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Bill Drake has brought to my attention that one of the former CPSR
officers is paying a monthly fee to host our mailing list, whereas
previously I had been told that two years had been paid up in
advance so that there was less urgency to move.<br>
<br>
If that is wrong, then it would be nice of us to move the list
sooner rather than later. I raised the idea of moving it back in
January
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/arc/governance/2011-01/msg00110.html">http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/arc/governance/2011-01/msg00110.html</a>),
but the response at that time was indecisive so nothing happened.<br>
<br>
At this stage my recommended option is for me to move it to
igf-online.net, which uses the same software, so all of the old
archives will easily be preserved. Unavoidably, the address of the
list would change from <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a> to
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:governance@igf-online.net">governance@igf-online.net</a>. It is also unavoidably dependent on my
and/or Consumers International's ongoing patronage.<br>
<br>
However this is a better option than moving the list to the APC
server which hosts our website (assuming that were possible), as the
latter does not run the same mailing list software, so it would be
harder to migrate. Also, it is still reliant on someone else's
ongoing patronage.<br>
<br>
Alternatively we can wait and see whether the IGC decides to raise
some funding, in which case it could pay for its own hosting and the
website and mailing list could live together. This is the best
longer term option, because is allows us to be self-reliant for as
long as the funding is there.<br>
<br>
A decision on this needs to be made...<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: black;">Dr
Jeremy Malcolm<br>
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