[HCoop-Discuss] The future of HCoop

[Franklin Gordon Bynum]

On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:34:13 +0530, Noufal Ibrahim
<noufal at nibrahim.net.in> wrote:
> I think this is the right way to go. Volunteers are just that. I
> think I can learn enough about the system and pitch in but I'm
> already overloaded with commitments and can't really volunteer any
> time for the coop. I am perfectly willing however to increase my
> monthly share a little so that we can hire a sysadmin (atleast a part
> time guy) to handle operational issues.

Our problem now is not so much lack of admin volunteers.  We can throw all kinds of manpower at our setup as it exists now and it will not fix the problem.  What we need now is to swiftly make fundamental changes to our architecture.

After we make those changes, it's my guess that volunteer admins will be more than sufficient to maintain our services.  If that's not the case, the board will act.  As my dad says, "we'll drive off that bridge when we come to it."

But first things first: we need to make architectural changes and hardware upgrades, and quickly.