Hi All, It seems that I may not have emailed Hapee and Sacha at their seldom-read email addresses. Hapee and I have already exchanged emails, so we'll hopefully start the process soon with Greenhost.
Thanks, Yosem On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 8:49 AM Hapee de Groot <ha...@hapee.org> wrote: > Hi All, > > according to me Greenhost is absolutely not out of the running, so I > contacted Yosem directly and hope you will give us some more time so sort > this out. > > Kind regards, > > Hapee from Greenhost. > On 10-11-18 17:22, Yosem Companys wrote: > > Hi All, > > I'm in the process of migrating Liberationtech from Stanford to a new > independent site, but I have run into a difficulty. > > Most of you recommended Greenhost for hosting services, but I have yet to > receive a reply from Greenhost despite multiple email attempts. > > Is there another hosting service you'd recommend? Please remember that the > criteria are the following: > > - The host should operate from a location that has the privacy- and > security-friendliest laws in the world; > - The host should also be the most privacy- and security-friendly host > in the world (or the second most, assuming Greenhost is #1 in this area); > and, > - The host should offer great customer service. > > Our original plan (described below) was to ask Greenhost both to host and > develop our new website. Now that Greenhost appears to be out of the > running, I intend to explore the other options you suggested below for > website development. > > Thanks, > Yosem > > On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 8:55 PM Yosem Companys <ycompa...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Below is the amended plan for the new Liberationtech based on your >> feedback. Should you have any questions, please let me know. >> >> - *Corporate Governance: Fiscal Sponsorship, NOT Legal Status*. Most >> of you recommended that we not incorporate legally as a 501(c)3 at this >> time. Instead, you recommended that we use a fiscal sponsor instead. A >> number of fiscal sponsors were proposed including Creative Commons; the >> Electronic Frontier Foundation; Freedom House; the Free Software >> Foundation; the Information Ethics and Equity Institute; Mozilla; Oasis; >> the Open Source Institute; the Public Sphere Project; the Puerto Rico >> Science, Technology, and Research Trust; the Renewable Freedom Foundation >> in Germany; Software Freedom Conservancy; and Wikimedia. There is also the >> Tides Foundation. The advantage of fiscal sponsors is that they can accept >> charitable contributions on behalf of Liberationtech and take care of the >> legal and accounting requirements needed to maintain the organization, >> thereby freeing Liberationtech to pursue its vision and mission. We have >> decided to find fiscal sponsors for different legal jurisdictions to >> ensure >> that we have a global presence. [Down the line, the Sustainable Economies >> Law Center was proposed as an organization to help Liberationtech >> incorporate as a 501(c)3.] >> - *Vision*. To research, design, and implement technologies for >> social good, especially for privacy and security. >> - *Mission*. To create and support a community of practice around >> technology for social good that incorporates privacy and security by >> design. >> - *Hosting Service*. Most of you expressed concerns about hosting in >> the U.S. and asked that Liberationtech use the most privacy- and >> security-friendly legal jurisdiction instead. Most of you also >> recommended Greenhost. >> - *Website Design and Development*. Some of you kindly offered to >> work on a pro bono basis to design and develop the Liberationtech website. >> Others suggested contacting groups such as the Agile Collective, >> Aspiration >> Technologies, CoTech, Digital Life Collective, Equalit.ie, and Greenhost >> for these services. What should the website have? You asked that we keep >> the Liberationtech website simple. Beyond a basic description and a list >> of >> the board of advisers, you asked that we do the following: >> - *Keep It Simple Stupid (KISS)*. Most of you asked that we build >> a site that is as simple as possible so that it may be viewed even by >> those >> who have slow devices or weak bandwidth. >> - *Just a mailing list, please*. Most of you also asked that we >> only use open-source mailing list software that has been around for a >> long >> time for convenience (i.e., you get the email in your inbox) or >> security >> reasons and to make it easier for any list subscriber to download the >> list >> or port it from one device to another. >> - *Use Matrix and/or Discourse*. Enough of you feel passionate >> enough about using Matrix and/or Discourse beyond the basic mailing >> list >> capabilities that we've decided to do so. >> - *Let me create my own list, please*. Many of you asked that we >> allow list subscribers to create their own lists around specific >> subjects, >> whether by chapter (read more below), geography, sector, or topic. For >> example, some of you asked that Calls for Papers (CfPs), jobs, and >> announcements be moved to separate mailing lists. >> - *Make the site mobile*. Self-explanatory. >> - *Mirror it*. Many of you asked that we mirror the site at a >> number of locations for security reasons. >> - *Incubation*. Because we've decided to continue to research, >> design, and implement technologies for social good that incorporate >> privacy- and security-by-design, we aim to raise funds to become an >> incubator of technology for social good, where the funds would go to >> support the development of projects based on the ideas the community likes >> the most. We'll also try to incubate student projects on tech for social >> good that could be sponsored by companies to help students get jobs >> post-graduation. >> - *Directory*. Some of you suggested that we create a wiki (or >> similar) with tips, good practices, tools, and apps for secure >> communication and digital privacy, along with a list of the organizations >> and platforms that work in the technology for social good space. >> - *Funding*. Some of you suggested that Liberationtech contact >> foundations such as Omidyar and the Open Technology Fund. Others suggested >> that Liberationtech engage in crowdfunding. Yet others suggested charging >> a >> yearly fee for people to create their own Liberationtech chapters in >> geographies around the world. >> >> One question that lingers is the following: >> >> - What is the key differentiator of Liberationtech vis-a-vis other >> existing groups, organizations, and/or sites in the space? >> >> If any of you want to take a stab at answering the question, please do >> so. >> >> Otherwise, Gonzalo and I will be more than happy to do a review of the >> field and try to answer that question in a more explicit manner. >> >> Thanks, >> Yosem >> > > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. 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