[OSGeo] #3112: Taking Ownership of QGIS.us

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#3112: Taking Ownership of QGIS.us
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Reporter: rjhale1971 | Owner: sac-tickets@…
     Type: task | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Unplanned
Component: SysAdmin/Mailman | Keywords: qgis, us, sysadmin
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So in all the talk over discourse I did some digging and Jeff Johnson is
the admin for the QGIS Us users list
(Qgis-us-user Info Page). After emailing
him he said I could take over as he's busy and has also lost the admin
password.

Jeff is at ortelius@gmail.com

Snippet of the Email:
I am still an admin. Randy, I thought you were taking this over?

On Tue, Jan 2, 2024 at 7:34 PM Keith Jenkins <kgj2@cornell.edu> wrote:

     To whomever receives this -- can you e-mail me directly? Several
     people have been trying to figure out who is the owner of the QGIS-US
     list.

     Thanks!
     Keith
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#3112: Taking Ownership of QGIS.us
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Reporter: rjhale1971 | Owner: sac-tickets@…
     Type: task | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Unplanned
Component: SysAdmin/Mailman | Resolution:
Keywords: qgis, us, sysadmin |
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Comment (by robe):

Did you just want admin rights to the mailman list or did you want the
list also moved over to discourse?

If you are going to be moving over to discourse anyway probably doesn't
matter much if you have admin rights to the mailman list or not since we
pull the mbox from the backend anyway.
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#3112: Taking Ownership of QGIS.us
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Reporter: rjhale1971 | Owner: sac-tickets@…
     Type: task | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Sysadmin Contract 2024-II
Component: SysAdmin/Mailman | Resolution:
Keywords: qgis, us, sysadmin |
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Changes (by robe):

* milestone: Unplanned => Sysadmin Contract 2024-II

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#3112: Taking Ownership of QGIS.us
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Reporter: rjhale1971 | Owner: sac-tickets@…
     Type: task | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Sysadmin Contract 2024-II
Component: SysAdmin/Mailman | Resolution:
Keywords: qgis, us, sysadmin |
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Description changed by rjhale1971:

Old description:

So in all the talk over discourse I did some digging and Jeff Johnson is
the admin for the QGIS Us users list
(Qgis-us-user Info Page). After emailing
him he said I could take over as he's busy and has also lost the admin
password.

Jeff is at ortelius@gmail.com

Snippet of the Email:
I am still an admin. Randy, I thought you were taking this over?

On Tue, Jan 2, 2024 at 7:34 PM Keith Jenkins <kgj2@cornell.edu> wrote:

    To whomever receives this -- can you e-mail me directly? Several
    people have been trying to figure out who is the owner of the QGIS-US
    list.

    Thanks!
    Keith

New description:

So in all the talk over discourse I did some digging and Jeff Johnson is
the admin for the QGIS Us users list
(Qgis-us-user Info Page). After emailing
him he said I could take over as he's busy and has also lost the admin
password.

I'd also like to move the list to discourse - but also keep this list
(which I think is the default anyway).

Jeff is at ortelius@gmail.com
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Snippet of the Email:
I am still an admin. Randy, I thought you were taking this over?

On Tue, Jan 2, 2024 at 7:34 PM Keith Jenkins <kgj2@cornell.edu> wrote:

     To whomever receives this -- can you e-mail me directly? Several
     people have been trying to figure out who is the owner of the QGIS-US
     list.

     Thanks!
     Keith
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#3112: Taking Ownership of QGIS.us
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Reporter: rjhale1971 | Owner: sac-tickets@…
     Type: task | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Sysadmin Contract 2024-II
Component: SysAdmin/Mailman | Resolution:
Keywords: qgis, us, sysadmin |
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Comment (by robe):

Replying to [ticket:3112 rjhale1971]:
> I'd also like to move the list to discourse - but also keep this list
(which I think is the default anyway).

Unclear which mode you want from the above:

There are 2 options

Option 1: Just have discourse mirror the list, HOWEVER no one will be
able to use discourse except for searching in this mode (and getting
notified of new items). All interaction still happens on the mailman
list.
What happens is we take a snapshot of the archives, port it to discourse,
and just have discourse subscribe to the mailman list moving forward so it
can continue to receive postings.

This is for example the state sac-mailing-list is in -
SAC mailing list - OSGeo Discourse

Option 2: Move to discourse completely. In this scenario, we take a final
snapshot of mailman qgis-users-us, and port it over to discourse.

Everyone on list should be sent a final note, to go to discourse.osgeo.org
to login and set their preferences accordingly and watch the new list.

We turn off qgis-users-us on mailman.

The new list will have a new email address qgis-users-
fr@discourse.osgeo.org which is how people that prefer to email will send
mail moving forward.

We then shut off the old mailing list qgis-users-fr@lists.osgeo.org. Note
the archives will be kept though in case something didn't get ported over
correctly or just for those who prefer the historical view before the
change.

If you are unsure exactly what you want to do, it's fairly easy to
transition from Option 1 to Option 2, however it's very difficult to go
from Option 2 back to Option 1 mostly because of the annoyance of telling
people "We're moving back"
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#3112: Move QGIS.us to discourse
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Reporter: rjhale1971 | Owner: sac-tickets@…
     Type: task | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Sysadmin Contract 2024-II
Component: SysAdmin/Discourse | Resolution:
Keywords: qgis, us, sysadmin |
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Changes (by robe):

* component: SysAdmin/Mailman => SysAdmin/Discourse
* summary: Taking Ownership of QGIS.us => Move QGIS.us to discourse

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#3112: Move QGIS.us to discourse
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Reporter: rjhale1971 | Owner: sac-tickets@…
     Type: task | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Sysadmin Contract 2024-II
Component: SysAdmin/Discourse | Resolution:
Keywords: qgis, us, sysadmin |
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Comment (by rjhale1971):

I'd like to go ahead and move the List to discourse using option 2. I
assume I'll assume control of this so Jeff doesn't have to mess with it
anymore.
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#3112: Move QGIS.us to discourse
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Reporter: rjhale1971 | Owner: sac-tickets@…
     Type: task | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Sysadmin Contract 2024-II
Component: SysAdmin/Discourse | Resolution:
Keywords: qgis, us, sysadmin |
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Description changed by rjhale1971:

Old description:

So in all the talk over discourse I did some digging and Jeff Johnson is
the admin for the QGIS Us users list
(Qgis-us-user Info Page). After emailing
him he said I could take over as he's busy and has also lost the admin
password.

I'd also like to move the list to discourse - but also keep this list
(which I think is the default anyway).

Jeff is at ortelius@gmail.com
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Snippet of the Email:
I am still an admin. Randy, I thought you were taking this over?

On Tue, Jan 2, 2024 at 7:34 PM Keith Jenkins <kgj2@cornell.edu> wrote:

    To whomever receives this -- can you e-mail me directly? Several
    people have been trying to figure out who is the owner of the QGIS-US
    list.

    Thanks!
    Keith
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New description:

Added a comment at the bottom to begin the migration
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So in all the talk over discourse I did some digging and Jeff Johnson is
the admin for the QGIS Us users list
(Qgis-us-user Info Page). After emailing
him he said I could take over as he's busy and has also lost the admin
password.

I'd also like to move the list to discourse - but also keep this list
(which I think is the default anyway).

Jeff is at ortelius@gmail.com
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Snippet of the Email:
I am still an admin. Randy, I thought you were taking this over?

On Tue, Jan 2, 2024 at 7:34 PM Keith Jenkins <kgj2@cornell.edu> wrote:

     To whomever receives this -- can you e-mail me directly? Several
     people have been trying to figure out who is the owner of the QGIS-US
     list.

     Thanks!
     Keith
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#3112: Move QGIS.us to discourse
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Reporter: rjhale1971 | Owner: sac-tickets@…
     Type: task | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Sysadmin Contract 2024-II
Component: SysAdmin/Discourse | Resolution:
Keywords: qgis, us, sysadmin |
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Comment (by cvvergara):

Randal,
Work is done, you might want to send a final email to the mailing list
before I turn it off.
Please contact us to show you how to create an invite to the subscribers.
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#3112: Move QGIS.us to discourse
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Reporter: rjhale1971 | Owner: sac-tickets@…
     Type: task | Status: closed
Priority: normal | Milestone: Sysadmin Contract 2024-II
Component: SysAdmin/Discourse | Resolution: fixed
Keywords: qgis, us, sysadmin |
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Changes (by cvvergara):

* resolution: => fixed
* status: new => closed

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