openspaceworld.org update

[Harold Shinsato]

I've been very grateful for all the resources that have been available for
Open Space. Thanks to Michael Herman for maintaining openspace.org. It has
been invaluable for me to get up to speed on Open Space, and it helped me
open the (only) 3 spaces I've been able to open so far. But with so much
activity around Open Space (a minister in Montana told me they ran an open
space from some notes), the question is how can we best support a growing
community. I would like to echo some of Kaliya's requests, and offer any
help I can.

If I might recommend Drupal, an Open Source Content Management Platform. It
has a very easy interface to aggregate RSS feeds, so you wouldn't need to be
overly technical to set up a number of different blog aggregators. It's also
possible to set up a wiki in Drupal.
http://cwgordon.com/how-to-create-a-wiki-with-drupal

Drupal is free and open source, has a very active community, and most web
hosting companies have very easy Drupal setup. Drupal calls itself
"Community Plumbing". I love the humble sound of it, yet plumbing is an
important need. Maybe we need a plumber?


On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:33:42 -0500, Michael Herman
<michael at michaelherman.com> wrote:

>thanks, kaliya.  when you're done conferencing, please contact me directly
>about the conversation you and i started last year when i pinged you about
>your osonos session notes suggesting these things.  you might recall that i
>suggested replacing the current blog with an aggregator or two, but i don't
>have the skill to implement that.  i'd be glad for you to build and manage
>that.
>
>as for the wiki, the one we have is not restricted.  there is a password,
>but it is posted explicitly in the HELP page and many different folks and
>groups have used it.  i set the access this way after a couple years of
>daily cleaning up spam.  this wiki was totally mainstream when it was set up
>in 2003.  again, if you have the skill to migrate these things to newer
>fancier forms, please take the lead.
>
>as for admin rights and such, that stuff is all safely archived and shared.
>there is an admin blog that is public but not publicized, holding all kinds
>of admin background.  there is a group of 8 folks who worked for a couple of
>years to support admin of the site.  i've actually worked very  hard to make
>sure that i do not risk any of what's been created in these last ten years
>when i step into a crosswalk or get onto an airplane.
>
>again, i'd be glad to work with you on the things you want to create.
>
>give me ring when you have time.
>
>thanks for popping in mid-conferences.
>
>m

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