Re: [PROPOSAL] trianglehackers.org - wiki/etc. for all things "hackerdom" in the Triangle
Rayme Jernigan <[email protected]> Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:09:58 -0400
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--===============2667462422237061550== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_588CE83D-54D5-4F27-B810-E09BD6F481E5" --Apple-Mail=_588CE83D-54D5-4F27-B810-E09BD6F481E5 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Steve Burnett has something read-only he has maintained for several = years... maybe a good resource: = http://www.cavesofice.org/~badger/triangle/groups.html On Apr 18, 2013, at 12:02 PM, Phillip Rhodes <[email protected]> = wrote: > Folks; >=20 > The recent announcement that TechShop RDU is closing has started a lot = of discussion about a lot of initiatives / groups / efforts in the = triangle that could all > fall under the general banner of "hacking related". There's talk = about new hackerspaces, expansion of existing hackerspaces, clubs and = meetps are looking for new homes, talking about merging, etc., tec. >=20 > The whole thing got me to pondering a central site to serve as sort of = a "meta" resource for ALL groups anywhere in the Triangle, to share = information, communicate, and coordinate. =20 >=20 > There *was* a trianglehackers.com site at one time, but I guess the = domain owner let it expire, as it seems to just be foreign language spam = now.. >=20 > To, to this end, I registered the domain "trianglehackers.org" and am = offering to donate it to an effort to build this meta resource I spoke = of. I'm also willing to donate paying for a VPS at Rackspace to host = $whatever. My initial thought is to stick a Mediawiki instance up = there, but I wanted to solicit feedback from the boarder community = first. >=20 > So: >=20 > 1. Does anybody think this is a good idea? > 2. Or a bad idea? > 3. Why? > 4. Are you willing to help? > 5. How? > 6. When? > 7. What would you want associated with the domain? Just a wiki? = Mailing list(s)? Other? NOTA? ??? >=20 > Note that I am *not* proposing a new organization per-se, or anything = that is intended to compete with, or divert energy from any other group = or initiative. The idea is to foster more interaction between groups, = promote collaboration and cross-promotion, etc. >=20 > Also, please forward this to any other groups which you think might be = an appropriate audience for this. >=20 > Phil >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Juglist mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.trijug.org/mailman/listinfo/juglist_lists.trijug.org --Apple-Mail=_588CE83D-54D5-4F27-B810-E09BD6F481E5 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Steve Burnett has something read-only he has maintained for several years... maybe a good resource: <a href="http://www.cavesofice.org/~badger/triangle/groups.html">http://www.cavesofice.org/~badger/triangle/groups.html</a></div><br><div><div>On Apr 18, 2013, at 12:02 PM, Phillip Rhodes <<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Folks;<br><br></div>The recent announcement that TechShop RDU is closing has started a lot of discussion about a lot of initiatives / groups / efforts in the triangle that could all<br></div>fall under the general banner of "hacking related". There's talk about new hackerspaces, expansion of existing hackerspaces, clubs and meetps are looking for new homes, talking about merging, etc., tec.<br><br>The whole thing got me to pondering a central site to serve as sort of a "meta" resource for ALL groups anywhere in the Triangle, to share information, communicate, and coordinate. <br><br></div>There *was* a <a href="http://trianglehackers.com/">trianglehackers.com</a> site at one time, but I guess the domain owner let it expire, as it seems to just be foreign language spam now..<br><br></div>To, to this end, I registered the domain "<a href="http://trianglehackers.org/">trianglehackers.org</a>" and am offering to donate it to an effort to build this meta resource I spoke of. I'm also willing to donate paying for a VPS at Rackspace to host $whatever. My initial thought is to stick a Mediawiki instance up there, but I wanted to solicit feedback from the boarder community first.<br><br>So:<br><br></div>1. Does anybody think this is a good idea?<br></div>2. Or a bad idea?<br></div>3. Why?<br></div>4. Are you willing to help?<br></div>5. How?<br></div>6. When?<br></div>7. What would you want associated with the domain? Just a wiki? Mailing list(s)? Other? NOTA? ???<br> <br></div><div>Note that I am *not* proposing a new organization per-se, or anything that is intended to compete with, or divert energy from any other group or initiative. The idea is to foster more interaction between groups, promote collaboration and cross-promotion, etc.<br></div><div><br></div>Also, please forward this to any other groups which you think might be an appropriate audience for this.<br><br>Phil<br><br></div> _______________________________________________<br>Juglist mailing list<br><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br>http://lists.trijug.org/mailman/listinfo/juglist_lists.trijug.org<br></blockquote></div><br></body></html> --Apple-Mail=_588CE83D-54D5-4F27-B810-E09BD6F481E5-- --===============2667462422237061550== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Juglist mailing list [email protected] http://lists.trijug.org/mailman/listinfo/juglist_lists.trijug.org --===============2667462422237061550==--