DanielMacKay

Online nick: CapnDan (see that link for a pic)

Main home page: http://bonmot.ca/~daniel/

MikeGodfrey writes: when it comes to computers, Dan is God. He's the dude who set up the WikiBackups system for the wiki.

I'm just another fag-about-town, I guess I'm one of the GayBears. I was chair of the PrideCommittee for three years and was on the committee for a decade, and have been with WayvesMagazine since the mid-80s. I helped build the inside of Rumours on Granville Street when I first came to Halifax, and have done some activism but it's not really my thing. Friend-of but not a card carrying member of (all of these are defunkt - maybe there's a message here) BluenoseBears, MacLeather, and SafeHarbourChurch. Card-carrying member of TightRope.

Used to be a:

• member of GaeGala,
• OverThirtiesGroup database person,
• on the board of, and for three years, chair of, PrideCelebrations,
• volunteer on the GayLine, and

You won't find me advertising in the ClassifiedAds or at SeaDogsSauna (except I did write the review after LilBear and I visited on opening day) or using any of the other ways of MeetingPeople.

Here's an interview of KevinKindred by DeniseHolliday about Dan getting the 2008 NSRAP Community Hero Award.

Current Projects

• Solar Nova Scotia - solar and alternative energy sources, http://solarns.ca/
• WayvesMagazine chief geek
• HistoryProject - a collaborative history of gay life in Halifax
• Helping run this system - writing, tuning up code, monitoring performance. My wishlist for system changes when I have time, can be found in WikiTodoList
• Promoting this system - that is, AdvertiseTheWiki, with luck resulting in WikiInTheNews
• A church-y project which for the time being I'll call ChurchGrowthProject.

Back Burner

• ArchivesDatabase: stalled out due to lack of involved people
• A WayvesMagazineIndex? including advertisers and article authors for the history of the magazine

Contact

mailto:av231@chebucto.ca