begin quoting Neil Schneider as of Fri, May 06, 2005 at 07:05:10PM -0700: > In the spirit of cooperation I would like to make a proposal to the > other SIGs. I need to know the feelings of the steering committee > first. Since we have our own server and since I believe Plone is easy > to clone, I suggest we offer to host any SIG that would like to take > advantage of the offer. In conversation with Lance I learned they pay > $100 a year for their hosting. > > I would also propose that we also host SDCS' web site on our server. It sounds like a grand thing to offer -- and if the non-KPLUG SDCS SIGS don't have a problem with it, by all means, do it. I think it would be wise to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest or a coup -- and to think ahead, that should we, or another SIG, choose to leave SDCS, how much trouble will it be to disentangle everything.
> I don't think we'll have to manage their sites, though it might > require some hand holding in the beginning to get their webmasters up > to speed. And if they want to use different tools? > Let's open a discussion. What are your thoughts? In particular I would > like to hear from Josh and Gregory since they will bear the > responsibility for the additional work. Heh. Would this proposal involve hosting their web sites gratis, or for a (much reduced) charge? Does one or the other absolve us from legal obligations [e.g. the RIAA decides that the P2P-SIG (?) is evil -- do we get in trouble if we're hosting the site for free but not if they pay $1/year?] or reduce 'em? If one of the other sigs makes a counter-offer, would we be insulted? I'm generally in favor, with caveats. :) -Stewart
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