Kev/Tim/Jeff et al.
Re goups.io - Kev, I think the issues you note are an important consideration. The groups files currently take up about 2 GB, however depending how group activity progresses and with photo resolution (and therefore file sizes) ever increasing, I think the 10GB limit is a problem too.
Re: Archive - Tim, I've archived the group (didn't want to risk losing it if there wasn't a consensus here before yahoo started to delete) using https://github.com/IgnoredAmbience/yahoo-group-archiver and happy to say it works quite well. I've put the resulting files here: http://eb.ip8.org/archive/ temporarily if anyone wants to see what was saved. Email content, Photos, Files, etc all seem to be in good shape. Importing the resulting archive to another platform would take some work.... and I believe some of the data isn't archived because I'm not set as a moderator on the yahoo group. Myles, if you make me a moderator here, I should be able to figure out archiving the full data. And... apparently, for moderators, Yahoo has recently put together some sort of export tool, however I'm not sure what kind of data that tool produces.
Re: Next steps - Jeff, I'm happy to work on this with you and anyone else interested in moving to a new platform, I've been working with web applications & unix boxes for 20+ years. There's a lot of possible forum / mailing list platforms we can use, the first thing in my mind is to get an understanding of how the group uses the existing group features, and what additional features (if any) might be interesting for the next iteration. Main question has to do with how members access/reply to messages (email or web). To that end, I've put together a quick survey (should take literally a minute to fill out, just a couple questions) here: https://forms..gle/Y964aSyPqXfSJaf18 , everyone who's interested in this discussion, please take a minute to fill that out. I'll share back the results with the group after 24 hours or so.
In the meantime, I'm mindful that we're hitting thousands of email boxes with this thread. If there was a wish by other members/moderator, to move this to a regular email thread with everyone interested in working on it, please let me know. We could do that and report back to the group once a direction has become clear . On the other hand, due to the significant nature of the discussion, everyone might prefer to have the discussion continue on the full list. Either is fine with me.
Thanks. Roland
On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 11:45 PM Jeff LaCoursiere jeff@jeff.net [electricboats] <electricboats@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Someone mentioned they had access to forum software. I run hundreds of servers - I could easily put the forum up on our infrastructure. Sorry I didn't save that post... would they be willing to work with me to stand it up and give it a kick?
j
On 10/29/19 8:33 AM, DAN HENNIS dhennis@centurytel.net [electricboats] wrote:
Thanks Jeff,
I did look into the .io site. Though it doesn't liik like facecrap, I am holding my final judgement til I see where things go. I now have a page of both it and the EBA open on my computer, I didn't see a forum like this one at either. I must be slow too...
Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff LaCoursiere jeff@jeff.net [electricboats] <electricboats@yahoogroups.com>
To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 08:34:20 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] Re: Yahoo Groups
I'm not (too) old, but I feel exactly
t he same. Facebook is the root of most of the evil in the world
today, and I won't have any part of it if I can help it.
j
This may be all god and fine for all you
"Twitchy-Face-crap-labotamised" folk, but some of us (i
think older folk) don't do that crowd. As for myself, If
I have to open a face-crap account, I will kindly say my
adieus here and now. I have successfully stayed out of
social media, and although I really like this group and
the we alth of information and news-worthy updated
contained herein. I firmly resist joining any social
clubs. I am too old and have too much of a private life
of my own, to be staring at a computer screen into
everybody elses. Sorry if I offended, but I felt it
needed to be said. I wish you all well in the final
direction you go.
Best regards,Dan H.
----- Original Message -----
From: rob@paperclip.org.uk [electricboats]
<electricboats@yahoogroups.com>
To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
Sen t: Sat, 26 Oct 2019 15:51:09 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Electric Boats] Re: Yahoo Groups
The logical forum to move to is this: supported by
the Electric Boat Association:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/electricboatsandships/
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Dan HennisCTR ServicesP.O. Box 25414237 FR 1155Cassville, MO 65625-0254417-396-0228
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Dan HennisCTR ServicesP.O. Box 25414237 FR 1155Cassville, MO 65625-0254417-396-0228
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