[game_preservation] [Fwd: Re: [SIGs-Admin] [SIGs_Admin][chapter-admin] Update on new IGDA website]

[Andrew Armstrong]

I've been sneakily uploading archives of the past months on our list 
here: 
http://www.igda.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=20&ilsearch=Preservation_SIG&title=Special%3AListFiles

I will link them in, which I've totally forgotten to do actually.

However, I've not checked what the plan is in general. To be honest, I 
doubt they've even considered it, along with the forums disappearing. 
This is a problem of course.

I will need to check, and will get in touch with Joseph and Tim 
immediately. This is rather important!

Andrew

Melanie Swalwell wrote:

> Hi Henry,

>

> I'm responding very late on this. I see there're plans in the email 

> below to migrate addresses from the existing mailman listservs. I'm 

> assuming that means they'll not be used in the future. Will the list 

> archives remain intact? I realise it's an obvious question, so I'm 

> hoping it's an angle that's been covered by the website team...

>

> regards,

>

> Melanie

>

> Henry Lowood wrote:

>> FYI to the SIG> I have not had time to be very involved in the new 

>> website testing. If there is an issue here you would like me to 

>> inquire about, let me know.

>>

>> Henry

>>

>> -------- Original Message --------

>> Subject:     Re: [SIGs-Admin] [SIGs_Admin][chapter-admin] Update on 

>> new IGDA website

>> Date:     Mon, 8 Jun 2009 21:17:08 -0700

>> From:     Tim Langdell <tim at edgegames.com>

>> Reply-To:     Private list for SIG leaders <sigs-admin at igda.org>

>> To:     IGDA Chapter Admin Mailing List <chapter_admin at igda.org>, 

>> Private list for SIG leaders <sigs-admin at igda.org>

>>

>>

>>

>> Dear IGDA SIG and CHAPTER Leaders,

>>

>> I am happy to report that we are finally close to being able to take 

>> the new website live, and that it will have most of the features many 

>> of you have been anticipating. We do have some substantial work left 

>> to do, mainly in the back-end integration of financial 

>> infrastructure, but we have also devised a way to take the website 

>> live with this functionality mostly complete and with a plan to then 

>> complete it in the weeks following launch. We are also still adding 

>> in the social networking part of the new website, so please bear with 

>> us on that. The IGDA Store will be added soon, too.

>>

>> The main purpose of this email is to get information and feedback on 

>> the six areas below. If you haven't had the opportunity to look at 

>> the test site yet, I recommend you do so as soon as possible. I 

>> understand all of you have access to the test website - please tell 

>> me if that isn't the case:

>>

>> 1) Are there any key features you were expecting to see on day-one 

>> that do not seem to be present in the current test website today?

>>

>> 2) Are there any major bugs in the current test site you are aware 

>> of, or ways the website works you think should be changed before we 

>> go live?

>>

>> 3) As to the look and feel, the test website has the relatively 

>> modest changes to appearance and functionality the team was able to 

>> do in our budget. It should be stable and visible in Firefox, and 

>> shortly working flawlessly in IE too. We hope to budget a more 

>> extensive upgrade in the future. What do you think about the current 

>> design, in terms of going live ?

>>

>> 4) The current plan is to migrate all the current members of each SIG 

>> and CHAPTER by simply importing the members from the existing 

>> ListServs. Clearly, where some of you are using other solutions such 

>> as Google Groups we will need you to supply us with a list of your 

>> members’ emails in some useable form (such as a comma separated 

>> file). If this applies to you, please send me your list (or let me 

>> know so we can work out the format) and I will coordinate ensuring 

>> our website developers have all SIG and CHAPTER member lists.

>>

>> 5) Some SIGS (and some CHAPTERS?) have tiers of membership such that 

>> you would not wish all members to have access to all your SIG or 

>> CHAPTER areas on the new website. The current plan is to import the 

>> entire list of your members, and we let you, as SIG and CHAPTER 

>> leaders, select which member has what level of access, who has admin 

>> privileges, etc. Do you think this will work for your SIG/CHAPTER?

>>

>> 6) Based on the test website as it stands do you currently have all 

>> the levels of access and sub-groups, etc that you will need on "day 

>> one" so that you can assign your members to have access to each of 

>> the levels, each of the groups and sub-groups? If not, then I need 

>> you to email me directly what levels you will need and how it differs 

>> from what is there in the test site for you right now.

>>

>> That's it for the questions! If you could try to respond to me by 

>> later this week it will help us confirm the final timeline and get 

>> prepared for going live. Once your final questions and concerns have 

>> been addressed, we expect the process of migration should be a fairly 

>> swift one with perhaps the existing IGDA website and the existing 

>> ListServs going down for perhaps as little as one or at most two 

>> days. That would be our goal. But please do bear in mind that when we 

>> "flip the switch" on that migration in readiness for the new website 

>> to go live, all access to the old website site will be permanently 

>> lost, as will all access to the old ListServs, etc. So we are taking 

>> care to be sure everyone here, and the web team, are fully prepared.

>>

>> If you have any questions or concerns I ask that you contact me, 

>> please, so that I can collate everyone's responses and coordinate 

>> what I sincerely trust is the final push before we can take this long 

>> awaited new website live.

>>

>> Kind regards,

>>

>> Tim Langdell

>> Member, IGDA Board of Directors

>>

>> -- 

>> Henry Lowood, Ph.D.

>> Curator for History of Science & Technology Collections;

>> Film & Media Collections

>> HRG, Green Library, 557 Escondido Mall

>> Stanford University Libraries

>> Stanford CA 94305-6004

>> 650-723-4602; lowood at stanford.edu; http://www.stanford.edu/~lowood 

>> <http://www.stanford.edu/%7Elowood>

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