[game_preservation] [Fwd: Re: [SIGs-Admin] [SIGs_Admin][chapter-admin] Update on new IGDA website]
Henry Lowood
lowood at stanford.edu
Sun Jul 5 19:03:14 EDT 2009
Andrew,
Thanks.
Henry
Andrew Armstrong wrote:
> Actually, I forgot, I put the links to the mailing list files on the
> SIG history page:
>
> http://www.igda.org/wiki/Game_Preservation_SIG/SIG_History
>
> I've added them to the SIG Resources page too. Oops!
>
> As for 2009's, since we're still in 2009 I'm just downloading them
> every month. I've not got any other SIG's though, I should do it on
> the ones I'm on sometime.
>
> Sent the email to Joseph, we'll see what he says.
>
> Andrew
>
> Andrew Armstrong wrote:
>> 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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