Hi, I’m Chair of the Department of Computer Science at Ryerson, and we already provide GTALUG with a meeting room (when there’s no pandemic and it’s safe to meet in person).
I see no reason we couldn’t provide a virtual machine to run GTALUG’s visibility. I can’t imagine there is any significant amount of data or bandwidth required. So we would be happy to assist. ../Dave On Jan 7, 2021, 2:29 PM -0500, Rouben via talk <[email protected]>, wrote: > I work at UofT in IT and can inquire to see if UofT would be interested in > hosting GTALUG infrastructure. Would this be of interest to the community? > Any reasons (eg. reservations/requirements/bylaws/rules) against this? > > Rouben > > > On Thu, Jan 7, 2021 at 14:17 D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > | From: Scott Sullivan <[email protected]> > > > > > > | We have great thanks to express to Hugh Redelmeier. A steadfast > > > volunteer and > > > | contributor of our community. Uncoordinated with the board, he reached > > > out our > > > | provider and offered to pay the bill. Successful by-passing our > > > | misunderstandings, hotfixing the situation, and bringing us back > > > on-line. He > > > | will be compensated for an out of pocket costs. > > > > > > 1. The fix is temporary. Linode has reinstated the server for the rest of > > > the billing cycle (I don't know how long that is; I've asked). They > > > will get back to me about what I/we can do. > > > > > > 2. I offered to pay. I don't know if they actually charged me. If so, > > > I'm happy to contribute that to GTALUG. Thanks for the several offers > > > of financial help. Don't worry about it (unless this becomes > > > permanent). > > > > > > 3. I explicitly did not represent myself as authorized to linode. I have > > > no admin access or anything like it. GTALUG needs admin access to the > > > server or it needs to replace the server. In other words: we still > > > have a problem. This just buys GTALUG a bit of time. > > > > > > | Speaking personally, these are hard times. I as I've returned to help > > > bridge > > > | the gap from Chris's passing, I've found to many functions and > > > knowledge and > > > | pool in to few people and was not being effectively taught to new > > > | contributors. > > > > > > This is a real problem with community groups. It can be addressed but it > > > isn't easy. GTALUG has done amazingly well. > > > > > > | In the past, the board was just the voting head of a rotating group of > > > some > > > | 10-15 individuals that contributed and attended the executive meetings. > > > > > > That seems like a very healthy number, based on my experience with other > > > groups. > > > > > > --- > > > Post to this mailing list [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe from this mailing list > > > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > -- > Rouben > --- > Post to this mailing list [email protected] > Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
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