It's that time of year when I start to get all those crazy ideas for projects to take on in the new year. When I lived in the Bay Area for a short time I discovered with much glee the San Francisco Community Colocation Project [http://sfccp.net/node/1].
"It is a community-based provider of Internet connectivity services for non-profits, community groups and open source, free software initiatives. Our primary goals are to provide affordable connectivity and a space where online free speech and privacy are protected. Our 'colo facility' provides proper mounting, power and internet uplink for rack-mounted servers that are required for hosting websites, e-mail, databases and other related technologies. These types of facilities are the backbone of the Internet." I figure with Portland being the Open Source WHQ, an abundance of talent, lots of community-oriented folks, and small bizs / NFP's galore this is as good of place as any to try and follow SFCCP's lead. I know some good people who started small bizs last year and had to choke down the web site hosting costs. I'd love to be able to support new small bizs w. free web site hosting for 3, 6, 9, or 12 mths. That's potentially a few hundred $ that could be better utilized in getting the biz off the ground. And then hopefully the would become a "supporting" member and donate to the cause. So, what do you say? Anyone interested in getting together and talking about this??? -Mike _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
