There are two primary different hosting questions, as I see it:
(1) Where will we send people to host their own Dean Community Sites.
Our current position on this is that we do not send them anywhere. We
leave it up to the volunteer administrators to recommend hosting
services, with some suggested guidelines. The more involved we get in
the hosting decisions of the sites, the fuzzier the line between the
campaign and the unofficial community sites. Furthermore, we don't want
vendors fighting and calling the campaign all the time to be on the
"recommended" list.
(2) Where we host the Visible Volunteer Network. This is a DFA decision
-- would love suggestions but likely use Rackspace or something, once
our requirements are clear. I've asked that we have server space by this
weekend, but we should at least have funding for it by that point.
Does that make sense?
Zephyr
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
email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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
>
>
>
