Re: Restructuring Opinions.

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I second the idea of keeping things as they are, the LUNI brand and I do
agree that there may be more volunteers than first imagined for help with
list administration. There may also be more help 'lurking' in terms of
infrastructure.

Sorry about the top posting.

Ramkrishna Mehendale

On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 12:27 AM, Arun Khan <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Samir Faci <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >   I was wondering what everyone thought about the idea of converting
> > Luni into a google group of some form.
>
> I am a member of other LUGs hosted on Yahoo! as well as Google groups.
>  For the Google groups, I had to be invited v/s in Yahoo! groups one
> can request membership directly.
>
> To change your individual preferences, each service requires that you
> have an email id with the respective provider.
>
> > Luni I believe was started by seva, but he's been
> > pretty busy in the past few years,
>
> IIRC, it was started back circa 1995/6; Dan Yocum, Keith Garner, Rick
> Munday  and a few others (sorry - cannot recall all the names)  were
> the initiators.
>
> Also, you can call for volunteers, if you need help with the list
> administration.
>
> > Also, you don't need a google account to be in a google group (if
> > that's a concern).
>
> Can members (w/o Google account) change their preferences?
>
> The other features e.g. calendar is nice.   Given the low traffic of
> such activity, I suppose the announcements made in the mailing list
> are OK.
>
> My two cents -  let things stay the way they are.  LUNI is a branding
> of sorts and that will be lost in going with a Google or Yahoo! group
> migration.
>
> --
> Arun Khan
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
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> Linux Users Of Northern Illinois (Chicago) - Technical Discussion
> http://luni.org/mailman/listinfo/luni
>

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I second the idea of keeping things as they are, the LUNI brand and I do ag=
ree that there may be more volunteers than first imagined for help with lis=
t administration. There may also be more help &#39;lurking&#39; in terms of=
 infrastructure.<br>
<br>Sorry about the top posting.<br><br>Ramkrishna Mehendale<br><br><div cl=
ass=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 12:27 AM, Arun Khan <span dir=
=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt;</=
span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class=3D"im">On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 7:=
51 PM, Samir Faci &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]<=
/a>&gt; wrote:<br>

<br>
&gt; =A0 I was wondering what everyone thought about the idea of converting=
<br>
&gt; Luni into a google group of some form.<br>
<br>
</div>I am a member of other LUGs hosted on Yahoo! as well as Google groups=
.<br>
 =A0For the Google groups, I had to be invited v/s in Yahoo! groups one<br>
can request membership directly.<br>
<br>
To change your individual preferences, each service requires that you<br>
have an email id with the respective provider.<br>
<div class=3D"im"><br>
&gt;=A0Luni I believe was started by seva, but he&#39;s been<br>
&gt; pretty busy in the past few years,<br>
<br>
</div>IIRC, it was started back circa 1995/6; Dan Yocum, Keith Garner, Rick=
<br>
Munday =A0and a few others (sorry - cannot recall all the names) =A0were<br=
>
the initiators.<br>
<br>
Also, you can call for volunteers, if you need help with the list<br>
administration.<br>
<div class=3D"im"><br>
&gt; Also, you don&#39;t need a google account to be in a google group (if<=
br>
&gt; that&#39;s a concern).<br>
<br>
</div>Can members (w/o Google account) change their preferences?<br>
<br>
The other features e.g. calendar is nice. =A0 Given the low traffic of<br>
such activity, I suppose the announcements made in the mailing list<br>
are OK.<br>
<br>
My two cents - =A0let things stay the way they are. =A0LUNI is a branding<b=
r>
of sorts and that will be lost in going with a Google or Yahoo! group<br>
migration.<br>
<font color=3D"#888888"><br>
--<br>
Arun Khan<br>
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.<br>
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?<br>
A: Top-posting.<br>
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?<br>
</font><div><div></div><div class=3D"h5">--<br>
Linux Users Of Northern Illinois (Chicago) - Technical Discussion<br>
<a href=3D"http://luni.org/mailman/listinfo/luni" target=3D"_blank">http://=
luni.org/mailman/listinfo/luni</a><br>
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