[Olpc-open] [olpc-support-gang] Going forward with the community forum

[Seth Woodworth]

Currently, the existing server runs on php-based phpbb, while olpchacks.org's
forum runs on vbulletin, which is not FLOSS.  I bristled initially, but
Peter brings up some good points, which I will let him copy and paste.

We are also discussing advertising, and we were discussing a community based
solution for policy changes and site changes.  Which is a pretty good idea
to have a policy on.  Ad-hoc doesn't work so well when fora get heated,
feelings tend to get hurt.

Where were we exactly?

Seth

On Jan 10, 2008 6:18 PM, Michael Burns <maburns at gmail.com> wrote:

> This thread is meant to talk about possible paths the community forum can
> take (with regards to olpchelp.org, and other 3rd-party communities that
> are growing) and how best to get us from here to there. The conversation is
> half-started, so I ask the Peter--admin at olpchelp.org--and the Support
> Gang to pick up where we've left off, catching the community up to speed
> where possible. We have been talking about the potential merging of the 2
> forum sites. From this, a request to replace the software infrastructure has
> been raised, and what features can and cannot be supported with that change.
> It isn't a perfect solution, but at least we can get a larger pool of input.
>
>
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> Hopefully, posts of substance will follow...
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