[IMC-Tech] Indymedia Hosting Cooperative:

Fri Nov 24 22:10:49 CST 2006

On 11/23/06, Sascha Meinrath <sascha at ucimc.org> wrote:
> FYI:  Hi all, this proposal just came across the global finance working group.
> Call me crazy, but isn't this something where the UCIMC/Acorn/Chambana.net
> infrastructure would be _insanely_ useful?  My main concern would be that we'd
> need more (and more stable) bandwidth than we currently have, but this seems
> like a natural fit.  On the other hand, there are folks who dislike the UCIMC
> with wild abandon -- but I wonder if we shouldn't pitch the idea anyway?
>
> What do folks think?
>
ya i don't really see why we couldn't host these sites.  i have
already recently got some informal agreements made to improve our
connection speed and stability.  can you put out a notice that we
have/will have, and can easily have the resources for this w/o having
to spend that much money.  we also have no problem giving other
qualified indymedia admins access.
> --Sascha
>
>
>
> Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:56:44 -0300
> From: <argentina at indymedia.org>
> Subject: [IMC-Finance] FUNDING PROPOSAL: To help start a San Francisco
>         based   hosting cooperative
> To: <imc-finance at lists.indymedia.org>
>
> [Eng]
> November 20, 2006 by IMCs Hosted on Linefeed servers.
> DEADLINE: December 1, 2006
>
> SHORT INTRODUCTION.
> This is a funding proposal to help start a San Francisco based hosting
> cooperative which will be used largely to host Indymedia websites [1].
> (See list below)
>
> SUMMARY.
> For over six years, volunteers in San Francisco (with sysadmin volunteers
> from Latin America, Europe and the Middle East) have operated and maintained
> web [1][2] and database servers [3] that are used to host Indymedia
> websites. For all that time, we have paid out-of-pocket for everything.
> In the next month, the cooperative we worked in to make this happen is
> closing down. We are organizing a new cooperative so that we don't have
> downtime but we need money to get it started.
>
> DETAILS.
> Around Christmas, we expect the bandwidth cooperative we work with
> (California Community Colocation Project)[4] to "go dark" and the servers
> will go offline. There is a lot of momentum right now to create a
> replacement organization that can continue providing bandwidth at collective
> prices. We have already met a couple times and we're actively moving the
> project forward.
>
> This incurs a lot of costs, however. Aside from replacing parts on the
> machines as we move them, we also have to sign a bandwidth contract and
> begin paying on that immediately. If we had a financial cushion, we would
> have the time to finish getting ourselves organized and spread the costs out
> over many collective members. The current plan is that collective members
> will front all these costs from their own pockets but its unclear if we're
> financially solvent doing it that way.
>
> We would like $3,000.00 USD (Three thousands dollars) from the global fund
> to provide a basic bank account for us and so we can begin making
> arrangements for bandwidth. The money would be sent to San Francisco
> Community Colocation Project, a fiscally-sponsored non-profit entity.
>
> Investing in the people who have proven themselves to be in this for the
> long haul and investing in a project which can provide sustainable bandwidth
> for Indymedia are both very important. Especially in a time of crisis like
> this (with Ahimsa leaving soon), we need to have reliable and collectively
> managed bandwidth resources.
>
> DEADLINE.
> This is an emergency situation that is directly facing many Independent
> Media Centers and the sooner it can be solved, the better.
> Our externally-imposed [4] deadline is sometime around Christmas Day and so
> we need to be setup and moved as soon as possible. So, we have set a
> deadline of December 1, 2006.
>
> Mat from Indymedia Argentina.
> In name of the Indymedia Collectives that have their Indymedia websites
> hosted at Linefeed servers on San Francisco.
>
> [1] https://docs.indymedia.org/view/Sysadmin/StrayInfo
> [2] https://docs.indymedia.org/view/Sysadmin/BlackCatInfo
> [3] https://docs.indymedia.org/view/Sysadmin/HugoInfo
> [4] http://www.communitycolo.net
>
>
> List of Independent Media Centers hosted in the Linefeed servers.
>
> Arizona - http://arizona.indymedia.org
> Argentina - http://argentina.indymedia.org
> Chile - http://chile.indymedia.org
> Germany mirror - http://de.indymedia.org
> Hawaii - http://hawaii.indymedia.org
> Houston - http://houston.indymedia.org
> Istanbul ? Turkey - http://istanbul.indymedia.org
> Jerusalem ? Palestine - http://palestine.indymedia.org
> Maritimes - http://maritimes.indymedia.org
> Peru - http://peru.indymedia.org
> QC - http://qc.indymedia.org
> Rosario - http://rosario.indymedia.org
> San Francisco - http://sf.indymedia.org
> Santiago de Chile - http://santiago.indymedia.org
> SF-Active info site - http://sfactive.indymedia.org
> South Africa - http://southafrica.indymedia.org
> Thunderbay - http://thunderbay.indymedia.org
> Utah - http://utah.indymedia.org
> Worcester - http://worcester.indymedia.org
>
> --
> Sascha Meinrath
> Executive Director  *  Principal          *  President
> CUWiN              *** The Ethos Group   *** Acorn Active Media
> CUWiN.net           *  EthosWireless.com  *  AcornActiveMedia.com
>
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Daniel