05 Sep 06 List Migration Updates – March 2006
March 2006
Planning of the conversion continues. We have created a list of all list owners and their associated lists to use in sending out a memo asking them to “weed” their lists.
05 Sep 06 List Migration Updates – April 2006
April 2006
Planning continues. Scripting of the conversion will begin when Jack Briody returns from his honeymoon in May. In the meantime, list owners will be asked which lists can be abandoned and which need to move to Sympa.
05 Sep 06 List Migration Updates – May 2006
May 2006
ITTS staff are currently reviewing conversion script requirements. The conversion can begin as soon as the scripts are finished. Current list owners will be asked to weed their lists during the first week of June.
05 Sep 06 List Migration Updates – June/July 2006
June/July 2006
A project timeline has been developed and Jack and Matt are working on the scripts necessary to migrate all active lists en masse. We anticipate this will happen in late August.
05 Sep 06 List Migration Updates – August 2006
August 2006
Work on the scripts continues, but has been slightly delayed due to the implementation of the new web content management system (see CMS). We expect the mass migration to take place early this fall.
07 Jul 06 List Migration – Background
The organization that once supported ListProc, ALA’s main discussion list management system, stopped supporting the product in 2000. After a thorough investigation, we installed Sympa as the replacement discussion list processing system.
