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Build the structure

In order for Jenn to do nothing herself, she needed a framework for allowing other people to contribute. The web site is managed through Zope, which allows multiple people to edit the web site through a web interface. The web site can be edited by anyone with an account, and account holders can give accounts to new volunteers, without going through a central authority. We use Mailman's web interface to maintain our mailing lists, and each list has multiple maintainers. The DNS password for the linuxchix.org domain is in the hands of several people. The web site and mail archives are backed up by several people across the world.



2004-05-08