1 Dec
2017
1 Dec
'17
6:05 p.m.
A - same
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Marc
On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 08:55:49AM +0000, C R wrote:
> A - Yes as long as there is no obligation to stay after the 500 is spent.
> It will likely give us an idea of how much we need to spend for hosting.
> Also, we may be able to convince them to give us another package for
> promoting their services. Digital ocean is very well known and supports all
> sorts of FLOSS projects, podcasts, etc. I think they deserve our support as
> well if we can set that up in the future. If not, well we can explore other
> options in the mean time.
>
> On 30 Nov 2017 05:17, "Bryce Harrington" <bryce@...2...> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 09:03:20PM -0500, Martin Owens wrote:
> > b. No
> >
> > There are questions I have about an on going committment. A one year
> > credit will doom us to pay Digital Ocean in the future, a $500 credit
> > /per year/ would be better.
> >
> > I'd rather no invest the sys-admin time into a platform that we don't
> > know what will happen in a year's time.
>
> Totally valid concerns there, although I think you've misunderstood -
> it's not a one year credit, it's a $500 credit we can stretch as far as
> we want. The entry level node is $5/mo, and even bumped up a few levels
> it could last for multiple years. I too would prefer a more open ended
> sponsorship with higher capacity hosting, but there's no guarantee of
> finding one.
>
> These nodes appear to be pretty standard Ubuntu 16.04 images with docker
> and other typical provisioning. If service installation is done orderly
> and kept well-documented, migration to another platform (if we can find
> one) could be expected to be fairly straightforward. I could
> imagine using this as our backup host, if we were lucky in securing a
> higher capacity host at some point in the future.
>
> Finally, yes, I get your concerns about not wanting to invest your
> sysadmin time on a platform that may end up being temporary, so will
> impose no expectations on you. To some degree I can probably handle it
> myself, but my plan would be to establish it as co-maintained by several
> volunteers in order to avoid bottlenecking.
>
> Bryce
>
> > Best Regards, Martin Owens
> >
> > On Wed, 2017-11-29 at 17:32 -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> > > Your vote is needed to accept hosting sponsorship from DigitalOcean.
> > >
> > > 1. Accept DigitalOcean's offer of $500 credit on their virtual
> > > hosting
> > > system for use in provisioning various Inkscape web
> > > services. Add
> > > DigitalOcean as a Bronze level sponsor for 2018. Authorize
> > > Conservancy to initiate registration with DigitalOcean for
> > > Inkscape.
> > >
> > > - [ ] a. Yes, accept DigitalOcean's sponsorship
> > > - [ ] b. No
> > >
> > > Votes:
> > > ------
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Board Member | 1. |
> > > > -------------------- |:--:|
> > > > Bryce Harrington | |
> > > > Josh Andler | |
> > > > Tavmjong Bah | |
> > > > Ted Gould | |
> > > > Martin Owens | |
> > > > Marc Jeanmougin | |
> > > > Chris Rogers | |
> > >
> > > Resolved:
> > > ---------
> > >
> > > Background:
> > > -----------
> > >
> > > In 2017, the Inkscape Board [solicited sponsorship offers][1] for web
> > > hosting. We [received an offer][2] from DigitalOcean that provides
> > > a credit for $500 in service on their virtual hosting platform. It
> > > doesn't match all the requirements we had called for, but it may be
> > > able
> > > to address near term service needs while we continue our search.
> > >
> > > Registration with DigitalOcean requires entry of financial
> > > information
> > > so will need to be performed by the Software Freedom Conservancy
> > > staff
> > > for us. This vote authorizes them to do so.
> > >
> > > [1]: https://sourceforge.net/p/inkscape/mailman/message/36074233/
> > > [2]: https://www.mail-archive.com/inkscape-board@...149...
> > > t/msg01019.html
> > >
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