Any news on a venue for the 20th?
Re: the website - A few thoughts….
At the last regular FSFE meeting we talked about having a set of web pages as a “front end” for the mailpod (albeit hosted on another server). I would be keen to see this achieved in as simple a way as possible, without resorting to overly complex layouts, and gimmicky scripts.
People visit websites for information – not to marvel at the layout. It is the duty of the webmasters to ensure that the information is clear, and easy to read – also that pages are easily navigable, and follow a logical sequence.
Another reason for keeping it simple is that the source should always be easy to understand, and hence edit/modify, by other people.
The principles are as old as the web. Eg. Take a look at this site – originally thrown together in ’96 for a walking group (no longer maintained, but left online for posterity). http://dbolton.co.uk/ramsig
Remember, this was an era when many people still used 14.4kb/s modems – hence the lack of inline photos – and why the linked photos are so small!
However, the same simple html coding can work today: See http://nucleon.co.uk/mftnet/ for another example (again, no longer maintained – mainly because the target group tend to use a facebook page instead)
So, what sort of information do we wish to put on the website? What is the website meant to do?
David