[Infopoint] Infopoint website

[alan c]

Tony Whitmore wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I host the infopointproject.org website. I don't know what to do about
> it. On the one hand, upgrading mediawiki for each of the regular
> security releases is a pain. On the other hand, the stupor the project
> is currently in doesn't make me inclined to invest a lot of time in
> migrating the wiki to something more maintainable. (I've actually
> installed dokuwiki but haven't migrated any content.)
> 
> I can complete the conversion if people think its worthwhile. But the
> front page is very out-of-date and AFAIK the only person doing anything
> under the infopoint "banner" is Alan Cocks. I'd love to have the time to
> do more in Hampshire, but really don't.
> 
> I'm happy to keep the domain renewed for now but the options for the
> website are:
> 1) Keep it as it is. (I'd rather not do this due to all the mediawiki
> security upgrades.)
> 2) Move to another wiki engine or CMS. I'd suggest dokuwiki.
> 3) Replace the site with some static HTML pages.
> 4) Shut the site down.
> 
> What do people think?
> Tony

Tony
I probably am the only 'Infopoint' thing that moves just now, but the 
bracknell activity (regular monthly and for 2 years + and still 
counting) is going from strength to strength, so whatever you do, it 
would be important to maintain the 'branding' of Infopoint.The concept 
and objectives are excellent. A second helper sometimes turns up now, too.

The great benefit that I find as an activist is that the Infopoint 
site bestows a Project background, a branding, a point of reference, a 
credibility.  Even as a static site it will allow other activists to 
coalesce, hopefully the mailing list will be able to continue with 
little effort?

With so few other Infopoint activists currently there is little 
benefit in me keeping my activities up to date on the wiki, so I have 
not. I would not miss loosing the wiki as such, however I think that 
loosing a web based site would be a great disadvantage.

I appreciate that you will keep the domain renewed, thanks.

The Infopoint project is something which allows powerful action 
without necessarily having the backing of a LUG. After all Infopoint 
is about FOSS, not just Linux, and a significant part of the activity 
is related to such as the open disc (for windows).

I would be happy to go for option
3) Replace the site with some static HTML pages
if that would be less work. I would help if needed with some content 
although my admin skills are still near ignorant level, but it would 
be easy to feed some content to someone (yourself?)

The mailing list is potentially important, I hope it can endure.

As time goes on, it will be evident if the site continues to be 
useful, as I believe it will be.
I believe that there is a large groundswell of use of FOSS and not 
least, linux, and that this will be associated with more public 
interest. As that phase develops, Infopoint will be an important and 
convenient focus.

-- 
alan cocks
Kubuntu user#10391