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mcnally
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200 Items, and Nothing to Read.
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Nov 8 03:15 UTC 2005 |
Is it time for a music conference restart?
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mcnally
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response 1 of 12:
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Nov 8 03:17 UTC 2005 |
I suppose I ought to be clear that I don't think that a
restart or the lack of one is going to be the difference
between the current comatose state of the music cf (or
have we slipped beyond coma into a persistent vegetative
state?) and a bold new era of free-flowing music discussion
but I do think that the current clutter isn't doing much
good and that the effort in starting up a few of the usual
items might spark some activity for a change.
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krj
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response 2 of 12:
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Nov 9 02:41 UTC 2005 |
We have restarted the music conference every five
years, more or less. The current conference is a little over
four years old.
The old music conference will not be destroyed; it will be
available under the name "music3". Recently active items
will get linked into the new music conference unless I can
think of a compelling reason not to.
(Antiquarians can get a historical thrill by checking out
"music1" and "music2".)
I'm inclined to start the ball rolling on this later this
week or early next week.
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krj
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response 3 of 12:
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Nov 10 13:42 UTC 2005 |
I have written to the Conference Administrator to request the
restart. Any new items started after, oh, 1 Nov or so will
get linked into the new conference. Given my work and travel
schedule, it will be at least a week before the new conference
opens.
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krj
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response 4 of 12:
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Dec 4 02:09 UTC 2005 |
Conference restart has been delayed by the exciting twists
and turns Grex has been through in the last few weeks, including
one week of downtime and the loss of email between your
music conference FWs and the conference administrator.
But, things should be getting back on track now.
What should go in item 1, the first thing all new readers
of the music conference see. Currently it's a Picospan cheat
sheet.
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kingjon
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response 5 of 12:
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Dec 4 03:21 UTC 2005 |
I think that's still a good idea, but maybe a list of prestarted items (Agora
has the Happy Item, the System Problems item, etc.) should go in it too.
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krj
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response 6 of 12:
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Dec 4 05:41 UTC 2005 |
I would like to add mcnally as a fairwitness in the new
conference. The conference administrator would like to see a
demonstration of mcnally as one of our new overlords.
Could we have some enthusiasm, please? Thanks.
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krj
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response 7 of 12:
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Dec 4 05:45 UTC 2005 |
Er, "demonstration OF ENTHUSIASM for mcnally as one of our new
overlords." Sheesh.
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mcnally
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response 8 of 12:
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Dec 4 06:03 UTC 2005 |
I pledge that I will govern you wisely and fairly, and my justice will be
tempered with mercy.
:-p
Seriously, though, I don't much care, except that several of the current
fws are no longer regular participants, so the administrative burden for
the conference (as mild as that is..) winds up falling on Ken.
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twenex
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response 9 of 12:
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Dec 4 16:21 UTC 2005 |
Sounds fine to me.
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root
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response 10 of 12:
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Dec 15 01:23 UTC 2005 |
Rah!
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krj
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response 11 of 12:
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Dec 15 17:58 UTC 2005 |
Work has gotten very busy in the pre-Christmas period, and I don't
know if the restart will happen before the new year. We'll see; I
should probably just throw together Generic Welcoming Text for
item 1 and then throw things open.
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krj
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response 12 of 12:
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Feb 9 04:20 UTC 2006 |
Wow, getting the restart done took three months, most of which was
\due to me being a slug. I have done the initial setup on
the new music conference and asked walter/i, the conference
administrator, to swap it into production. Once it goes live I
will start a campaign to enter at least one response per day,
which will probably mostly be babble about internet radio.
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