[chapter-delegates] Hosting Request - A PROPOSAL

[James M Galvin]

Gene,

Great suggestion.  We're already ahead of you, to the extent we have 
talked about this for some time and it is on our list of things to do.

Currently, ISOC is undergoing a transition of its IT infrastructure. 
Carefully, of course, so as not to disrupt any services.  The schedule is 
spread out over the next two months in fact.

Once that's complete, we have had on our list of things to offer to 
Chapters a template web site.  Something on the order of a half-dozen or 
so 'standard' pages is what we've talked about, mostly internally but 
we've chatted with a few Chapters about it.

We really haven't worked out all the details.  One important issue is how 
to support Chapters updating their web site, but there's plenty of 
technology available to do this so we just have to pick something that 
works for us.

When the time comes to make this happen there will be more to say and we 
will certainly make sure that the Chapters are aware and can contribute 
to the decision.

In the meantime, I think Carlos' need is more immediate, so he may want 
to investigate the free services suggested by others.

Jim





--On Thursday, March 03, 2005 3:24 PM -0500 Gene Gaines 
<gene.gaines at gainesgroup.com> wrote:

> A question to all.
>
> See inquiry from Carlos Vera Quintana, ISOC Equador (below).
>
> ISOC Headquarters is asking for projects that can be funded for
> chapters.
>
> Would it be appropriate to request funds to pay for the web
> hosting for a limited number of chapters?
>
> Example:
>
>   Small ISOC chapters do not need large resources,
>   for example this should be sufficient for each account:
>
>     - 500 MB disk space.
>     - 25,000 MB monthly traffic.
>     - 100 email accounts, with webmail, spam and
>           virus filtering,  and 10 MB disk space each.
>     - 50 email forwarding accounts.
>     - Hosted on Linux system.
>     - 1 MySQL database.
>     - PHP support.
>
> Can be purchased for $40/year from reliable hosting companies.
>
> So, total cost for 10 chapters would be only US$400/year.
> Or, total cost for 20 chapters would be only US$800/year.
>
> I see this as just a small step in the right direction.
>
> My thought would be to make available to chapters in the
> most economically-disadvantaged areas, to those chapters
> most in need.
>
> Chapter selection for this support would be by consensus of
> members of the chapter-delegates list, with the advice of
> the ISOC Chapters Vice President and Membership Director.
>
> Just an idea.  Good or bad?
>
> Gene
> gene.gaines at gainesgroup.com
>
> On Wednesday, March 2, 2005, 11:35:43 PM, Carlos wrote:
>
> > Dear ISOC members. I'm wondering if some organization can offer some
> > hosting facilities for our site www.isoc.org.ec  (facilities mean for
> > free)
>
> > Any recomendation would be welcomed.
>
> > Carlos Vera Quintana
>
>
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