[Imc-uk-process] After the server loss, what next?

[anargeek]

Hi

One thing we need to know before we proceed is (a) how
much money, if any, the appeal for funds raised and (b)
what are our current monthly outgoings and incomings.

On Wed 18-Mar-2009 at 07:15:56PM +0000, Garcon du Monde wrote:
> 
> > 2. Perhaps we should look at getting more servers
> >    overseas, two ideas:
> > 
> >    (a) in the same place as traven, the advantage would be
> >        that it would be fast (and cheap!) to transfer data
> >        between the two machines and they are reliable
> 
> there are also some other options in the states and
> north america that we could (and should) consider. one
> is koumbit.org (canada) who i know have space; the other
> is mayfirst.org who are currently (now) hosting some
> servers for uk indymedia....

I think that another server adjacient to the current
publishing one is probably one of the best options.

> the current situation is that the sites that were on
> strummer are being hosted by mayfirst.org and they have
> requested that indymedia uk, if it wants to stay there,
> become a member of their organisation. 

$200 a year, that's £140 a year to join this organisation
before we start to pay any hosting costs, that is more
than we get from one person with a tenner-a-month standing
order...

> i would suggest that something like $50/mo for the past
> few months and probably $100/mo for the future

What would we get for $100 per month (£70 per month) --
this seem like a lot of money and I think it's more than
we pay for the current hosting of the publishing server
and it's more than we were paying for the hosting in
Manchester and this would be for some server resources
that would be significantly *less* than we would have if
we brought a new dedicated 1U server...?

I'm not convinced by this proposal.

Chris