[Lab] Next ModLab gathering next week? (Wed. Nov. 17th)

Wed Nov 17 13:15:43 EST 2010

We're almost there. We need the Time of meetings and dates. (or a rule to
calculate the dates).

Wait, I just found the date on the top right....

But still no time....

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com> wrote:

> Um, I think if anybody clicks on ModLab from the main Artengine.ca site,
> they should see all the information they need on that page.
>
> It's one edit that should take a few minutes (and the occasional time there
> is a meeting exception to put an update there).
>
> The page should have:
>
> Dates
> Time
> Location
> Link to mailing list
> Link to projects (once we have one)
> Link to members (once we have a more complete one)
> Links to any blog articles or blogs
>
> All those other pages can be redirected to this one simple page that gives
> the info that they need.
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Michael Lechasseur <mlecha at artengine.ca>wrote:
>
>>  Hi Darcy,
>>
>> These are points well taken. I maintain the Artengine website under Ryan
>> and Moonsun's direction, and take responsibility for the current sad state
>> of confusing affairs.
>>
>> Why don't I talk to Ryan to assess how we best approach correcting it, or
>> perhaps involve those who are interested from ModLab?
>>
>> At the moment there appears to be some lack of definition as to
>> "ownership" of the group. ie: is this Artengine's ModLab, or does Artengine
>> offer supporting services to the Ottawa Hacker Society?
>>
>> For instance, the Ottawa Drupal group that I'm apart of now meets in the
>> same lab space, but is not belong/directed/managed by Artengine. We have our
>> own web infrastructure.
>>
>> Months back ModLab members requested that a MediaWiki be setup on
>> Artengine's server for Modlab use. This work was completed by Artengine and
>> offered to the ModLab community on this list. However the offer wasn't take
>> up, and the MediaWiki sits idle waiting for ModLab contributions.
>>
>> I'd suggest that we
>>
>> 1. attempt to have the OHS wiki
>> https://ohs.engsoc.org/wiki/HackerspaceMeetings shut down (or possibly
>> redirected to ModLab's current wiki)
>>
>> 2. redirect the ModLab links in the navigation and page
>> http://www.artengine.ca/news/2010/modlab-en.php on Artengine's site
>> directly to the MediaWiki
>>
>> 3. have a volunteer edit the MediaWiki site with current info on meeting
>> dates and add a link to the mailing list (and archives)
>>
>> I can perform #3 now, but I think there should be someone from the group
>> keeping it current, or someone in charge feeding me content.
>>
>> Or, if we look at it again in terms of group ownership, if ModLab is now
>> Artengine's group, then we'll want to better integrate the group into
>> Artengine's main site. However I'd still need someone in charge to dictate
>> updates for our web site.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 17/11/2010 10:13 AM, Darcy Whyte wrote:
>>
>> >From word of mouth, I believe it is on.
>>
>>  I went through the exact same method as you for getting involved with
>> the group.
>>
>>  It's rather interesting that if you visit the artengine.ca site and you
>> manage to find ModLab under Community, the page lacks the following:
>>
>>  1) No future dates listed
>> 2) Location not shown
>> 3) Lab Mailing list is mentioned but no link or address for that.
>>
>>  If you click through on the Ottawa Hacker Society link, you get a page
>> on another site (which links back to the initial page).
>>
>>  The 2nd page doesn't have the information either.
>>
>>  You need to click on the ArtEngine link which gives a page (outside the
>> ArtEngine site) that shows the address. This part also shows how to get to
>> ArtEngine. Because it doesn't mention ModLab, it's not clear if it's the
>> right address for ModLab.
>>
>>  You need to click on Communications to find a link to the mailing list.
>> There's a link on the Communications page called Meetings. That gives a list
>> of old dates.
>>
>>  So the obvious thing to do is:
>>
>>  1) Visit ArtEngine.ca
>> 2) Hover all the links until you find ModLab under Community
>> 3) Click through to Ottawa Hacker Society (you have to forget that you're
>> looking for modlab for a while)
>> 4) Click "group of individuals" to see if it has location, time and date
>> for modlab (or perhaps Ottawa Hacker Society)
>> 5) Click Meetings to see if the information is there. It isn't. However
>> there is a convenient link back to step 2.
>> 6) Click ArtEngine to see if the information is there. It isn't. There is
>> the address of ArtEngine (at this point, the newcomer isn't sure if this is
>> the same as ModLab or Ottawa Hacker Society).
>> 7) Click Communication to see if the information is in there. It isn't.
>> But there is a convenient link to step 5.
>> 8) The lower part of the page has a link back to step 2 and a link back to
>> step step 5 (again).
>> 9) Click the Projects link to see if the information is there. It isn't.
>> But there is potential to see projects there one day.
>> 10) The only unfollowed link is the one mailing list link on the
>> Communication page (we saw that in step 7)
>> 11) Follow that link and you are now at a mailman listserv page. If you
>> can figure that out, you can subscribe to the mail list for either
>> ArtEngine, ModLab or Ottawa Hacker Society (at this point the newcomer isn't
>> sure)
>> 12) For those who have figured out mailman (or already know it), if they
>> are approved after a waiting period they are now in the list and will
>> receive content.
>> 13) They can either reply of a post or (if they know how to use mailman
>> make a direct post) to find out the location, time and date of the next
>> meeting.
>> 14) Someone will likely reply.
>>
>>  If you are still with us, you are now qualified to attend ModLab!
>>
>>  We use the listserv and word of mouth to schedule/reschedule meetings
>> but I've often wondered what would happen to the group if the location, time
>> and date were listed on the ModLab page in step 2 above.
>>
>>  :)
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 9:44 AM, <eric.schmidt at rogers.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  Hi Everyone;
>>>
>>> I was looking forward to attending a ModLab meeting. Are you getting
>>> together tonight? If so, where do these meetings take place?
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>>
>>> Eric Schmidt
>>>
>>>  ------------------------------
>>> *From:* "normand at paik.artengine.ca" <normand at paik.artengine.ca>
>>> *To:* Andrew Plumb <andrew at plumb.org>
>>> *Cc:* lab <lab at artengine.ca>
>>> *Sent:* Tue, November 9, 2010 3:35:13 PM
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Lab] Next ModLab gathering next week? (Wed. Nov. 17th)
>>>
>>> Next week makes sense.  That would be consistent with meeting every
>>> second
>>> Wednesday.
>>>
>>> Normand
>>>
>>> > Hey Everyone,
>>> >
>>> > Richard mentioned that the OCLUG (Exec) folks were going to be holed up
>>> in
>>> > M70 tomorrow, and since last week+end was pretty hectic with Electric
>>> > Fields and MakerFaire (and TEDxKids for those participating this week),
>>> > shall we schedule the next ModLab gathering for next week?
>>> >
>>> > Wednesday, November 17th @ 7pm?
>>> >
>>> > Andrew.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> >
>>> > "The future is already here.  It's just not very evenly distributed" --
>>> > William Gibson
>>> >
>>> > Me: http://clothbot.com/wiki/
>>> >
>>> >
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