<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 8:45 AM, Avri Doria <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:avri@ella.com" target="_blank">avri@ella.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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On 22 Jan 2013, at 08:20, Tapani Tarvainen wrote:<br>
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> I believe we've more or less agreed that we need<br>
> a virtual private server of our own (even if we<br>
> may want to host some selected services elsewhere).<br>
> It would be very useful also for throwing up<br>
> mockups and test versions of all kinds of stuff.<br>
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</div>Stepwise refinement works for me.<br>
Lets not spend forever getting it right and pretty.<br>
Never works anyway.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div style>Fast, mostly correct, an' ugly! (seems like our current website!)</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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I would love to have first policy pages up by or shortly after LA.<br>
<div class="im"><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div style>+1 For starters we could just put up </div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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> So, how about getting one without further delay?<br>
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> All we need to decide is<br>
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> (1) Where to host it; I believe Brenden already<br>
> suggested Gandi, where our DNS registration is,<br>
> and I agree: it may not be quite the rock-bottom<br>
> cheapest but close enough, and they know their stuff.<br>
> Minimal VPS there costs €12/month or €100/year,<br>
> and I think it would enough for a while.<br>
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</div>I agree. And France is an ok location for a server. I might have preferred Iceland or something Scandinavian (not Sweden) but am fine with France. and the face that it is collocated with the DNS is good, I think.<br>
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> (2) Who will install and administer the machine.<br>
> I can take this on, and we have plenty of competent<br>
> people to act as backup sysadmins.<br>
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</div>Great.<br>
I think having a few backup sysadmin who vary geographically is good and am willing to volunteer as a backup.<br>
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> (3) How to pay for it. To do it fast we need someone<br>
> with a credit card who's willing to handle it and<br>
> trust NCUC will pay it back, and preferably someone<br>
> outside Europe (to avoid paying French taxes).<br>
> (Brenden has handled the DNS registration, I've no<br>
> idea if or how NCUC has paid for it.)<br>
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</div>if NCUC does not have a bank card,<br>
Gandi takes paypal - I assume the NCUC bank account is, or can be linked to paypal.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div style>I'm checking to see if MM has a Gandi account to which I can assign the billing portion of the account.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style><br></div><div style>-- B</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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if it is not easy to get NCUC treasury to pay quickly, I can cover.<br>
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> And someone has to make a decision<br>
> on NCUC's behalf to spend the money.<br>
> Bill, over to you.<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Tapani Tarvainen<br>
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