[Coral-List] a new home for Coral-List

Thu Feb 15 19:29:04 UTC 2024

Bill (& Mike): I totally agree. BUT.... I believe it is "yeoman".

Snarkily,

Denny

On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 2:25 PM William Precht via Coral-List <
coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:

> Mike, you have done a yo men's job at keeping this ship moving forward.
> Thank you!
>
> At this time we should also thank Jim Hendee (NOAA retired) for his years
> of dedicated service running the CoralList.
>
> We should all be looking forward to the next chapter in the communication
> between coral lovers, scientists, managers, and policy makers - hopefully,
> we can make gains where we have seen such tragic losses.
>
> The CoralList is a place where we can share ideas, news stories, and new
> publications in real time with thousands of people with similar goals from
> around the world.
>
> As you may remember, a few years back many of us in the coral reef
> community were screaming as loud as we could about keeping atmospheric CO2
> levels below 350 ppm.
>
> Veron, J.E., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Lenton, T.M., Lough, J.M., Obura, D.O.,
> Pearce-Kelly, P.A.U.L., Sheppard, C.R., Spalding, M., Stafford-Smith, M.G.
> and Rogers, A.D., 2009. The coral reef crisis: The critical importance of<
> 350 ppm CO2. *Marine pollution bulletin*, *58*(10), pp.1428-1436.
>
> We blew by that target - I’m now hoping for 450 ppm.  Unfortunately, today
> we are already at 425 ppm.
>
> Using the CoralList we can get together as a global reef community, use our
> collective voices, and convince our leaders of why keeping this critical
> number in check is so important.
>
> Remember-
>
> Repair the world - save coral reefs!
>
> Repair coral reefs - save the world!
>
> Let’s work together at changing the future. The CoralList can help.
>
> Thank you ICRS for keeping the CoralList alive.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bill
>
> On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 11:43 AM Mike Jankulak - NOAA Affiliate via
> Coral-List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:
>
> > Greetings Coral-Listers!
> >
> > On behalf of AOML's Coral Program, and in coordination with the
> > International Coral Reef Society, I'd like to announce a big change for
> our
> > much-beloved mailing list. ICRS has agreed to take over management of
> > Coral-List!
> >
> > You have questions, I know. Here's a quick FAQ:
> >
> > Q: Why is the list leaving NOAA?
> >
> > We've worried for a while that the future of Coral-List at NOAA was
> deeply
> > uncertain. Part of the problem is that we're not funded to keep the list
> > running – for the last 6 years we've basically been volunteering our
> > sysadmin and moderation efforts in our spare time, which is rewarding but
> > increasingly unsustainable. Part of the problem is technical, since the
> > list dates back to 1995 and has needed to undergo several significant
> > reinventions as NOAA IT developed newer and better security practices for
> > email servers. Really we've reached the point where we can't keep holding
> > this thing together with paperclips and chewing gum and we need to take
> > decisive action to ensure Coral-List will have a long and happy future.
> >
> > Q: Why ICRS?
> >
> > ICRS is the ideal partner, and we're so grateful to them for finding a
> way
> > to make this happen. They have been part of the Coral-List community for
> > decades and they really understand what makes us tick, the subjects we're
> > most passionate about, the reasons people turn to the list for
> information
> > about science, jobs, conferences, and everything else that's so important
> > to us.
> >
> > Q: What effect will this have on the list?
> >
> > The main thing is that the mailing address and website url will change.
> > Details to follow, but we expect to use an ICRS domain, probably
> something
> > like lists.coralreefs.org. Apart from that, we think the change will be
> > largely transparent to our subscribers, and it will open the door to
> > technical improvements that we think are long-overdue.
> >
> > Q: Technical improvements? What?
> >
> > I'm glad you asked! One important factor is that the list will run on
> > professionally-maintained servers with actual teams of IT support
> personnel
> > worldwide rather than one random guy tinkering with his linux server in
> > Miami. This will improve list robustness and security. ICRS will be the
> > face of the list, and they will moderate and answer your questions, but
> > they will be backed up by paid professionals. This means things that have
> > long been out of the question for Coral-List (upgrade to the much nicer
> v3
> > release of the Mailman software, ability to send and receive formatted
> > emails, maybe even attaching photos and documents to your messages) will
> > receive fresh consideration.
> >
> > Q: When is this expected to happen?
> >
> > Watch! this! space! for more announcements but right now we are targeting
> > the end of February for completing this transition. Technically speaking,
> > it's really not all that complicated a task. The tricky thing will be
> > timing everything right.
> >
> > Q: I have feelings! What if I don't like this?
> >
> > The first thing I'll say, which I think is important, is that anyone can
> > opt out of the whole situation at any time simply by unsubscribing from
> the
> > list. If you want help with that, send email directly to me or to
> > coral-list-owner at coral.aoml.noaa.gov before the end of February. If you
> > have questions not covered here I'll do my best to answer them. If you
> want
> > to have a metadiscussion about Coral-List by posting to Coral-List then I
> > for one think that is completely on-topic.
> >
> > Q: Do you have any words of wisdom to share?
> >
> > It's been quite the journey so far. Coral-List started in 1995, the
> vision
> > of Jim Hendee, NOAA research oceanographer and, at the time of his
> > retirement in 2020, Director of AOML's Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems
> > Division. With help throughout the years from a motley crew of
> workerbees,
> > most notably Clarke Jeffris, Louis Florit, Lew Gramer and Ruben van
> > Hooidonk, Coral-List developed into today's community of ten thousand
> > members. Three decades is a lot of history but really, I'm more excited
> to
> > see what its next three decades will look like!
> >
> > Mike J+
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