[open-linguistics] Future home of Open Linguistics [IMPORTANT]

Wed Jan 22 15:04:14 UTC 2020

Dear all,

a brief summary of today's telco:
- 6 participants, 1 remote vote
- We discussed the following options:
FreeLists, Goethe Universität Frankfurt, Google Groups, W3C CG, groups.io;
Open Knowledge Forums
- after discussion, 2 questions to vote upon: (a) which hosting provider,
(b) whether or nor to maintain a category at OK forums (alongside with
mailing list)
- Public web presence from okfn.org (mail archive, web site) archived under
https://github.com/open-linguistics/website/tree/master/backup.

hosting provider:
6 (of 6) votes for creating a mailing list via Google Groups. Decisive
factors were that it is an established solution known to be well working
and that most of us have experience with, that has a good maintenance
perspective and in case it will really be shut down, this will be announced
several months ahead of time (as earlier for Google+ or Google Waves). It
doesn't come with the organizational overhead of a W3C CG and can be
quickly created. Note that participation does not require a Gmail account.
A possible concern was that people might reject it for political or privacy
reasons, but none of the people present raised such concerns for
himself/herself. Independently from the vote, several participants
suggested that a W3C CG should be a prospective goal, but we had a
consensus that this requires an agreement on possible deliverables and
probably a narrower focus, and that both would be impossible in the current
time frame.

Open Knowledge forum category:
4 (of 6) votes + 1 remote vote for creating a forum category. In the
discussion, it was made clear that we understand that as a permanent
presence at OKF and as a channel for public announcement, not as a major
communication channel that competes with the mailing list. I will contact
OKF later today about this.

Maxim Ionov is in the process of setting up a Google group. This will be a
moderated list, so that we don't get flooded by spam, and Bettina and
myself will continue to serve as moderators. Other topics for discussion
(digital infrastructure, upcoming activities) postponed for the first
discussion on the new mailing list.

Best,
Christian

Am Di., 21. Jan. 2020 um 20:08 Uhr schrieb Christian Chiarcos <
christian.chiarcos at web.de>:

> Dear all,
>
> the Hangouts link for tomorrow's call (13:00 CET, Berlin time) is
> https://hangouts.google.com/call/ekd8EPCD4u47oQQu7zYvAEEI.
> In case there are any problems, please contact me via Skype:
> christian.chiarcos.
> The list of hosting options is under
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11tMKQdn3HrB_o9zBaCMcQvSJfz-KVG_-6aJZEXtXy8s/edit?usp=sharing.
> If you cannot participate but you would like to express a preference for
> one or the other option, please let us know about your preferences via
> email.
>
> See you tomorrow online,
> Christian
>
> Am Mo., 20. Jan. 2020 um 07:06 Uhr schrieb Christian Chiarcos <
> christian.chiarcos at web.de>:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> this is a reminder for the collection of hosting options
>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11tMKQdn3HrB_o9zBaCMcQvSJfz-KVG_-6aJZEXtXy8s/edit?usp=sharing
>> and for participating to the telco planned for Wednesday, January 22, 13:00
>> CET, to decide by vote. We will announce the Hangouts link on Jan 21st. In
>> case you're not available on January 22, but would like to participate in
>> the vote, please email Bettina and me (or the mailing list) on January
>> 21st, with "VOTE" in the subject line. Independently from the vote, feel
>> free to express your opinion or to suggest alternatives any time.
>>
>> Best,
>> Christian
>>
>> PS: I am doing a backup of all public OWLG data on GitHub (
>> https://github.com/open-linguistics/, feel free to contribute), incl.
>> the mail archives, and I realized in that context that the original
>> announcement seems to have failed to be delivered. I didn't get a bounce,
>> so I guess it might just indicate that the OKF services are becoming
>> increasingly unstable. I hope this one gets through. Unfortunately, we
>> cannot postpone the schedule as have only 10 days to act now. Please join.
>> Apologies for the short notice.
>>
>> ------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------
>> Von: "Christian Chiarcos" <chiarcos at informatik.uni-frankfurt.de>
>> An: "A list for those interested in open data in linguistics." <
>> open-linguistics at lists.okfn.org>, "Bettina Klimek" <
>> klimek at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
>> Kopie:
>> Betreff: Re: [open-linguistics] Future home of Open Linguistics
>> [IMPORTANT]
>> Datum: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 11:46:46 +0100
>>
>> Dear list members,
>>
>> as for migrating the OWLG mailing list, we have have explored several
>> options. The feedback we got from those who responded offlist was a
>> preference to maintain a mailing list. We collected the current hosting
>> options under
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11tMKQdn3HrB_o9zBaCMcQvSJfz-KVG_-6aJZEXtXy8s/edit?usp=sharing
>> .
>> Unfortunately, the Linguist List doesn't seem to be an option anymore,
>> which is why we extended the search for other alternatives beyond our
>> original schedule.
>>
>> In case you are aware of other options, please add them to this list until
>> January 20th, and they will be given full consideration.
>>
>> We would suggest to have a brief telco on Wednesday, January 22, 13:00
>> CET, to decide by vote. We will announce the Hangouts link on Jan 21st. In
>> case you're not available on January 22, but would like to participate in
>> the vote, please email Bettina and me (or the mailing list) on January
>> 21st, with "VOTE" in the subject line. Independently from the vote, feel
>> free to express your opinion or to suggest alternatives any time.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Christian
>>
>
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