[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Should we have a systems administrators list?

[Sharp, Chris]

Good morning all,

I think rather than starting with a mailing list that we might want to start with a meeting.

This topic has spawned a great discussion and I think there are very valid points on either side of whether or not to create a mailing list.  The larger takeaway for me here is that we've identified a group of interested and committed Evergreen folks who would like some sort of dedicated discussion space to ask questions, air issues, and otherwise share information.  As one who has co-led the System Administration Interest Group meeting for the last two conferences, I can see that there's a lot of interest from people with varying skillsets who want to learn more about how to administer Evergreen at different levels  - consortial, system, branch - just like the software works.  There were roughly 40 people who attended the "Local Sys Admin" breakout session, for example, and I feel like we only scratched the surface of what people were hoping we'd cover in that limited amount of time.

So I'd like to propose a virtual meeting of people interested in Evergreen sys admin issues where we can discuss the best way to address these newfound needs.  My assumption is that we could meet in the #evergreen IRC channel sometime in the next few weeks (it will have to be May 14 or after for me to be able to attend).  I've created a Doodle poll where you can indicate your interest/availability:

http://doodle.com/q4x47f86nhhpxar3

If there is enough interest, I'll go ahead and put the meeting on the community calendar:

http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=calendar:start

I welcome your feedback for this idea.  If people would rather approach this differently, I'm completely open to alternatives.

Thanks,

Chris

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Justin Hopkins" <justin at mobiusconsortium.org>
> To: "Evergreen Discussion Group" <open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 8:11:17 PM
> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Should we have a systems administrators list?
> 
> We just wrapped up the post-conference systems administrator
> training,
> which was awesome. Afterwards we were talking about the utility of a
> new discussion list focused on Evergreen systems administration.
> 
> I think the topic is deep enough to warrant a list, and if this group
> is any indication there is also sufficient interest. Systems
> administration (troubleshooting server config issues,
> installing/setting up Evergreen, using git, performance tuning,
> network issues, cluster configuration, security, etc) seems to be an
> area that deserves it's own forum. I've received plenty of great help
> on those topics in IRC, which I'm very appreciative of, but let's
> face
> it - IRC is and probably always will be the domain of developers.
> 
> I'm hoping that if enough people on this list express an interest
> that
> someone (Chris Sharp?) could create such a list. So let's hear it
> sysads - should we create the "missing list"?
> 
> Regards,
> Justin Hopkins
> Coordinator, IT & Web Services
> MOBIUS Consortium Office
> c: 573-808-2309
> 
> --sent from a mobile device--
> 

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Chris Sharp
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