Re: [GMOD-devel] All GMOD mail lists should be migrated from sourceforge

[Scott C. <sc...@sc...>]

Ah, I hadn't even thought about the idea of going the G suite for education
route.  I'll make a few queries about it, since I would really rather have
the "gmod.org" branding on whatever we migrate to.

On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 1:28 PM, Todd Harris <tod...@gm...> wrote:

> Agreed. I saw then ignored that email from SF.
>
> Google Groups can be a little finicky sometimes but generally works well
> for most users.
>
> If we want to corral lists under the gmod.org domain, someone would need
> to petition Google for a G Suite for Education account.  That might be more
> overhead than is necessary to just get some core lists up and running
> before the end of the month.
>
> Todd
>
> > On Jun 19, 2017, at 2:51 PM, Chris Mungall <cjm...@lb...> wrote:
> >
> > I think it's time to ditch sourceforge altogether.
> >
> > Of course, we ditched them some time ago as a hosted VCS and ticket
> system, moving to github, but we left the mail lists in place. Now it's
> time to move these too:
> >
> >       • Recently I got an email from sourceforge asking me to confirm I
> wanted to remain on all sf mailing lists (non-confirmation resulting in
> automatic unsubscription within the month). It looked a bit phishy and I
> suspect many people will either not click or will not see the email, and
> will silently drop off the lists.
> >       • it is now no longer possible for list admins to manage members!
> >       • more spam seems to have been getting through
> > Unless anyone has a better suggestion, it seems like migrating to google
> groups is the best solution. This is what we're doing with the OBO lists:
> https://github.com/OBOFoundry/OBOFoundry.github.io/issues/435
> >
> > This may be a good time to do some spring cleaning, consolidate some
> groups, formally abandon some others. And perhaps we can breathe some life
> into some existing ones? gmod-architecture seems to get no love - yet this
> is at a time when the model organism databases are consolidating their
> architecture and community discussions would be most welcome!
> >
> > Here is the list of lists on SF:
> >
> > <PastedImage.png>
> >
> > A lot of these are either dead or were never really alive
> >
> > A curated list of GMOD lists:
> > http://gmod.org/wiki/GMOD_Mailing_Lists
> >
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