[HCoop-Discuss] Recusing myself from HCoop planning

[David Snider]

If we can get enough people to agree to this proposal I would be willing to
dedicate a good amount of time to making it happen:

1) Get rid of AFS because it seems to causes too many conflicts with
software our members want to use
2) Lease dedicated servers with a company that has a generous support
policy rather than co-locating our own servers in dog-eat-dog Manhattan.
3) Liquidate, donate or return all hardware in the possession of HCOOP.
It's just too expensive to have to worry about depreciation, transportation
and maintenance. 
4) Have a majority of members agree to have a 10% overhead of our base
infrastructure costs to keep things running smoothly and ensure growth
(this doesn't necessarily mean raising dues, it could just as easily mean
cutting costs which is easily done by not owning our own hardware)
5) All hours a member spends on an HCOOP project get logged so we can
easily recognize where our bottlenecks will be should a member leave.

On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:24:28 -0400, Adam Chlipala <adamc at hcoop.net> wrote:
> Richard Darst wrote:
>>> Any kind of big change like this really needs at least one designated
>>> "overseer."  That means that someone else needs to step up into this
>>> role and stick with it.  Any volunteers?
>>>
>>
>> I'd be willing to try to fill this role.
>>
>> I can do basic sysadmin stuff, but wouldn't expect to be the main
>> sysadmin myself.  And I know very little about professional class
>> hosting.
>>
>> My preferred role would be to manage the different proposals we have
>> for "what to do", and go between them and the board and help the coop
>> form a decision on what to do, and then make sure those who would like
>> to do it are able to.  I'd hope to encourage other people who want to
>> volunteer to do so, instead of doing too much myself.  My ideal role
>> would be administration stuff, but only select sysadmin tasks.
>>
>> I'll have a bit more time starting next week.  I'll try to send out
>> some emails to the list soon, if people are somewhat receptive to
>> this.
>>
> 
> I'd be very glad to see you doing this.  Don't expect much other
> explicit expression of approval from anyone, but expect that everyone
> will be happy to see someone driving progress. :)
> 
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