[NCUC E-team] an intranet for NCUC - was this ever discussed?

[Tapani Tarvainen]

Yes, OwnCloud could work. But I haven't maintained it either,
and while I don't think it'd be all that hard I don't want to
commit to maintaining it all by myself. :-)

Tapani

On Dec 17 03:53, Dina Solveig Jalkanen (icann at thomascovenant.org) wrote:
> 
> Hey,
> 
> owncloud seems like a good free option.
> 
> https://owncloud.org/features/
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OwnCloud
> 
> I haven't maintained it, but, Tapani, how hard can that be? :-)
> 
> Solidarity,
> 
> thomas
> 
> 
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> 
> On 11.12.2017 16:48, Tapani Tarvainen wrote:
> > Hi Renata,
> > 
> > There are obviously different needs and one solution may not fit all.
> > 
> > E.g., for e-team it would be useful to have a non-public channel for
> > handling with security issues (possible breaches, technical details of
> > security-related settings &c) and for that a non-publicly archived mailing
> > list could work well. On the other hand some intranet-like space for
> > documenting things properly would also be useful and for that protected
> > Wordpress pages might be good.
> > 
> > As for an intranet-like interface, perhaps it would be worthwhile to
> > look at potentially suitable Wordpress plugins, if the basic
> > functionality isn't enough. Like one of these:
> > 
> > https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/file-sharing/
> > 
> > (I haven't looked at them in any detail nor have any experience
> > with any of them.)
> > 
> > Tapani
> > 
> > 
> > On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 05:35:18PM -0300, Renata Aquino Ribeiro (raquino at gmail.com) wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Tapani
> >>
> >> Yup, the different levels of permission here would be the deal breaker
> >> for a list solution, I think.
> >> Even if we don't "need" different access, we need different
> >> organizational structure
> >> i.e. a folder for treasury
> >> a folder for selection calls
> >> a folder for e-team data
> >>
> >> A folder or a page
> >>
> >> In case of a page w/ linked docs, yes, Wordpress could work
> >>
> >> But I think pulling in from the site (or linked at the site) could not
> >> be secure enough
> >>
> >> So maybe a free wordpress
> >>
> >> But still I think something like a virtual drive w/ an intranet "home"
> >> like interface would be better
> >>
> >> Do others SO/ACs have anything of this kind?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 3:08 PM, Tapani Tarvainen
> >> <ncuc at tapani.tarvainen.info> wrote:
> >>> One very simple option would be a mailing list with non-public
> >>> archive (archives open only to subscribers with password).
> >>> That would not require any new software.
> >>> One feature that would not provide is the time limit, but
> >>> automatically removing archives after a specified amount of
> >>> time would not be hard to do.
> >>> And it could not handle multiple levels of permission either,
> >>> just on/off for members/non-members.
> >>>
> >>> Alternatively, Wordpress can be used to set up restricted content,
> >>> visible only to selected users with password. That would be slightly
> >>> more difficult, depending on the complexity of permissions needed.
> >>>
> >>> And of course there're any number of intranet solutions that
> >>> could be installed, even free ones, but amount of work needed
> >>> would be ... variable.
> >>>
> >>> Tapani
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 01:59:55PM -0300, Renata Aquino Ribeiro (raquino at gmail.com) wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Dear E-Team
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm considering organizing a few documents of NCUC which should be
> >>>> non-public in an online locus somewhere
> >>>>
> >>>> Treasurer's reports, candidates call deliberations
> >>>>
> >>>> Things which can be shared only by EC or leadership or by specific
> >>>> groups (i.e. data relevant to e-team only), things which are to be
> >>>> kept for a certain amount of time only (i.e. candidate deliberation
> >>>> calls)...
> >>>>
> >>>> I thought the best place for this could probably be an intranet, w/
> >>>> levels of permission
> >>>>
> >>>> Given we are always on a "poor person budget", we need "poor person" solution
> >>>>
> >>>> So my initial thought was Google Drive
> >>>>
> >>>> Also considered ICANN Wiki protected pages
> >>>>
> >>>> I am now leaning towards a non-proprietary or non-politically
> >>>> complicated solution, clearly none of the above
> >>>>
> >>>> Was something like this ever considered/discussed?
> >>>>
> >>>> Were experiments made? What was their result?
> >>>>
> >>>> Does e-team have any suggestion how to move forward?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks
> >>>>
> >>>> Renata
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