[HCoop-Discuss] Joining Cernio

[Nathan Kennedy]

> 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?

I've been subscribed to Cernio's lists for a long time now, and I was the
one who introduced Graham to HCoop.  If we were to vote in Cernio
elections that is something that our Cernio rep would do based on a board
vote.

When we were originally setting up at HCoop Graham had said something
about having a server colocated at Peer1.  At the time that was shot down,
but if he still is interested in this perhaps we can get some kind of
exchange going on.  Maybe we could even sell or lease the 1650 to them if
they were interested, otherwise we should have room for another 1U server
or so as is.  As long as Cernio was managing it, it shouldn't be a big
overhead to us and we could come ahead of the deal if we were just getting
a VPS or DNS from Cernio.

-ntk