[IMC-Tech] Indymedia Hosting Cooperative:

Matthew Isaacs isaacsm at cuwireless.net
Mon Nov 27 05:01:47 CST 2006 

We would also need some info on what they host.  While we recently 
upgraded our servers, depending on the size/requirements of the sites 
they host, we could quickly tax our servers.

That said though, I think its worth looking into.  We at least have a 
stable location with an infrastructure in place.

David Gehrig wrote:
> 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
>> > CUWiN.net           *  EthosWireless.com  *  AcornActiveMedia.com
>> >
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>>
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>> Daniel
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