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Hi David! On Mon, 14 Dec 1998, David L. Potter wrote: > In actual fact I think we want to seriously consider using the IP > 'mechanism' for system editing groups such as the Helpdesk, PDA, > training, etc... > > This will bring those system directories under the new `direct-ftp` > system and will provide better control of mailing lists etc... Well, this ideas seesm to have some merits. My concerns/questions would be: 1) The IPDB currently has structures that are specifically related to our administration of IPs. They must be marked as have been through IP Training & that an IP Agreement has been received before the IP can be created; there are ml-priv & ml-pub lists and entries from i)p jumpcuts, etc. Do we ignore these? Modify the IPDB to allow a different sent of 'IP's' to be managed? We have always administered CCN resources differently then IP resources. My question relates to what will happen to other administrative mechanisms if we blend these two seperate streams together? There are other scripts which check IP status; still others that create a list of IPs (ips.html) keyed to jumpcuts, etc. These distinctions are actually quite useful for certain administrative and user purposes. Also, for instance, we have used I)p shortcuts for IP resources and G)o shortcuts for administrative resources, etc. 2) If we splinter apart the help resources into several subgroups does this not complicate the overall administration and coherence of these resources? Individuals will have to be on multiple edit groups (or not). We certainly could have multiple majordomo lists (as, indeed, we already do) for help resources but is it not advantageous to retain a single edit group and a unified directory structure under /csuite/info/Help? I'm neither for nor against this idea, however, I think we should carefully elaborate a proposed structure before we depart from what has already been established. Cheers! Chris _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.._._._._._._._. Christopher Majka <aa051@chebucto.ns.ca> Editor-in-Chief: Chebucto Community Net - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada URL = http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Home.html "We have ... in this country ... far too many captive editors who cannot even be heard to rattle their chains." -- Carl E. Lindstrom _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.
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