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

Thu Jan 23 12:02:12 UTC 2020

Thanks for the update, Christian,
             So sorry that I could not join the telco yesterday.
             Best,
                              Antonio.

El mié., 22 ene. 2020 a las 16:04, Christian Chiarcos (<
christian.chiarcos at web.de>) escribió:

> 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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