[governance] Proposal to Merge Website and Mailing List Consultations [Administration/Logistics]
shaila mistry
shailam at yahoo.com
Wed Nov 16 16:38:40 EST 2011
Yes to all point
Thank you all for your work
Shaila
The journey begins sooner than you anticipate !
..................... the renaissance of composure !
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From: Narine Khachatryan <ms.narine.khachatryan at gmail.com>
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com>; iza at anr.org
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: [governance] Proposal to Merge Website and Mailing List Consultations [Administration/Logistics]
Dear colleagues,
Yes for all points.
Best regards,
Nariné Khachatryan
On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 8:18 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:
Dear
All,
>
>
>:) Greetings from Asia Pacific! Trusting that you are all in excellent health. This email is in relation to our the status of our website and mailing list. Izumi and I have had discussions with Jeremy.
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>Kindly find the Summary enclosed and for those who are new to the list, we warmly welcome you. For those who are interested in further information on the range of dialogue that has taken place in the past, you have the option of going into the archived mail via the CPSR site or read the background information below the Summary.
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>Summary
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>1. Given that the
Website is hosted by APC and the Mailing List by CPSR, do you agree to have the
Website and List merged?
>2. If you agree to the
merging of the website mailing list and website, would you prefer to have it
hosted by an independent server or rely on the generosity of a like minded
organisation?
>3. What mode of
fundraising would you prefer from the options listed below?
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>
>The
Coordinators are in favour of merging the mailing list and the website and
fundraising to enable the transition. We are also inclined towards hosting it on an independent server. The cost is $150US for the Transition but
to continue for 3 years, we are looking at fundraising for $500US.
>
>All
in favour for merging the list and website say – AYE (YES)
>All
in favour of hosting the list and website on an independent server say –AYE (YES)
>All
in favour for fundraising say – AYE (YES)
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>
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>From,
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>
>Izumi and Sala (Coordinators)
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>__________________________________________________________________________
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>For
those who wish to read more about the context of the current discussions read
on:
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>
>Background
>On
January 11, 2011, Jeremy Malcolm in his capacity as co-coordinator had sought
feedback from the list on the options for moving the governance mailing list
because the CPSR which has hosted our list is no longeroperating
and cannot maintain its free service to us indefinitely. Whilst there is no immediate urgency as we
have about 2 years to vacate the cpsr.org mailing list
server. We are of the view that it would be great if we could seek closure
on this matter shortly before the end of this year.
>Jeremy
had pointed to three options around January 2011:
>.
>1. Asking another
like-minded organisation to host it. Jeremy checked
>with the APC who
host our Web site, and they say that their mailing list
>server runs
different software (Mailman), so it would be difficult and
>time-consuming to
try to shift our archives over to their server.
>
>2. Move our mailing
list to the igf-online.net server that hosts the IGF
>Community Site,
which is where Jeremy had created the subsidiary mailing
>lists for our Iworking groups. It runs the same software
that we use
>now, so migrating
the list with archives intact would be fairly easy.
>
>3. The other option
is that we raise some money and hire our own
>dedicated virtual
server. We could, in that case, move our Web site and
>database over there
too.
>
>Aside from Jeremy,
there were other offers to provide shared hosting to add domain of
“igcaucus.org”
>and mailing list with
mailman applications and Pakistan IGF was willing to pick up the costs for
shared initiatives.
>
>
>Whilst
Jeremy had initially recommended Consumers International hosting the website,
this was abandoned because of the difficulties that Consumers International
would be able to give a written commitment that future co-coordinators would be
given administrative privileges and that they would support the platform and
raise the issue of continuity and stability.
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>
>Jeremy
then pointed to the other option of having a "Donate" button on our
Web site.
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>In the past there was talk about making an application
for a grant from a donor like the UN Democracy Fund, but this raised people's
fears about over-institutionalising the IGC.
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>
>Avri suggested that it may be good
for the IGF to have funding of its own.
>Our
website is currently hosted by APC.
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>Proposal to the List
>The
Options are listed for your consideration and transparency.
>
>Option # Description Strengths Weaknesses
>Option 1 Ask another like-minded organisation to host it Cheaper, Convenient Stability, Continuity, Independence
>Option 2 Move our mailing list to igf-online.net
>Option 3 Hire our own dedicated virtual server where we can move our Website and Database Stability, Continuity, Independence, more flexibility in evolution of website Cost based
>
>Having
discussed this at great length and noting the comments and dialogue from the
list earlier this year our Proposal to the list is to activate Option 3 which
is to hire our own dedicated virtual server where we can move our Website and
Database.
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>Proposed Methodology Fund Raising
(FROptions)
>FR Option#1 Creation of Trust Account
>FR Option#2 Creation of a Donate Button on Website using Flattr (Social Micropayments)
>FR Option#3 Sponsorship
>FR Option#4 Wire Transfer
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>Proposed Cost
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>Moving the website from APC’s Server and the
mailing list from CPSR into one independent commercial web-hosting service will
cost USD150 per annum. To guarantee service for the next three (3) years, we
will need to raise USD500.
>Note: People can anonymously donate via Option 2 and 3. The Fund
Raising is not compulsory/mandatory and is reliant on kind donations, goodwill
and generosity.
>
>List Consultation
>As such, we are inviting your views on the
matter and will close consultations on this matter.
>
>--
>
>Izumi and Sala (Coordinators)
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