Hi All, according to me Greenhost is absolutely not out of the running, so I contacted Yosem directly and hope you will give us some more time so sort this out.
Kind regards, Hapee from Greenhost. On 10-11-18 17:22, Yosem Companys wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm in the process of migrating Liberationtech from Stanford to a new > independent site, but I have run into a difficulty. > > Most of you recommended Greenhost for hosting services, but I have yet > to receive a reply from Greenhost despite multiple email attempts. > > Is there another hosting service you'd recommend? Please remember that > the criteria are the following: > > * The host should operate from a location that has the privacy- and > security-friendliest laws in the world; > * The host should also be the most privacy- and security-friendly > host in the world (or the second most, assuming Greenhost is #1 in > this area); and, > * The host should offer great customer service. > > Our original plan (described below) was to ask Greenhost both to host > and develop our new website. Now that Greenhost appears to be out of > the running, I intend to explore the other options you suggested below > for website development. > > Thanks, > Yosem > > On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 8:55 PM Yosem Companys <ycompa...@gmail.com > <mailto:ycompa...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Below is the amended plan for the new Liberationtech based on your > feedback. Should you have any questions, please let me know. > > * *Corporate Governance: Fiscal Sponsorship, NOT Legal Status*. > Most of you recommended that we not incorporate legally as a > 501(c)3 at this time. Instead, you recommended that we use a > fiscal sponsor instead. A number of fiscal sponsors were > proposed including Creative Commons; the Electronic Frontier > Foundation; Freedom House; the Free Software Foundation; the > Information Ethics and Equity Institute; Mozilla; Oasis; the > Open Source Institute; the Public Sphere Project; the Puerto > Rico Science, Technology, and Research Trust; the Renewable > Freedom Foundation in Germany; Software Freedom Conservancy; > and Wikimedia. There is also the Tides Foundation. The > advantage of fiscal sponsors is that they can accept > charitable contributions on behalf of Liberationtech and take > care of the legal and accounting requirements needed to > maintain the organization, thereby freeing Liberationtech to > pursue its vision and mission. We have decided to find fiscal > sponsors for different legal jurisdictions to ensure that we > have a global presence. [Down the line, the Sustainable > Economies Law Center was proposed as an organization to help > Liberationtech incorporate as a 501(c)3.] > * *Vision*. To research, design, and implement technologies for > social good, especially for privacy and security. > * *Mission*. To create and support a community of practice > around technology for social good that incorporates privacy > and security by design. > * *Hosting Service*. Most of you expressed concerns about > hosting in the U.S. and asked that Liberationtech use the most > privacy- and security-friendly legal jurisdiction instead. > Most of you also recommended Greenhost. > * *Website Design and Development*. Some of you kindly offered > to work on a pro bono basis to design and develop the > Liberationtech website. Others suggested contacting groups > such as the Agile Collective, Aspiration Technologies, CoTech, > Digital Life Collective, Equalit.ie, and Greenhost for these > services. What should the website have? You asked that we keep > the Liberationtech website simple. Beyond a basic description > and a list of the board of advisers, you asked that we do the > following: > o *Keep It Simple Stupid (KISS)*. Most of you asked that we > build a site that is as simple as possible so that it may > be viewed even by those who have slow devices or weak > bandwidth. > o *Just a mailing list, please*. Most of you also asked that > we only use open-source mailing list software that has > been around for a long time for convenience (i.e., you get > the email in your inbox) or security reasons and to make > it easier for any list subscriber to download the list or > port it from one device to another. > o *Use Matrix and/or Discourse*. Enough of you feel > passionate enough about using Matrix and/or Discourse > beyond the basic mailing list capabilities that we've > decided to do so. > o *Let me create my own list, please*. Many of you asked > that we allow list subscribers to create their own lists > around specific subjects, whether by chapter (read more > below), geography, sector, or topic. For example, some of > you asked that Calls for Papers (CfPs), jobs, and > announcements be moved to separate mailing lists. > o *Make the site mobile*. Self-explanatory. > o *Mirror it*. Many of you asked that we mirror the site at > a number of locations for security reasons. > * *Incubation*. Because we've decided to continue to research, > design, and implement technologies for social good that > incorporate privacy- and security-by-design, we aim to raise > funds to become an incubator of technology for social good, > where the funds would go to support the development of > projects based on the ideas the community likes the most. > We'll also try to incubate student projects on tech for social > good that could be sponsored by companies to help students get > jobs post-graduation. > * *Directory*. Some of you suggested that we create a wiki (or > similar) with tips, good practices, tools, and apps for secure > communication and digital privacy, along with a list of the > organizations and platforms that work in the technology for > social good space. > * *Funding*. Some of you suggested that Liberationtech contact > foundations such as Omidyar and the Open Technology Fund. > Others suggested that Liberationtech engage in crowdfunding. > Yet others suggested charging a yearly fee for people to > create their own Liberationtech chapters in geographies around > the world. > > One question that lingers is the following: > > * What is the key differentiator of Liberationtech vis-a-vis > other existing groups, organizations, and/or sites in the space? > > If any of you want to take a stab at answering the question, > please do so. > > Otherwise, Gonzalo and I will be more than happy to do a review of > the field and try to answer that question in a more explicit manner. > > Thanks, > Yosem > >
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