[Boost-users] Re: The Boost Community

JOAQUIN LOPEZ MU?Z wrote:

----- Mensaje original ----- De: Fernando Cacciola Fecha: Martes, Mayo 3, 2005 6:41 pm Asunto: [Boost-users] The Boost Community

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I violently support the creation of such a site :)

Great. I'll act as the general coordinator here.

Let me throw in the following issues:

1. Name of the site. As I see it, it should mention the word "Boost" so as to stand clearly among other C++-devoted sites. Something like "Got Boost" (not that I particularly love this name, but you get the idea.) I propose that we do *not* launch a contest to find the name, lest we end up spending three omnths on the issue like it happend witht he Boost logo.

I defenitely agree that we need a catching name. And I definitely agree that we better don't poll it out. I like "The Boost Crowd"

2. Hosting. Dave Abrahams volunteered to host the site.

OK. So did Eric Boelbecker and Jeff Garland. We'll pick the best offser.

3. Technology. I've been doing a small survey among my workmates and some of them are ardent fans of Plone (www.plone.org), an off-the-shelf community product built on top of a content management system called Zope.

OK

I pass on less tecnhical questions like what kind of content we want to include: IMHO once we have some site prototype set up, it is easier to propose ideas and let the the thing evolve organically, so to speak.

Agreed. Fernando Cacciola SciSoft