[theforum] [was-thelist] evolt.org down?

Jeff Howden jeff at jeffhowden.com
Tue Apr 29 11:32:16 CDT 2003


dean,

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> From: Dean Mah
>
> I've always found that 20 people sending me an e-mail
> about a problem that I already knew about and was
> working on more frustrating than helpful, especially,
> if I'd already sent out a status report.
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agreed.  however, i only got a single email, not the 20 you mention (though
i agree that would be annoying).

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> > i don't think i've gotten a single thing from sysadmin
> > stating how various services we'd planned on
> > continuing to support were being addressed post-move.
>
> The lists.evolt.org are being worked on by most of the
> eouk group and myself when I get the time.  List admin
> is being handled by aard, you, me, and whoever runs

> thechat now.  You're working on weo.  neuro (William)
> is the main beo person.  I'm the main deo person now
> that Simon's run out of time for it.  Fucknose what's
> up with meo.  genghis (John) is the main DNS guy.
>
> All of the eouk people and me have access to the leo,
> deo, and beo. You have access to weo.
>
> I don't know where we go from here.  Obviously it's
> in our best interest to have redundent people in place
> to handle each service.
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sorry about my little sysadmin rant.  i did *not* mean to make it sound like
i wasn't grateful for the hardwork that's been over the past couple of
months.  i'll admit that when i originally wrote that i was really very
tired and frustrated with the situation.

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> I have seen that you've addressed the 'unapproved
> articles' and 'unanswered contacts' reminders.
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yeah, it was an extremely useful tool for content that needed to be
implemented.  i had some free time and decided to whip it out.  i even
learned a thing or two in the process.

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> I've done remote administration through RTS, VNC, Proxy,
> and PC Anywhere but I'm very hesitant to say that I'm a
> Win2K administrator.
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you've already got a big enough load as it is.  while it may be prudent for
you to have some form of access should the need arise, i don't think it'd be
fair to give it to you with the idea of it being another task for you to
shoulder.

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> It's the drawback of doing your job well, no one knows
> that you exist.  :)
>
> I'm sure it's part of the reason for the previous
> "burnouts" of the sysadmin team, mine included.
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hear hear.

.jeff

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