[IMC-Tech] Indymedia Hosting Cooperative:

Sat Nov 25 11:03:32 CST 2006

I agree that we should definitely let people know what we've got, and
that we're willing to put it to use for the Indymedia network.  But it
would be helpful if we had some figures -- what is the total linefeed
bandwidth like, that sort of thing.

On 11/24/06, dan blah <dan.blah at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
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