Yeah, it is a soft money issue. Well you've got a good idea that I will go check on (if one contributer payed for hosting out of pocket as a campaign contribution). But i think if this thing works hosting will cost a bit more than $2K a month and things will get messy. $2000 is not enough to pay for this thing I think....
I as well really do want to do the node hoster, but it is really looking like the FEC is standing in the way. But in some respects this is a good thing. It forces us to make this a true grassroots engineering effort and to really distrbute the network. And plus, if ISPs step forward (almost garunteed) to host / install the nodes then we are halfway there to a node hoster. -Zack On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, CMR wrote: > Is this a "soft money" issue? > > If so, is it if "I" spent more than 2000? or the hackers4dean project spent > that? If it's just me, than we'd be fine becuse I've only given dean $150 so > far; I could cover setup and a bunch of months for only a couple hundred > more; anyway, it was just a thought. If it won't float, it won't float. > > CMR > > <--enter gratuitous quotation that implies my profundity here--> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "zachary rosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CMR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 7:16 AM > Subject: Re: [hackers] node hosting > > > > CMR - we and the campaign would be liable if you did this. If you spend > > more than $2000 towards this including your contributions so far then they > > would loose a suit if someone filed one. > > > > The only way something like this is if a truly independant orginization > > (non profit) offered this free serviced to ANYONE. But in this case your > > donation is considered a campaign contribution and thus falls under the > > FEC rules.... > > > > -Zack > > > > On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, CMR wrote: > > > > > > > > > - Node hosting as we had planned looks to be out. We cannot raise our > own > > > > money - if we became a PAC we couldnt coordinate at all with HQ, we > would > > > > become useless. They cannot pay for the hosting unless the sites > became > > > > official. However, it is expected that there will be ISP's willing to > > > offer > > > > to host and help set up the tools for communities who want to use them > > > (for a > > > > price of course). This would get us halfway there (if the ISP's set > up > > > the > > > > scripts and we just had to teach them how to admin it). More on the > > > later.... > > > > > > > > > > Well, I remain ready to kick down for a big chunck of linux hosting > space, > > > setup fees plus the first few months (say, till we know if Dean will be > a > > > real phenom or a shooting star - or by super-tuesday); I want to put up > my > > > own e-zine anyway so it wouldn't cost much more to get a boodie-load of > > > space and data transfer; wouldn't need much in the way of tools since we > > > have so many mega-geeks involved; just need SOLID and FAST tech support > to > > > ensure absolute minimal down time. I don't think there'd be any legal > > > issues, I'd just be donating space for a cause, period; my dime, > nobody's > > > else's bidness. > > > > > > It's pretty affordable; check this out for instance; these guys are top > > > rated on tophostreviews.com: > > > > > > > > > > http://www.ixwebhosting.com/pg.info.dspProductPlatinumPlan/IXWEBSESSION/e2a6 > > > b7bd3de509bd850dbf3ae9955c32 > > > > > > The Platinum linux plan might work, at least for a start; if not, we > could > > > get somebody on the phone and see if we could get a customized deal for > a > > > little more jack a month; if not thes guys, somebody with a good rep > would > > > be willing deal I'm sure; > > > > > > Anyway, look it over then think it over... > > > > > > > >
