I think there are plenty of people from the community willing to host sites. It shouldn't be canonical's headache. Considering what happened to the old US loco server, i dont think we need more bad publicity from it.
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Martin Owens <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Nick, > >> - since most LoCos use drupal, we could be set up (hopefully) one big >> drupal install and map the subdomains to use "sites" under it. Give >> each LoCo their own theme. There should also be some sort of access >> control. Can't trust the Florida team with the Georgia team's site :-P > > We don't use Druple, we use Django 1.0.1, and although we're currently > at MIT Media Lab I'd just like everyone to bare in mind that not > everyone is php druple and some of us prefer not to use php instead of > python. > > Although you'll probably be able to square that in a number of ways. > >> - If part of the reason we want to move away from Canonical is their >> slow responsiveness, we need to find some sysadmins who we can trust >> to be around and accessible at least during US times. There are a lot >> of people who are active for 2 or 3 months and then disappear. We >> can't have that. > > People with access rights would have to be ubuntu members, offical > contacts or at least a member of the us-loco sys-admin team on launchpad > (hint hint) > >> - Does one person from each LoCo get access to the servers? Or a >> small team that is responsible for maintaining it? Everything needs to >> be locked down with ssh keys and strong passwords. > > Yes, one person from each loco that shares in the cost and management > needs access. Those who don't take advantage of it obviously have no > business having access. > >> - Who can make requests? Team contacts or anyone from the LoCos? > > Have designated web-admins per LoCo, could be the same person as the > contact, maybe not. I don't want to have to deal with the website as > well as everything else. > > Best Regards, Martin Owens > > > -- > Ubuntu-us mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us > -- Random quote of the week/month/whenever i get to updating it: "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?": "who shall watch the watchers themselves?" - Juvenal -- Ubuntu-us mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us
