[Imc-web] Re: Special Jul/Aug UCIMC Web meeting

[Mike Lehman]

Dan,
I am very flexible on the date prior to the start of school. Due to the 
quirks in the version of Dada we are using, I think a software update 
would be good.

I have two additional items. One would be to finalize a proposal I 
previously made on IMC network spam abusers, which would be a minor 
modification to our existing abuse policy, defining who it would apply 
to (those who make a habit of spamming the same story to many IMCs). I 
have informally implemented it without any concerns being raised so far.

Basically, it amounts to linking stories together based on frequency of 
appearance on the Newswire, i.e. if three stories appear by the the same 
IMC network spammer in the first three pages of Newswire listings, they 
get linked together. This has been a periodic problem that recurs from 
time to time.

A new proposal would be to hide stories by those who consistently post 
non-Local news to the Local Newswire. Other than DAN Disinfo (already 
persona non grata here), the other person who has been a consistent 
abuser of the Local Newswire has been Jon Chance. He hasn't been active 
lately, but given his penchant for thinking he's a presidential 
candidate, I would expect this problem to recur with the uncoming 2004 
election. My thoughts are that it would be three "chances" (with 
warnings attached to stories moved to the Elsewhere Newswire), then 
you're out.
Mike Lehman

Daniel S. Lewart wrote:
> Clint, Mike, Paul, Sascha, and Zach,
> 
> I would like to schedule a one-time UCIMC Web meeting on or after
> Mon Jul 28 with the following agenda items:
>   * UCIMC's current status (Clint)
>   * dadaIMC status (Clint)
>   * Upgrading UCIMC to current dadaIMC (Clint)
>   * What other IMCs are using (Sasha)
>   * Should we switch to something else?
> 
> My goal is to (finally) take over web support from Clint and to upgrade
> the UCIMC software.  This assumes that Clint still wants to unload it. :)
> 
> All of us have busy schedules.  If you are interested in attending such
> a meeting, please reply to the group with the following:
>   * Good dates and times
>   * Additional agenda items
>   * Random comments (of course)
> 
> I will announce the first good date and agenda to the UCIMC-tech and
> UCIMC-web lists.
> 
> Thanks!
> Dan
> lewart at uiuc.edu
>