I agree. That's why I almost always suggest wordpress as a solution. Easier learning curve with good enough functionality.
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On Oct 28, 2011, at 5:04 PM, Jonathan Morrison jonathan.morrison@gmail.com wrote:
Just my 2 cents... I am a software engineer by trade and degree and I use Drupal and Joomla for most things, but while both of them have powerful functionality, both of them are often way over the head of most of this crowd. Given that 90% of software development is in support -- I stopped pushing them as solutions because support always fell back on me.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Morrison c: 801-688-0183
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 4:30 PM, momoko saunders analyst@bikefarm.org wrote: I agree in lots of ways that we should limit the number of logins and distinct services. But at the same time, after using some of the web services available out there, it's hard for me to see us creating something better. Mail chimp, can be really helpful in seeing what emails get bounced back, also their templets are attractive. We could also use something like sendgrid to help monitor how effective our mail out is. How is email currently handled at bikecollectives.org?
If the stack overflow can be done on drupal that's great. Certainly, I will be available to help with testing and design. What kind of Q&A will we have? Just about bike collectives? Just whatever get posted? Maybe these things are not vital to know now. So what is vital... The contact list in a csv. name, email, A message - Such as the location and date of this years bikebike!
I wish we could all (people who want to work on this) meet up and divy up the task list. Do you know what Vancouver is doing to publicize this years bikebike?
-momoko
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 1:17 AM, Tegan Moss tegan@communitybikeshop.org wrote: That sounds fantastic. Increasing the number of access points to organizations such at ours is always a plus!
Thanks for clarifying, Tegan
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Godwin ! goodgodwin@hotmail.com wrote: Once again, not insinuating that I would like to replace the thinktank, it's a great place for individuals to discuss ideas about our organizations. The idea of the directory/newsletter would be to get a hold of organizations directly, many of whom are not represented here because they do not wish to be part of these discussions.
.godwin
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:26:19 -0400 From: tegan@communitybikeshop.org
To: thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Bike Collectives Newsletter?
As someone relatively new to the Think Tank list, I am finding it quite useful. While it is a relatively high volume of email, I would like to see this forum for discussion and support continue to exist. I think it is a valuable resource for the type of work that we are all working to achieve.
Cheers, Tegan
On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Godwin ! goodgodwin@hotmail.com wrote: Hey folks, it's probably not a new idea but especially with upcoming information about Bike!Bike! I've been toying with the idea of starting a no-reply mailing list. There's a lot of logistics that we'd have to get worked out and it's something that I scarcely have time to administer but I wanted to get a general room temperature on this.
One idea that I had that might help us smooth out some other issues as well was to replace the content on bikecollectives.org with a sign up form for bike collectives (not touching the wiki of course). Bike collectives would sign up as an organization giving their general email address and location and possibly a few other details. We could talk about having a few administrators that could send out notices, likely at most one a month although probably much more rarely than that and in addition we could use the information to know more about our community at large. This would also open up the possibility of putting bikecollectives.org to better use.
My main concern is that, due to the nature of the think tank (long discussions, off-topic discussions, in-fighting) we are keeping many organizations in the dark about information that we would like them to know about.
I'd appreciate any feedback and possibly volunteers!
Thanks! .godwin
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