Re: Moving the AUDITORY list? (PIerre DIVENYI )


Subject: Re: Moving the AUDITORY list?
From:    PIerre DIVENYI  <pdivenyi@xxxxxxxx>
Date:    Sat, 20 Oct 2018 22:53:07 -0400

--Apple-Mail-65D39D1E-AFDA-44BD-B187-963DD5585C81 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear Dan, I first want to express my deep appreciation for your having run the Auditor= y Listserve, and so efficiently! As to moving it to Google Groups, I would h= ave no personal objection. However, since Auditory is a not-for-profit group= , I think many colleagues on the list would feel happier if it were taken ov= er by a nonprofit or an educational entity. Unfortunately I am not in the po= sition to propose such an alternative but some of you on the list may. All best wishes, Pierre Sent from my autocorrecting iPad > On Oct 19, 2018, at 11:14, Dan Ellis <dan.ellis@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >=20 > Dear List -=20 >=20 > Al Bregman created the AUDITORY list in 1992, and I took over as the admin= istrator about a year later. A lot has changed in Information and Communica= tion Technologies since then, but the LISTSERV behind AUDITORY has remained l= argely unchanged. In 2000 I home-spun a custom web interface (in Tcl!) to s= idestep the manual edits I had been doing until then, and it's still what we= use, running on my old lab's machine at Columbia. That system is also show= ing its age. >=20 > As you may remember, earlier this year McGill blocked external web access t= o the Listserv as a security measure, eliminating the modest interface moder= nizations that had been added to Listserv since the advent of the world wide= web. Many of you have since been caught out by the "confirmation link" that= you receive in response to posting, but which no longer works. Just this m= orning I found out (after 25 years!) how to change the text of the confirmat= ion message to eliminate this egregious misdirect. >=20 > However, it got me thinking about the future of AUDITORY. In particular, t= he current www.auditory.org machine at Columbia won't last for ever, and my l= everage there has declined since I moved to Google. I wonder if we should m= ove the whole list to a more modern platform? I would of course make sure th= e archives were preserved. >=20 > To me, Google Groups seems like the most obvious choice, but perhaps my pe= rspective is skewed. What do you think about the idea of moving off the McG= ill listserv, and do you have other suggestions for a good replacement? >=20 > Best,=20 >=20 > DAn. --Apple-Mail-65D39D1E-AFDA-44BD-B187-963DD5585C81 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Dear Dan,<div><br></div><div>I first want t= o express my deep appreciation for your having run the Auditory Listserve, a= nd so efficiently! As to moving it to Google Groups, I would have no persona= l objection. However, since Auditory is a not-for-profit group, I think many= colleagues on the list would feel happier if it were taken over by a nonpro= fit or an educational entity. Unfortunately I am not in the position to prop= ose such an alternative but some of you on the list may.</div><div><br></div= ><div>All best wishes,</div><div>Pierre<br><br><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature= " dir=3D"ltr">Sent from my autocorrecting iPad</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br>On O= ct 19, 2018, at 11:14, Dan Ellis &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:dan.ellis@xxxxxxxx">= dan.ellis@xxxxxxxx</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><d= iv dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">Dear List -&nbsp;<div><br></div><div>Al Breg= man created the AUDITORY list in 1992, and I took over as the administrator a= bout a year later.&nbsp; A lot has changed in Information and Communication T= echnologies since then, but the LISTSERV behind AUDITORY has remained largel= y unchanged.&nbsp; In 2000 I home-spun a custom web interface (in Tcl!) to s= idestep the manual edits I had been doing until then, and it's still what we= use, running on my old lab's machine at Columbia.&nbsp; That system is also= showing its age.</div><div><br></div><div>As you may remember, earlier this= year McGill blocked external web access to the Listserv as a security measu= re, eliminating the modest interface modernizations that had been added to L= istserv since the advent of the world wide web. Many of you have since been c= aught out by the "confirmation link" that you receive in response to posting= , but which no longer works.&nbsp; Just this morning I found out (after 25 y= ears!) how to change the text of the confirmation message to eliminate this e= gregious misdirect.</div><div><br></div><div>However, it got me thinking abo= ut the future of AUDITORY.&nbsp; In particular, the current <a href=3D"http:= //www.auditory.org">www.auditory.org</a> machine at Columbia won't last for e= ver, and my leverage there has declined since I moved to Google.&nbsp; I won= der if we should move the whole list to a more modern platform? I would of c= ourse make sure the archives were preserved.</div><div><br></div><div>To me,= Google Groups seems like the most obvious choice, but perhaps my perspectiv= e is skewed.&nbsp; What do you think about the idea of moving off the McGill= listserv, and do you have other suggestions for a good replacement?</div><d= iv><br></div><div>Best,&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp; DAn.</div></di= v> </div></blockquote></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-65D39D1E-AFDA-44BD-B187-963DD5585C81--


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