This team would handle both site maintenance and content. that was my vision. -jeff
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.
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.
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.
--
Jody Garnett
On 30 August 2017 at 14:08, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com <mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com>> wrote:
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).
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.
-jeff
On 2017-08-30 5:50 PM, Jeffrey Johnson wrote:
+1 from me (not a member of SAC though).
Jeff how quickly do you think you could get stuff stood up? We are
supposed to be closing out the contract with GET as quickly as
we can.
Also, Ill be happy to help you with this longer term.
On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Jeff McKenna
<jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com
<mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com>> wrote:
Hi Alex,
I wonder if I am too late, but I'd like to officially
respond to your
earlier thread calling for "volunteers" to maintain the new
Wordpress
install.
To be honest, as you had said in the OSGeo AGM, in this case
for this
ongoing task, I would not use the word volunteer either; as
you know, or for
background, I've been quietly maintaining the old osgeo.org
<http://osgeo.org> site for a very
long time. This has had me dealing with backend MySQL
issues, PHP issues,
server config, you name it over the years.
I would like to officially answer your request for help, or
a lead, for the
new WordPress install & maintenance.
This means I am offering to install WordPress on the OSGeo
infrastructure,
install the custom template provided by GetInteractive,
lead/care for
maintaining backups, security, PHP issues (there will be
lots), and
answer/watch for any server issues daily (I bet I am the
only person in
OSGeo that has bots to check OSGeo services running every 2
hours now).
I have experience, and most importantly, I have the proven
passion to care
and be there to help when others cannot. Where I sometimes
can lack the
deep server skills, I dig, I try, I ask, I learn, and I
eventually fix.
My plan is to provide a proposal to SAC on this, on the
wiki, in the form of
a quote/contract for this effort.
So, is the request for help, still valid?
If so, I will begin work on the wiki draft, and provide it
to SAC here, so
you can make a decision.
Thanks,
-jeff
On 2017-08-30 2:38 PM, Alex M wrote:
SAC Members,
GetInteractive has proposed a solution for our immediate
hosting needs
to take ownership of the site they've built for us.
It includes setting up a host, giving us full admin, and
the providing
monthly updates.
For the new website I expect that the following
configuration will be
more
then enough:
- CPU 4
- RAM GB 8
- HDD GB 160
Price € 34,95 ex. VAT. (Pricing information can be
found on
https://www.cloudvps.com/openstack/compute
<https://www.cloudvps.com/openstack/compute>\)
If we need more resources we can easily upgrade the VPS.
We can order the VPS on our name and charge you the
price that is charged
by the hosting provider.
For the installation and configuration of the server
and required
software
we'll charge 4 hours.
This gives us a total of € 320,- ex. VAT.
For performing updates and upgrades on server
software, WordPress website
and WordPress plugins we'll charge 1 hour a month.
This gives us at total of € 80,- ex. VAT a month.
Summary
* ~$500 (USD)/yr for the hosting
* $381.68 (USD) one time for the setup
* ~ $100 USD/month for the monthly maintenance
Note the board allocated $3000 USD for this project,
separate from the
SAC budget.
==========
We need input from members in the next 24 hours on this.
I have already supplied a list of clarification
questions and expect
answers today.
1. What's the exact stack: I suggested our preferred
stack was Debian,
Apache, Mysql/Maria, Php7
2. I asked for clarification that the service contract
would be for
doing critical security patches in a timely manner.
I will send a separate email with my opinions on the matter.
Thanks,
Alex
Sys Admin Chair
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