<div dir="ltr">That could work, so we would need a motion for SAC to vote on, perhaps setting up your "site maintenance" team (much like conference committee did for travel grants) of interested parties to handle this.<div><br></div><div>I had toyed around with asking if OSGeo hire an editor part time to review site content (a couple weeks as we start out and then trailing off to a couple days a month). An editor can really amplify the effort of our volunteers as we have noticed during this website/rebranding project.</div><div><br></div><div>Is it worth separating out the responsibilities of keeping the site up (sys admin) vs keeping the site sane (content)? What did you have in mind.</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div><div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 30 August 2017 at 14:08, Jeff McKenna <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com" target="_blank">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">It still needs SAC to agree on where it would live exactly, and give me permissions there. (it could be this weekend project, for example - diving into this this weekend) for kickoff next week? But again, maybe this is serious enough to treat as a contract, with a task list and effort/cost outlined on a wiki page, was my thinking (then we don't abuse our volunteers).<br>
<br>
I was also thinking of creating a team for this, and listing on the proposal wiki. For example, the site maintenance team could be a team such as the 2 jeffs, Nicolas Bozon (master interface dev), and Vicky Vergara (I love her passion and commitment to OSGeo). note - I haven't even asked them yet! But I will. And will include on the wiki.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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-jeff</font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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On 2017-08-30 5:50 PM, Jeffrey Johnson wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
+1 from me (not a member of SAC though).<br>
<br>
Jeff how quickly do you think you could get stuff stood up? We are<br>
supposed to be closing out the contract with GET as quickly as we can.<br>
<br>
Also, Ill be happy to help you with this longer term.<br>
<br>
On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Jeff McKenna<br>
<<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com" target="_blank">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a><wbr>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi Alex,<br>
<br>
I wonder if I am too late, but I'd like to officially respond to your<br>
earlier thread calling for "volunteers" to maintain the new Wordpress<br>
install.<br>
<br>
To be honest, as you had said in the OSGeo AGM, in this case for this<br>
ongoing task, I would not use the word volunteer either; as you know, or for<br>
background, I've been quietly maintaining the old <a href="http://osgeo.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">osgeo.org</a> site for a very<br>
long time. This has had me dealing with backend MySQL issues, PHP issues,<br>
server config, you name it over the years.<br>
<br>
I would like to officially answer your request for help, or a lead, for the<br>
new WordPress install & maintenance.<br>
<br>
This means I am offering to install WordPress on the OSGeo infrastructure,<br>
install the custom template provided by GetInteractive, lead/care for<br>
maintaining backups, security, PHP issues (there will be lots), and<br>
answer/watch for any server issues daily (I bet I am the only person in<br>
OSGeo that has bots to check OSGeo services running every 2 hours now).<br>
<br>
I have experience, and most importantly, I have the proven passion to care<br>
and be there to help when others cannot. Where I sometimes can lack the<br>
deep server skills, I dig, I try, I ask, I learn, and I eventually fix.<br>
<br>
My plan is to provide a proposal to SAC on this, on the wiki, in the form of<br>
a quote/contract for this effort.<br>
<br>
So, is the request for help, still valid?<br>
<br>
If so, I will begin work on the wiki draft, and provide it to SAC here, so<br>
you can make a decision.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
-jeff<br>
<br>
<br>
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On 2017-08-30 2:38 PM, Alex M wrote:<br>
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<br>
SAC Members,<br>
<br>
GetInteractive has proposed a solution for our immediate hosting needs<br>
to take ownership of the site they've built for us.<br>
<br>
It includes setting up a host, giving us full admin, and the providing<br>
monthly updates.<br>
<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
For the new website I expect that the following configuration will be<br>
more<br>
then enough:<br>
- CPU 4<br>
- RAM GB 8<br>
- HDD GB 160<br>
Price € 34,95 ex. VAT. (Pricing information can be found on<br>
<a href="https://www.cloudvps.com/openstack/compute" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.cloudvps.com/opens<wbr>tack/compute</a>)<br>
<br>
If we need more resources we can easily upgrade the VPS.<br>
We can order the VPS on our name and charge you the price that is charged<br>
by the hosting provider.<br>
<br>
For the installation and configuration of the server and required<br>
software<br>
we'll charge 4 hours.<br>
This gives us a total of € 320,- ex. VAT.<br>
<br>
For performing updates and upgrades on server software, WordPress website<br>
and WordPress plugins we'll charge 1 hour a month.<br>
This gives us at total of € 80,- ex. VAT a month.<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
<br>
Summary<br>
* ~$500 (USD)/yr for the hosting<br>
* $381.68 (USD) one time for the setup<br>
* ~ $100 USD/month for the monthly maintenance<br>
<br>
Note the board allocated $3000 USD for this project, separate from the<br>
SAC budget.<br>
<br>
==========<br>
We need input from members in the next 24 hours on this.<br>
<br>
I have already supplied a list of clarification questions and expect<br>
answers today.<br>
1. What's the exact stack: I suggested our preferred stack was Debian,<br>
Apache, Mysql/Maria, Php7<br>
2. I asked for clarification that the service contract would be for<br>
doing critical security patches in a timely manner.<br>
<br>
I will send a separate email with my opinions on the matter.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Alex<br>
Sys Admin Chair<br>
<br>
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