On Sun, 25 Aug 2013, "Lev Lafayette" <lev@levlafayette.com> wrote:
On Sun, August 25, 2013 2:25 pm, Duncan Roe wrote:
Me too. I don't recall seeing a proper explanation why we should be merging with Linux Aust - did I miss it?
I thought I'd made the case (given the fact I'm neutral on this anyway). But still
* Volunteer insurance, something we currently don't have). * Reduced administration
Insurance is a good thing. It's also a really good thing to not have to worry about such things, to have LA just do them.
* Incorporation of our members as LA members (which I *suspect* at least 1/3rd aren't).
Of course incorporating with LA isn't required for that. But giving LUV members greater involvement in the national LUG scene would be a good thing.
Good point re the mailing lists too - how will / can they continue?
Our mailing lists will continue, just as with other regional subcommittees.
Peter Lieverdink retired as sysadmin recently. Since then I volunteered to take over but due to distractions from various other projects haven't yet migrated the lists to the new server. Given the fact that the LA servers are well run and that a mailing list takes no significant traffic by today's standards it would make sense to have the LUV lists run on the LA server. As the LA lists are run on Mailman it should be fairly easy to migrate them and save some sysadmin time in the long term. Really it doesn't matter much where the list server is located, having a server in Victoria isn't a great benefit for LUV members. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/