediaWiki first (the original one).  But that's just 
me.

> >  Some kind of a synopsis page for each user (only a few=20
> > things, like fav. distro, etc).
>
> if you're implying to create home pages for users ...
> 	- i say why not ... sounds like a good idea ..
>
> 	http://svlug.org/~geeky-user2006

I absent-mindedly clicked on that link and found this:

http://www.svlug.org/404-old.shtml

What a laugh!

> 	( better than myspace or other social sites for job stuff etc .. )

MySpace is all full of prurient teens and their attached 30-year-old 
cyber-stalker enemies.  I could make a thing that's "better" in a few 
hours.

> 	but it'd be better to use your own domain ??
> 	( it's $6/yr ya know .. and can reside anywhere ( any other machine
> ) )

True... however, most of the .name domains are taken, and all the others 
are getting filled up so dang fast...

> > I'm always willing to take a look and see if I can spare enough
> > time to=20 work on a project.
>
> time is everybody's problems
>
> and the problem is more people ... implies more management headaches
> and more time needed

Doesn't scare me.  Just use CVS/SVN and whenever someone makes a mistake 
just roll back and you're fine.

> 	- but more people is needed ... to maintain svlug
> 	specifically "new blood"... new ides ..

I'm not "involved" enough to know whether what you say is true.  I 
should be getting my Driver's License by the end of the month or so, so 
I look forward to being able to show up and participate and hopefully 
contribute more.

> > I could host a mirror/backup server if necessary.
>
> a simple: ( does the trick assuming you have an ssh account )
> 	cd /your-mirror ; rsync -zav svlug.org/blah .

Dangit, I'm going to have to learn more about rsync.  It's in portage... 
it's popping up everywhere.  Something this widespread has to be good.

-- 
http://lordsauronthegreat.googlepages.com/
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