[governance] Draft Project Plan for Website Restoration/ Was IGC Website (Way Forward)

Mon Jul 22 17:17:28 EDT 2019

quick update here - a small group has been working off list on restoring 
the website, it is well under way and should be back on line and updated 
very soon!

------ Original Message ------
From: "Devon Blake" <governance at lists.riseup.net>
To: "ian.peter at ianpeter.com" <ian.peter at ianpeter.com>
Cc: "farzaneh badii" <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>; "Salanieta T. 
Tamanikaiwaimaro" <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com>; "governance" 
<governance at lists.riseup.net>
Sent: 23/07/2019 7:10:38 AM
Subject: Re: [governance] Draft Project Plan for Website Restoration/ 
Was IGC Website (Way Forward)

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>On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 4:23 PM ian.peter at ianpeter.com 
><ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:
>>Can you give us a few more details are the possible hosting Farzaneh? 
>>(who it is where based etc) . And whether this could become a suitable 
>>permanent site?
>>
>>Another thing is knowing what their platform and tools are, I am sure 
>>whoever does the build (Peter? Imran?) will be keen to know that.. 
>>Some contact details would help.
>>
>>
>>
>>------ Original Message ------
>>From: "farzaneh badii" <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>
>>To: "Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro" 
>><salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com>
>>Cc: "Ian Peter" <ian.peter at ianpeter.com>; "governance" 
>><governance at lists.riseup.net>
>>Sent: 20/07/2019 6:38:09 AM
>>Subject: Re: [governance] Draft Project Plan for Website Restoration/ 
>>Was IGC Website (Way Forward)
>>
>>>Ok.
>>>
>>>Here is the suggested site map for the first stage:
>>>1. About Us
>>>2. IGC Charter
>>>3. Join Us
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>As to the host, I can get a company to host us for free for one year.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Farzaneh
>>>
>>>
>>>On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 4:20 PM Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro 
>>><salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>Dear All,
>>>>
>>>>1.The website is independent of elections.
>>>>2.On a practical note, it would be good to have a technical co-lead, 
>>>>suggest Imran Ahmed.
>>>>3.Perhaps, Farzaneh, you can draft a site map and invite us to 
>>>>comment.
>>>>4.In the meantime, there should be a plan for content management 
>>>>which is where you will need both Technical and Content. To this 
>>>>end, I suggest we rope in Avri who volunteered to assist if called 
>>>>upon on the 19th July, 2019.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Best Wishes,
>>>>Sala
>>>>
>>>>On Fri, 19 Jul 2019, 6:13 pm farzaneh badii, 
>>>><farzaneh.badii at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>Thank you Sala for being proactive.
>>>>>
>>>>>What I had in mind, for the sake of separating issues of website 
>>>>>revival and elections, was to bring IGC website back in stages. Of 
>>>>>course we need to have the members listed at some point on the 
>>>>>website  but the revival of the website should be kept separately 
>>>>>and not dependent on elections etc because otherwise we will be 
>>>>>delayed.
>>>>>
>>>>>My suggestion would be (and as it is obvious I have no technical 
>>>>>knowledge whatsoever)
>>>>>
>>>>>For the moment,  restore the about us page ( disregard the 
>>>>>sub-pages at this stage), restore the IGC charter page, put a 
>>>>>mailing list link and a join us page up.
>>>>>
>>>>>When the About us, charter page, and join us page is ready, we are 
>>>>>ready we can go live. This I believe is relatively straight forward 
>>>>>and can be done quickly. unless you think there might be technical 
>>>>>issues.
>>>>>
>>>>>Then we go to the second stage of gathering the most updated 
>>>>>members' list and create the other pages, gather archives etc.
>>>>>
>>>>>As to design and site map, I think we should just go with a simple 
>>>>>design that provides an accessible page for us so that people know 
>>>>>who we are! I think our old website design was good.
>>>>>
>>>>>https://web.archive.org/web/20170115142628/http://igcaucus.org/about
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Farzaneh
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 4:28 AM ian.peter at ianpeter.com 
>>>>><ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:
>>>>>>Hi Sala,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>earlier on Farzeneh suggested the concept of developing the new 
>>>>>>website in stages - I would like to see how she envisages this 
>>>>>>happening before commiting to any timetable. Perhaps a simple path 
>>>>>>forward like importing existing (still relevant) content and 
>>>>>>outline to a new basic site, and then looking at enhancements?  In 
>>>>>>any case I would like to see how Farzeneh suggests we proceed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Ian
>>>>>>
>>>>>>------ Original Message ------
>>>>>>From: "Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro" 
>>>>>><governance at lists.riseup.net>
>>>>>>To: "governance" <governance at lists.riseup.net>
>>>>>>Sent: 19/07/2019 6:18:09 PM
>>>>>>Subject: [governance] Draft Project Plan for Website Restoration/ 
>>>>>>Was IGC Website (Way Forward)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Dear All.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I have enclosed a Draft Project Plan to kickstart the process and 
>>>>>>>be good for you all to see if the dates are doable. This is 
>>>>>>>starting today and getting it ready by end of August with the 
>>>>>>>view of observing for migration issues in September, 2019. For 
>>>>>>>details, see Excel spreadsheet that is attached.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>For a bird's eye view:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Screen Shot 2019-07-19 at 8.15.21 PM.png
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>followed by Migration and website maintenance.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Screen Shot 2019-07-19 at 8.16.38 PM.png
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Kind Regards,
>>>>>>>Sala
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 6:39 PM Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro 
>>>>>>><salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>Dear All,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>We need to get cracking. Bruna, let us know if you have any 
>>>>>>>>further comments. As you can see, you have support of people 
>>>>>>>>stepping up to help. We need some more volunteers and be good to 
>>>>>>>>have some people who specialise in graphics or are naturally 
>>>>>>>>artistic. I think we can start and people can continue to 
>>>>>>>>volunteer and we just slide them in whilst working. Bruna can 
>>>>>>>>oversee the work and a Website Project lead, report back to 
>>>>>>>>Bruna and the community.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>If there are no pressing objections to the work, then we can 
>>>>>>>>start.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Suggested Timeline: 2 weeks
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Website Development Team
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Confirmed
>>>>>>>>Imran Ahmed Shah (technical)Tapani Tarvainen  
>>>>>>>>(technical)Farzaneh Badii (technical)Ian Peter  
>>>>>>>>(content)Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro (content)
>>>>>>>>Yet To Be Confirmed from suggestions
>>>>>>>>Avri Doria Akinremi Peter
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Confirmed Sponsor for Web Hosting: Jeremy Malcolm
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Suggested General Strategy
>>>>>>>>To create a Project TimelineTo develop a Site MapTo find 
>>>>>>>>archived information for the purposes of restoring these on the 
>>>>>>>>siteDevelop a Technical Team and a Content TeamOnce this is 
>>>>>>>>ready, can invite all former coordinators and members to 
>>>>>>>>commentLaunch the website
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Kind Regards,
>>>>>>>>Sala
>>>>>>>>
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