[chapter-delegates] Hosting Request - A PROPOSAL

[Patrick Vande Walle]

James M Galvin said the following on 03/03/2005 21:38:

> 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.

FTP works.
I think chapters just ask for a basic infrastructure. They will take 
care of the rest,ie designing and uploading their web pages.
Correct me if I am wrong, but tempate web sites and standard web pages 
is not what chapters are looking for. They just want reliable 
virtual/shared hosting with their own domain name, or a subdomain of 
isoc.org. Standard web pages seem do not make a lot of sense since they 
would need to be translated in local language anyway.

Gene's idea seems excellent to me. Web hosting should be left to web 
hosting professionals.  I do not think ISOC has the resources to provide 
tech support for 20 customers.

>> 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:
>> [...]
>> 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
>
Patrick

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