[clug] CLUG website - what do we need?

[Jim Croft]

A couple of suggestions.  I kind of like the appearance of
http://www.clug.org.au/ based on the look and feel of
http://mabula.net/installfest/

It has that quaint geek uncompromising approach to minimalism and
responsiveness that so infuriates modern web designers.   And anything
that pisses off modern web designers is a good thing in my book...  :)

But I must admit I find static pages frustrating, and ultimately,
boring.  I would love to be able to comment, annotate, see the
comments and annotations of others, and see the comments and
annotations shape the website into a resource created by and for the
community.

Would a compromise be possible?  A simple set on simple pages built on
an open source wiki of some sort, skinned to look like the current
page, or something like it?

In terms of the clug membership thing, also quaint in its
uncompromising approach to lack of definition (Groucho and I
appreciate being able to not belong to any club that would have us as
members) would not another compromise be possible whereby if you were
a member of the clug list you were able to contribute to the
webby/wiki/bloggy/thingy?

As an aside, what is the status of http://clug.anu.edu.au/ ?  Why did
it apparently fail to get any real traction?

jim

On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Paul Wayper<paulway at mabula.net> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've updated the CLUG page - the projects have been moved to a separate page
> until I get them sorted out, and the contacts have been updated.
>
> This is your website too - send me suggestions via the list for what we
> should put up there!.
>
> On 16/06/09 23:54, Jim Croft wrote:
>>
>> wiki bloggy thingy......
>
> club-in-a-box.
>
> The "keep it simple" style for the front page has been relatively popular
> and has the advantage of being simpler to load.  In the past, quite a number
> of people have been very much against using Wordpress and other dynamic
> content generation systems for the front page, and I'm generally in that
> camp too. There's also a fair number of attacks of varying description
> against said systems, and account management is a further pain that I'd like
> to avoid.
>
> The grand plan is for a system, which we call "club-in-a-box", to do the
> whole wiki / blog / knowledgebase / content management system thing with
> lots of bolt on extras.  But the front pages will still be basically static
> to keep design simple.  That system will also be one that I fully expect to
> be flying around in my own quantum-wave-energy-powered car before its for
> real.
>
> On 17/06/09 16:59, Alastair D'Silva wrote:
>> A members' section (with blog links) would be nice, if only to increase
>> our
>> FWSE rankings.
>
> Once I got past the "Fast Wide Single Ended" SCSI definition and worked out
> you were talking about search engines I got with it :-)
>
> "Members" are something that the CLUG does not really possess.  We also
> don't have an executive committee, subscriptions, funds, or assets.  This is
> slightly unusual in a LUG for our size but in my opinion it's working
> perfectly.  I'm a little unsure about, therefore, how to select those people
> who go on that 'members' list without either being accused of favouritism,
> missing out some critical 'old guard' person I (as a relative newcomer to
> CLUG) didn't know about, missing out some critical 'rising star' person I
> didn't know about, or laziness.  It's a good suggestion, I'm just not sure
> how to execute it.
>
> Have fun,
>
> Paul
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