Auckland LUG in recent discussions have been discussing what's wanted of a new website. This Wiki provides a useful tool to collate feedback.

What the website should do - based on feedback from the mailing list

• Communicating with Members and the Public re the Next Meeting.
• Information on past meetings?
• News Items? With links to more detail?
• Current Events
• Pointer to the mailing list(s) obviously

General Website Requirements

• Must cleanly and presentably present AuckLUG to the world
• Should be appealing and interesting
• Current/fresh content
• Must have webmaster(s) prepared to keep it current and look after it on the long term view.

Feedback on a CMS

Pros:

• Web-Editable without requiring shell/ftp access
• Multiple Contributors

Cons:

• Maintenance Overheads - someone needs to own the site and be responsible for it
• Security aspects of using Dynamic Content
• Requires server-side extensions - PHP and MySQL

CMS Options

• Drupal
• Wordpress

Other Options

• Take on a 'view' within www.linux.net.nz (much like wiki.linux.net.nz is a 'view' of www.wlug.org.nz) and help extend the Linux.net.nz resource for Linux fans 'at large'
• Use a flat website with basic information and link to external resources eg linux.net.nz / wiki.linux.net.nz - or others?