[SGVLUG] Call for webmasters / upcoming presentations

[Jean Chen]

Hi,

On 6/27/05, Emerson, Tom <Tom.Emerson at wbconsultant.com> wrote:

> We *do* have a small group of volunteers who originally responded for this (David, Jean, & Stephen, I believe) so I'm writing to make sure they are still interested and to find out if anyone else wants to help stir the pot [though we probably will keep the number of cooks limited overall... :) ]

I'm still interested and happy to help out.

> For those that want to be in a primary position for this, is there any preference for maintaining the site via some form of content-management system or "blogging" software (such as greymatter, moveable type, or ???) or just a plain-jane "keep the page reasonably clean by hand" approach, etc.

I'm not familiar with bluefish, quanta, Mambo, WebGUI, etc.  I'll use
whatever we decide on.  However...

I don't think the site should be run by blogging software alone, as
that's well-suited for meeting notices, but much less suited for
information organized by topic.

I like Claude's idea of a controlled-access wiki very much.  That way,
content will be organized by topic, and it can be rigged to be
organized by date when necessary (like for meeting announcements). 
Plus, as presentations are given and people discover new things, pages
can be easily made or updated... maybe even by the sources themselves!
 LUGs are very much about the sharing of knowledge, so I think a wiki
could make our Web site more of an asset to the group than a blog
could.

I guess we could have both a blog and a wiki, but the less we use, the
less can break down on us.

I have never liked CMSes, but granted I used to work in journalism and
there the CMS is the editorial staff :)  I think a couple of page
templates and conscientious file maintenance are preferable to a
software package that can grow problems on us, and according to
Murphy's Law, always at the worst possible time.

Best,
Jean

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