[Auugps] [AUUG-Talk]: Last call: dealing with two boxes of AUUG documents and photos from Christopher Vance

[Greg Tunnock]

Thank you Lawrie,

 > My take on what to save would be just things that are of historical
 > interest, and aren't already in electronic form. So photos etc should
 > def be scanned. All the AUUGNs have been scanned already. I'm less sure
 > if things like committee minutes are really needed, but others can say
 > if feel differently. An inventory of whats there is liekly needed to
 > make an informed choice.

That is good initial guidance.

Kind regards,
Greg Tunnock

On 8/07/2020 4:43 pm, Lawrie.Brown at canb.auug.org.au wrote:
> Hi Greg, Steve, David & All
> 
> The AUUG website and email handling are still live on the ozlabs server,
> run by Stephen Rothwell & friends. I have an account there (and can
> update the AUUG areas).
> 
> I would think it likely we could store any scanned documents there.
> 
> Indeed, sometime we need to probably tweak the website to make it clear
> AUUG is history, but show the old website and any other content we have.
> Including links to the scanned material at Google.
> 
> My take on what to save would be just things that are of historical
> interest, and aren't already in electronic form. So photos etc should
> def be scanned. All the AUUGNs have been scanned already. I'm less sure
> if things like committee minutes are really needed, but others can say
> if feel differently. An inventory of whats there is liekly needed to
> make an informed choice.
> 
> Cheers
> Lawrie
> 
> On Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 03:44:28PM +0930, David Newall wrote:
>> Depending on size, I can spin up a Web server on one of my servers in a tier
>> 3 data centre.  That will:
>>
>> a) ensure the files are accessible;
>> b) let them be discovered by search engines;
>> c) give time to decide on a permanent solution.
>>
>> I can't offer backups, though, so it would be best if at least one other
>> person keeps copies.
>>
>>
>>
>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>> Subject: 	Re: [Auugps] [AUUG-Talk]: Last call: dealing with two boxes of
>> AUUG documents and photos from Christopher Vance
>> Date: 	Wed, 8 Jul 2020 16:01:45 +1000
>> From: 	steve jenkin <sjenkin at canb.auug.org.au>
>> To: 	AUUG Talk <talk at lists.auug.org.au>, auugps at lists.ozlabs.org
>> <auugps at lists.ozlabs.org>
>> CC: 	esther at nu.org <esther at nu.org>, Greg Tunnock <greg at tunnock.net>
>>
>>
>>
>> Greg,
>>
>> Thanks for offering to get out to Camden.
>> Two ‘archive’ boxes I believe, or could be movers “Book Boxes”, approx 55L
>> each.
>>
>> I don’t know where the AUUG documents went or even if they were archived.
>>
>> Frank Crawford organised the scanning of AUUGN by Google Books.
>> That, to me, was an inspired solution to creating a well curated permanent
>> home for them.
>>
>> As I wrote first time, if we get the cache of dcos from Christopher scanned,
>> then what?
>>
>> There’s no point in even scanning them if there’s no plan to preserve them.
>>
>> regards
>> steve j
>>
>>> On 8 Jul 2020, at 12:39, Greg Tunnock <greg at tunnock.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Steve,
>>>
>>> I maybe able to go to Camden to collect the AUUG things and sort through
>>> them for scanning, disposal and archival.
>>> How much is there?
>>> I would need guidance from the AUUG elders?
>>> I can't provide long term archival storage myself?
>>> Where are other physical AUUG things archived - is this the main archive?
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Greg Tunnock
>>
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>>
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