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Re: CFD: Subgroups for lugnet.org.us & lugnet.trains.org
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Todd Lehman wrote in message <383b1a64.153493579@lugnet.com>...
Another thought -- not to diminish the private mailing list but to address
its advantages differently:  What if you could create informational pages • in
the /org/us/nelug/ area that only NELUG members (who've gone through • NELUG's
official membership process and obtained official NELUG membership) could
access -- and would be restricted to outsiders?

These might be things like, as you mentioned, directions to meetings or
people's phone numbers, or they could really contain any information for • the
group.  Allowing sub-communities (such as user groups or clubs) to create
privileged-access pages is also relatively easy to implement now given the
evolving LUGNET website architecture, and has always been part of the
long-term plan as well.


Cool.

Is a web site a must?

Not IMHO...  In fact, if a group was having trouble raising money for a
domain or didn't have anyone with the expertise to set up a free geocities
site or other technical things like that, the group (assuming it had a
"tangible manifestation" could even just point people at the • /org/us/xyzpdq/
area on LUGNET as their starting point or web site if they wanted to, until
they had a real site).  In other words, a little mini-website on LUGNET • just
for them would be an automatic freebie for any group making the leap into
existence.


Cool.

Does the group have to meet at least once?

That's a great question.  From my point of view, things I'd look for as
"tangible manifestations" are things like an actual count of people (say, 4
or 5 or more) and a name and a purpose and a geographical area, etc.


Sounds good to me. Hmm, we're just barely there for a triangle
(Raleigh/Durham NC) group with 4 or 5 of us.

Frank



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  Re: CFD: Subgroups for lugnet.org.us & lugnet.trains.org
 
(...) Say, Eric, how do you maintain NELUG's member list? (Add new people's names, keep track of their email addresses, list their websites, etc.) It just occurred to me when I saw this page, (URL) LUGNET could help automate some of those sorts of (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.org.us)

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