As a first cut, I'd suggest moving the archives, mailing lists, data files, and the code-base to somewhere like Sourceforge. No doubt there will be many who will offer other alternatives, and very good reasons not to use it, but it is a starting point for the discussions. Plusses for Sourceforge: + Provides mailinglist maintenance, hosting, and archiving + Provides source code/data file hosting and change management facilities + Provides resources for easy migration of code/data maintainer roles from person to person Minuses... Uhmm.. I cannot think of any at this moment, but I have no fear that others will rise to the challenge. This does not address the need for someone to take over as the project administrator, or the standards work aspect. Regards Rob Masters Unix Systems Administrator Bunnings Group Limited 126 Pilbara Street, Welshpool WA 6106 Locked Bag 20, Welshpool WA 6986 Phone: (08) 9365-1507 E-mail : rmasters@bunnings.com.au Website: www.bunnings.com.au (Oh, and um, he's sick. My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy... ) -----Original Message----- From: Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] [mailto:olsona@dc37a.nci.nih.gov] Sent: Monday, 24 August 2009 2:51 AM To: tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov Subject: New home for time zone stuff by 2012? I'll be eligible to start drawing a pension in mid-2012. Since I'm accustomed to slow-moving Quaker process, that makes it time to get serious about finding a new home for time zone stuff. There are several pieces of the puzzle (some of which haven't seen much work of late): Data maintenance Data distribution Code maintenance Code distribution Mailing list maintenance Mailing list hosting Standards work (for example, tweaking POSIX TZ environment variables so Godthab can be represented) Code enhancement (for example, year zero work and Julian calendar work) There are different types of landing place: Governmental organizations Non-governmental organizations Commercial entities Volunteers Everything could be moved under one new roof or different pieces might go different places. While I'm happy to continue time zone work in the future, I also understand that it may be best for others to do the work. Anyone? Bueller? --ado ************************************************************************ Bunnings Legal Disclaimer: 1) This email is confidential and may contain legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not disclose or use the information contained in it. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by return email and delete the document. 2) All emails sent to and sent from Bunnings Group Limited. are scanned for content. Any material deemed to contain inappropriate subject matter will be reported to the email administrator of all parties concerned. ************************************************************************