[KLUG Members] CMS again / podcast?

[John Bridleman]

* Tony Gettig wrote:
> What would the KLUG website look like if it were replaced by a CMS like
> Wordpress, Drupal, or something else? Anyone could view it, but you'd
> have to be authenticated to add any content like comments. With roles,
> administration of various areas of the site could be delegated to
> volunteers.

That would be the biggest hurdle. Volunteers.

> It certainly couldn't replace a vibrant mailing list like
> this, but getting info from the site via an RSS aggregator would be
> cool. 

What kind of info?

> That got me thinking about this: if the speaker each week could be
> recorded (audio), KLUG meetings could be available as podcasts. Maybe
> not every week, but maybe. I have a hard time getting to many meetings
> because of a Tuesday conflict, but I would be willing to edit and
> post-produce the audio into a podcast. And since the post would be to a
> CMS capable of producing an RSS feed, a service like Feedburner could be
> used to get the KLUG podcast into a format that is friendly to
> aggregators like iTunes, iPodderx, etc. Then KLUG list subscribers
> around the world could hear it.

We've talked about it, but nothing ever came of it. Most of our current volunteers are stretched to the limit. I don't see doing anything like this without a new crop of volunteers. At that point we can worry about getting the necessary equipment. 8-)
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John Bridleman / www.bridleman.org