https://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/index.php?title=WG/OBIT/Hosting_cost_proposal&feed=atom&action=historyWG/OBIT/Hosting cost proposal - Revision history2024-03-28T19:08:44ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.41.0https://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/index.php?title=WG/OBIT/Hosting_cost_proposal&diff=7132&oldid=prevMatt: Created page with "== Background == At the [http://www.occupyboston.org/2011/10/18/monday-evening-general-assembly-proposals/ 18 October 2011] a resolution was passed to move working groups o..."2011-11-22T19:29:41Z<p>Created page with "== Background == At the [http://www.occupyboston.org/2011/10/18/monday-evening-general-assembly-proposals/ 18 October 2011] a resolution was passed to move working groups o..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Background ==<br />
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At the [http://www.occupyboston.org/2011/10/18/monday-evening-general-assembly-proposals/ 18 October 2011]&nbsp;a resolution was passed to move working groups off of Google Groups, and to transition to [http://mayfirst.org/ May First/People Link] as a hosting provider. &nbsp;May First is a non-profit cooperative ISP.<br />
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Since that time, the OccupyBoston IT group (OBIT) have transitioned more than 70 email accounts and 35 mailing lists to May First. &nbsp;We have also transitioned away from Wikispaces (a third party wiki provider) to our own [http://wiki.occupyboston.org wiki], and we are also developing new [http://groups.occupyboston.org working group services].<br />
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As our infrastructure needs grow, we are consuming more resources at May First, who currently provides this service to us for free. &nbsp;This proposal would have Occupy Boston pay May First for a "dedicated server", which is a computer that is not shared with any others and solely dedicated to Occupy Boston. &nbsp;This will allow us even more autonomy as well as room to grow.ver.<br />
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== Proposal ==<br />
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The Occupy Boston Information Technology Working Group proposes that, in order to help Occupy Boston's online presence and infrastructure to continue to grow, $@@ be paid monthly to May First/People Link. &nbsp;In return, May First/People Link will provide us with a virtual server with more resources. &nbsp;This virtual server will not be shared amongst the other May First/People Link members, and thus give Occupy Boston more control over how the server is configured and used.</div>Matt