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Index of Subjects I, Andrew Wright, was the person to edit the jump page. You can reach me at adw@chebucto.ns.ca. The g)o ip jump key was disabled because the information on the IP main site was in complete contradiction to the way that we are currently managing IPs. This process has not been kept secret from anybody on Chebucto, including the IP committee. No one has at any point made any effort to update the IP page with current information. I did not redirect the g)o ip link as you have done because we now have two classifications for Neighbourhood Accounts, profit and non-profit, and your new shortcut goes only to the non-profit page. It was my thought that at some point there would be an updated IP web site, but I have seen no sign of any action on this or anyone coming forward to take responsibility for it. As to my updating or not updating information on the Chebucto website, it has been long standing policy that if one of the people who has edit privileges sees something broken, they fix it. There isn't a formal tribunal or review by committee to oversee every change. Just as there isn't a tribunal or review by committee to oversee every alteration in things done by root, such as restricting editing privileges. Since I can no longer edit the jump page, any corrections which need to be carried out can be carried out by root. Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes? * * http://www.dgne.com/mdd/quote.html#custodiet On Fri, 9 Jun 2000, David L. Potter wrote: > > Something has clearly got to be done to manage the changes that are in > progress with CCN and the site. > > Today as I went to add a g(o)job shortcut to assist the text users find > the information about the job Krista is advertising... I discovered that > one of the links on the jump page pointing to the IP support information > had been disabled. > > While I appreciate that some of the information the shortcut/link was > pointing to was out of date (in light of recent IP proposals...) no effort > was made to redirect the link to more appropriate information and I recall > no notification to the editors or the IP lists that this action was > taken.... > > Information resources have simply been removed in what I would regard as > an irresponsible manner. > > I'd hate to think that someone is going to have to start 'following' > everyone around to put an end to this nonsense, but it is clear that the > changes are not being managed effectively. > > CCN has always operated on the basis that individuals were able to make > changes when they saw a need. For this to work it requires that either: > > 1) the individual making the change announce their intention to do so and > allow others an opportunity to concur or offer suggestions as the case > may be... or, > > 2) the individual makes the changes and promptly announces those > changes, acknowledging that others may want to revisit those actions. > > It is worth noting that it is almost always the withdrawal/removal of > material/resources/services that causes the most disruption although in > some cases the addition of material may be viewed as running counter to > the interest(s) of some stakeholder. > > ----- > > Anyone who is not able to operate within these or other broadly accepted > guidelines can expect to have their editing privileges withdrawn. > > In the short term I have restricted editing of the jumps page to 'root'. > > david potter >
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