[SAC] Todo List

[Alex Mandel]

Items 1-6 were all discussed in some way in Denver in bits and pieces.
Some of which were urgent, others of which the relevant admins happened 
to be in the room.

Item 7 was just another kickstart to revisiting the topic of ensuring we 
have proper backups of important stuff, but was in no way decided on the 
best approach.

So to recap:
1. Put up a new download server at OSUOSL - done (Frank)
2. Migrate trac to 0.12 - in progress (Chris)
3. Migrate Drupal to OSUOSL Web VM - needs a champion
4. Close all services at Peer1 (by end of year) - same as #3
5. Buy a dumb storage server (~$2000 for 8 TB, or 4 TB raid mirror) for
offsite backups to be hosted by Michael Smith in NH where the WMS
shootout servers live. Migrate the backup vm there, wholesale.
- Something to discuss, and then send to the board for approval. 
Technically all the right people have agreed that this plan is feasible

6. Move the wiki to OSGeo logins and https logins - (Martin)
7. Backups - my biggest concern is actually the various databases used 
for some of the websites (mysql, postgres etc) and ensuring they get 
dumped and included in backups. Flat file backup no matter the folder 
structure seems a simpler task - if we define what goes where, we can 
just ask projects to follow that. Please write up suggestions on a wiki 
page so we can compare the options and hopefully reach a consensus on 
approach.

Thanks,
Alex

On 09/29/2011 09:08 AM, Seven (aka Arnulf) wrote:
> Hi,
> as far as I know we did not really negotiate anything much in Denver.
> Maybe we should have taken the opportunity to do more but the most
> important task we did was to ask Alex to chair SAC. Apart from that we
> talked about linking Wiki with LDAP - and that project seems to be under
> way now with Jorge, Martin and Alex. We spent five minutes talking about
> the membership application and I have the task to flesh out the
> corresponding Wiki page to get something small enough so we can get it
> done.
>
> Anything else from Denver?
>
> Me not being anywhere near as into SAC as most others on this list can
> only guess but I did get the impression that we have an issue with our
> backup system. As this is a core service of OSGeo to it's projects I
> would like to better understand where we are now and what we might need
> to do to do better.
>
> And I can also still feel some frustration and friction and would like
> to mediate us through this so that we can proceed with good
> collaboration. Let me know if you think I can be of any help.
>
> Thanks,
> Arnulf.
>
>> Hi Alex,
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 11:34:59PM -0700, Alex Mandel wrote:
>>
>>> Since Martin wanted more details, [...]
>>
>> "More details" !? Don't you think it's a valid, _natural_ expectation
>> from a Primary Admin to get an idea about what has been negotiated in
>> Denver ?
>>
>>> [...] here's the grand scheme for the next
>>> few months. I'll probably try to call a meeting in October to work out
>>> the details.
>> [...]
>>> Add your item here...
>>
>> 8. Introduce a culture of shaping decision making processes into a more
>> openly style.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> 	Martin.
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