A - same -- Marc
On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 08:55:49AM +0000, C R wrote: > A - Yes as long as there is no obligation to stay after the 500 is spent. > It will likely give us an idea of how much we need to spend for hosting. > Also, we may be able to convince them to give us another package for > promoting their services. Digital ocean is very well known and supports all > sorts of FLOSS projects, podcasts, etc. I think they deserve our support as > well if we can set that up in the future. If not, well we can explore other > options in the mean time. > > On 30 Nov 2017 05:17, "Bryce Harrington" <br...@bryceharrington.org> wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 09:03:20PM -0500, Martin Owens wrote: > > b. No > > > > There are questions I have about an on going committment. A one year > > credit will doom us to pay Digital Ocean in the future, a $500 credit > > /per year/ would be better. > > > > I'd rather no invest the sys-admin time into a platform that we don't > > know what will happen in a year's time. > > Totally valid concerns there, although I think you've misunderstood - > it's not a one year credit, it's a $500 credit we can stretch as far as > we want. The entry level node is $5/mo, and even bumped up a few levels > it could last for multiple years. I too would prefer a more open ended > sponsorship with higher capacity hosting, but there's no guarantee of > finding one. > > These nodes appear to be pretty standard Ubuntu 16.04 images with docker > and other typical provisioning. If service installation is done orderly > and kept well-documented, migration to another platform (if we can find > one) could be expected to be fairly straightforward. I could > imagine using this as our backup host, if we were lucky in securing a > higher capacity host at some point in the future. > > Finally, yes, I get your concerns about not wanting to invest your > sysadmin time on a platform that may end up being temporary, so will > impose no expectations on you. To some degree I can probably handle it > myself, but my plan would be to establish it as co-maintained by several > volunteers in order to avoid bottlenecking. > > Bryce > > > Best Regards, Martin Owens > > > > On Wed, 2017-11-29 at 17:32 -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote: > > > Your vote is needed to accept hosting sponsorship from DigitalOcean. > > > > > > 1. Accept DigitalOcean's offer of $500 credit on their virtual > > > hosting > > > system for use in provisioning various Inkscape web > > > services. Add > > > DigitalOcean as a Bronze level sponsor for 2018. Authorize > > > Conservancy to initiate registration with DigitalOcean for > > > Inkscape. > > > > > > - [ ] a. Yes, accept DigitalOcean's sponsorship > > > - [ ] b. No > > > > > > Votes: > > > ------ > > > > > > > > > > > Board Member | 1. | > > > > -------------------- |:--:| > > > > Bryce Harrington | | > > > > Josh Andler | | > > > > Tavmjong Bah | | > > > > Ted Gould | | > > > > Martin Owens | | > > > > Marc Jeanmougin | | > > > > Chris Rogers | | > > > > > > Resolved: > > > --------- > > > > > > Background: > > > ----------- > > > > > > In 2017, the Inkscape Board [solicited sponsorship offers][1] for web > > > hosting. We [received an offer][2] from DigitalOcean that provides > > > a credit for $500 in service on their virtual hosting platform. It > > > doesn't match all the requirements we had called for, but it may be > > > able > > > to address near term service needs while we continue our search. > > > > > > Registration with DigitalOcean requires entry of financial > > > information > > > so will need to be performed by the Software Freedom Conservancy > > > staff > > > for us. This vote authorizes them to do so. > > > > > > [1]: https://sourceforge.net/p/inkscape/mailman/message/36074233/ > > > [2]: https://www.mail-archive.com/inkscape-board@lists.sourceforge.ne > > > t/msg01019.html > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ----------- > > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Inkscape-board mailing list > > > Inkscape-board@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-board mailing list > Inkscape-board@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-board mailing list > Inkscape-board@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Inkscape-board mailing list Inkscape-board@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board
