How does everyone feel about an IRC meeting specific to the hosting issues
so that everyone can catch up on what everyone else is doing ...
Until I see a very specific spec sheet, I am very nervous about the outcome
of anyone's efforts, including my own ...
This is such an important project, for this Presidential election and future
elections, in general, that I don't think anything should be done off the
cuff ...
* Financing issues are one thing, of course ... we will eventually get
clear guidelines from the campaign staff ... and 'banking' arrangements for
ongoing expenses that are within the FEC rules ... these are standard
concerns that will get worked out ...
* Technical specs seem to pretty well defined now, but I have not seen an
approved, written spec sheet ... anyone have something?
* I believe that we can gain valuable insight on traffic and volume
issues by sampling current Dean websites that have been online for a while
in order to develop realistic guidelines that will be imprecise, but better
than a guess, at least ...
But there are also other requirements that we must define before selecting
any host:
-is the host's building secure from intrusion ... what level of security
do they maintain?
-does it have fire suppression... what type of structure?
-does the host have emergency, internal power generation capabilities?
-what records does the host make available concerning its uptime?
-how do current customers rate the host?
-what is the ownership's Party affiliation?
And, a spec sheet covering all of these requirements should be developed
before any 'shopping' for a host is done, even an internal one ... it is a
standard corporate procedure that should be followed, I believe, for the
obvious reasons ... and everything should be done in written, contract form
... thoughts?
Howard Vicini
computer graphics, prepress, animation & web design
San Francisco
Dean url www.bayarea4dean.com
personal url www.vicini.net
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Lebkowsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Howard Vicini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 1:08 PM
Subject: RE: [hackers] node hosting
> > 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 were already working on that, but feel free to jump in. Our original
> thought was to host pro bono but when Jeff saw the requirements, he was a
> little concerned about the potential bandwidth and other technical issues.
> We were researching to see what other options exist to fit the
requirements.
> Jeff is at [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you want to contact him directly (but I
think
> he's on the list, as [EMAIL PROTECTED]).
>
> ~ jon
>
>
>
