[Dialogue] OECommunity "project management" website

[Len Hockley]

Tim,

Thanks for your commitment!!!

Len

At 10:19 PM 5/31/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>David wrote:
>
> > The Respository website costs only time, not any appreciable amount of 
> money
> > to maintain.
>
>I am currently using a relatively small hosting service, emwd.com,
>for the wedgeblade.net site. The cost is $10 a month which includes
>the two the mailing lists.  I am prepared to donate that amount
>indefinitely as one of my contributions to our network.
>
>The advantage of the sites David has located is that they are tailor
>made for the uses he intends (project management). Another advantage
>is that the site provides most of the configuration and system
>administration.
>
>The disadvantage is that we are limited to the feature set they
>provide, and there is additional expense if we use more than the bare
>minimum.
>
>I like David's recommendation:
>
> > Unless there are specific groups with interest in the "OE Community" 
> site, I
> > think that it is more futuric and more realistic to spend time and energy
> > building and adding collaboration capability to the Repository site.
>
>However, let me add is that the whole idea of the portal is to point
>to any site anyone wants to use. So if David (or anyone else) wants
>to host community activities elsewhere, the Portal can point you
>there.
>
>That said, many of us find it more daunting to add content to a site
>than others. There is something to be said to giving our community a
>consistent interface and a chance to get to know the repository
>software.
>
>David (or anyone in our network) can create pages at the repository
>to suite your needs. The more people who chose to add content, the
>stronger the site becomes.
>
>Tim
>
>
>
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