[GLLUG] Next Meeting/Presentations/etc

Daniel R. Kilbourne drk@netophilia.net
Thu, 17 Jan 2002 15:07:17 -0500


Actually, not to start an election or anything, but I would like to volunteer for the webmaster position also. The Company I work for (http://www.liquidweb.com - shameless plug) will soon be hosting it, so it just kinda makes sense....


Matt Graham extolled:
> On Thursday 17 January 2002 13:25, Suzanne Reiner 8423 wrote:
> > Careful, Ben, they're going to 'nominate' you for the
> > secretary/webmaster.
> 
> Actually, I should ask:  What exactly is the secretary supposed to do 
> in this organization?  Keep meeting minutes, write up plans for future 
> events, create posters/flyers if we ever get around to holding a 
> general public event, implement Giant Laser Death Frisbees?  Like 
> Suzanne implied, there might be some overlap between secretary and 
> webmaster depending on how the Fearless Leader decides to do things.  
> (Post the meeting minutes/schedule on the site, etc.)
> 
> I'd volunteer for the webmaster job in 5 seconds if I knew more about 
> design and usability issues.  I know basic HTML, PHP, and CGI-Perl, I 
> use a text editor to edit all documents, but making a site pretty was 
> never my big concern.  ("Hey, it displays in lynx and the w3.org 
> validator likes it, what more do you want?")  I believe JavaScript and 
> Flash are Evil^W^W would cause more problems than they'd solve on a 
> site like gllug.
> 
> If people are comfortable with leaving the site's design mostly static 
> for a couple of months, I'll do the webmaster thing.  I'm totally 
> comfortable with ssh'ing in to wherever the gllug.org box is and 
> working with it on the command-line.  My cable modem works perfectly 
> (unlike Ed's) and is on 24/7 so I can easily do remote work at any 
> time.
> 
> -- 
> Used to have a .sig, but I'm trying to quit.
> _______________________________________________
> linux-user mailing list
> linux-user@egr.msu.edu
> http://www.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user

-- 
--------------------------------
    Daniel R. Kilbourne
    drk@netophilia.net
________________________________