[HCoop-Discuss] Joining Cernio

[Adam Chlipala]

I'm thinking ATM that HCoop should join Cernio (http://www.cernio.com/) 
and get a virtual private server there, for backup DNS and e-mail and 
remote monitoring of our main servers.  This would require a $300 
purchase of a share in their cooperative, with the option to spread that 
payment out over up to 6 years.  I'm thinking it would make sense to 
start with the minimum payment of $60 for one year, and then pay the 
full remaining amount the next year if all has gone well.  Even paying 
the full fee up front, it would come to $1.60 per member with a pledge 
amount of 1, at current HCoop membership.

As a Cernio member, we would be able to take advantage of the VPS 
services described here:
    http://cernio.com/virtual-private-servers
It would probably make sense to start at the cheapest plan, which is 
$15/mo., or 8 cents per pledge-1 member per month, at current membership 
levels.  We could upgrade later to any of the other plans fairly easily, 
with a few hours downtime at worst.

So, any objections to my suggestions?  It would be nice to get ntk's 
input on this, but he's away now, and I'm getting impatient with the 
semi-arbitrary distributed foot dragging on this matter.  I'd like to 
get the process started if docelic votes to continue as well.

 From frank's helpful description of the legal issues on hcoop-sysadmin, 
it sounds like we would want to appoint an HCoop liaison to Cernio.  
This person would subscribe to the relevant Cernio mailing lists and be 
responsible for keeping HCoopers informed of relevant Cernio goings-on 
and vice versa.  He would also cast HCoop's votes in Cernio elections, 
probably just relaying the results of HCoop board votes, though the 
details of this are open to discussion.  I can't think of anything else 
that I'd expect this person to do, so it would probably be a pretty 
light load for someone who checks e-mail regularly.  Would anyone like 
to volunteer for the job?