[SGVLUG] Call for webmasters

[Emerson, Tom]

> -----Original Message-----
> Behalf Of Dustin
> On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, Emerson, Tom wrote:
> 
> > To that end, one package that I've used is movable type, and this 
> 
> Why a closed system instead of, say, WordPress?

I perhaps should have said, "the ONE package I've used SO FAR is
Movable Type" -- in other words, I only mentioned it out of familiarity,
you'll note I also said something to the effect of "I presume many
of the blog-management programs are suitable" (ok, exact quote
is "...and I'm sure many others will as well]")

> But in any case it doesn't seem like blogging software is 
> what we want, except perhaps as one component for news and such.

True.  I do see the greatest potential in managing and maintaining
the "coming next month..." entry (and effectively translating into
a "historical archive of meetings" as soon as the next one is posted)
I suppose the ability to maintain a "comment" discussion based on
an "entry" has it's plusses, can't recall offhand how well this
works in a "wiki" sense (especially if people who post "later" can
simply go in and "edit" the previous message to make their argument
stronger...)

Other than that, "linking in" and/or maintaining "diverse" content
will probably be harder with "blog" software than with "wiki" softare,
but that's why I posed the question to those that want to help maintain
"the site"...

Tom