Very true, and the things you mention would go a long way towards
accomplishing that...
>This is going to sound really geeky (maily because it is) but I would
>really love to design a good document structure for the page. Then we can
>have the FTP drop box restricted to folx on the list where anyone can
>submit a page and based on their name and position in the doc tree it will
>get added or even overwrite existing pages. I kind of envision setting up
>a structure for the pages and then anyone on the list can make changes
>based on "suggested" structer and make any kind of change they want. Kinda
>a mutual trust structure where we all trust each other to put up pages that
>relate and not to override pages before it is time. The most important
>thing on them will really be the database of our postings, but I think we
>should start adding content of various manifestoes and other things that we
>want to just publish that relate that will surround it.
In a sense, Hypermail already accomplishes that. If it comes across a URL
in a message, it will turn that URL into a link. So if somebody does want
to refer to some external document, just including the URL in their message
will get the link made. If we just stick with that (at least as far as the
posts go), we don't have to necessarily worry about making sure it's
relevant to the list, as it won't be taking up any disk space or anything.
The problem with relying on this, though, is that the hypermailed archives
aren't the most easily searchable.
As far as the other ideas go, they sound great to me, although they're
definitely beyond my current capabilities. I still think, though, that when
possible we should try to keep just links on the "main page," or whatever we
decide to label it. Particular documents which might be of special
importance to the group (like this bubble manifesto everybody keeps
mentioning) should be added in their entirety, however.
>Plus a killer logo. :-)
I'll leave that to others, as I'm personally quite artistically challenged.
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Darren Osadchuk dosadchu@sol.uvic.ca http://www.xtc.net/~osadchuk/
The only way to keep tradition alive is to keep inventing new things
-Robert Davidson
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