Morning all, I would like to propose this again ...
How about CMR, Aldon and I work on finding out what options we have for hosting ... not to commit to anything, but to have our options fully known when the time comes ... We know the general FEC rules, and I have already made a very specific inquiry to find out how we can handle ongoing expenses within the rules ... this is not an isolated issue just for hosting ... it has already come up out here as we are trying to establish a volunteer phone center ... it must come up all the time in other campaigns and there has to be a banking mechanism that is legal ... we will get to the bottom of it ... Anyway, if the three of us get busy with this we can go faster, and leave the coders to their work until we have something substantial to discuss ... Howard2 Howard Vicini computer graphics, prepress, animation & web design San Francisco Dean url www.bayarea4dean.com personal url www.vicini.net email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo IM howardvicini AIM IM howardvicini voice 415-522-1555 ----- Original Message ----- From: "CMR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 7:04 AM Subject: Re: [hackers] node hosting > > > - 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... > > >
