Hi,
>> Last time I looked at OSUOSL for hosting, they wouldn't let
>> people have root on hosted machines -- do you know if that's
>> still the case?
> That's a good question. I know at least one admin, warthog9, has
> full control of his machines. I think it varies depending on
Hi,
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 01:05:14PM -0800, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> Chris Ball wrote:
> >> expo (the 2U machine) was there originally, and this serves the
> >> needs of *.x.org fairly well. The 3U machines were donated by
> >> Sun and were earmarked for backup, redundancy, sharing
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 07:26:35AM -0800, Keith Packard wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:21:28 +0100, Luc Verhaegen wrote:
>
> > Can we get some more details here please? Alanc also mentioned ssl
> > certificates, FOSDEM 2010 and Videohackfest from the top of his head.
>
> We haven't paid for an
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 10:29:04PM -0800, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> Luc Verhaegen wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 02:02:21PM -0800, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> >> Daniel Stone wrote:
> >>> #xorg-bod on OFTC, fortnightly. I think it's something like 10AM
> >>> Wednesdays, Portland time?
> >> For T
Luc Verhaegen wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 02:02:21PM -0800, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
>> Daniel Stone wrote:
>>> #xorg-bod on OFTC, fortnightly. I think it's something like 10AM
>>> Wednesdays, Portland time?
>> For TZ=US/Pacific, 2pm on every other Tuesday. (My calendar shows
>> the next one
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 02:02:21PM -0800, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> Daniel Stone wrote:
> > #xorg-bod on OFTC, fortnightly. I think it's something like 10AM
> > Wednesdays, Portland time?
>
> For TZ=US/Pacific, 2pm on every other Tuesday. (My calendar shows
> the next ones are 2/16 & 3/2.)
>
>
That's a good question. I know at least one admin, warthog9, has full
control of his machines. I think it varies depending on the group and the
extent of the hosting.
Posting from a mobile, pardon my terseness. ~ C.
On Feb 16, 2010 2:58 PM, "Chris Ball" wrote:
Hi Corbin,
> Regarding hosting,
Hi Corbin,
> Regarding hosting, the possibility of OSUOSL is still on the
> table. At least one sysadmin is on our side, and I'm increasingly
> looking towards the seven-year plan, so there are two of us here.
Last time I looked at OSUOSL for hosting, they wouldn't let people
have root o
Regarding hosting, the possibility of OSUOSL is still on the table. At least
one sysadmin is on our side, and I'm increasingly looking towards the
seven-year plan, so there are two of us here.
Posting from a mobile, pardon my terseness. ~ C.
On Feb 16, 2010 1:05 PM, "Alan Coopersmith"
wrote:
Ch
There is a good expression for that in Russian. "распил бабла" =
"raspil babla" ~= "split the loot" ;) That's a usual thing with the
budgets in (new-Soviet) Russia - when it is spent on inadequately
expensive things (and part of the price returns to the govt people as
a form of bribes, named "откат
Hi,
> Sun Fire V40z AMD Opteron 3U Rack Mnt x86 Server:2xAMD Opteron
> 850 CPUs, 4 DDR1/333 Registered ECC DIMMs (4x1GB), 1x73GB 10K RPM
Thanks; somewhat entry-level by 2010 standards (unsurprisingly), then.
Sounds like the decision is between:
(a) get them going anyway, perhaps use for b
Chris Ball wrote:
>> expo (the 2U machine) was there originally, and this serves the
>> needs of *.x.org fairly well. The 3U machines were donated by
>> Sun and were earmarked for backup, redundancy, sharing fd.o
>> workload (including mirroring), etc.
>
> Does anyone happen to kn
Hi,
> expo (the 2U machine) was there originally, and this serves the
> needs of *.x.org fairly well. The 3U machines were donated by
> Sun and were earmarked for backup, redundancy, sharing fd.o
> workload (including mirroring), etc.
Does anyone happen to know the specs of the Sun m
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 11:45:35AM -0700, Cody Maloney wrote:
> Since there's been a lot of other server stuff thrown around, anyone
> have any idea how much bandwidth fd.o uses?
I don't have any numbers to hand I'm afraid -- which is a bit of a
failing. I'll try to get some numbers out from now
Since there's been a lot of other server stuff thrown around, anyone
have any idea how much bandwidth fd.o uses?
Cody Maloney
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Daniel Stone wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 07:00:40PM +0100, Matthias Hopf wrote:
>> On Feb 16, 10 09:20:44 -0800, Keith Pack
Hi,
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 07:00:40PM +0100, Matthias Hopf wrote:
> On Feb 16, 10 09:20:44 -0800, Keith Packard wrote:
> > On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:54:56 +0100, Matthias Hopf wrote:
> > > But something like $100 / month sounds like a reasonable upper limit for
> > > me, and you should actually get
On Feb 16, 10 11:54:35 -0600, Jeremy White wrote:
> Keith Packard wrote:
> > On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:54:56 +0100, Matthias Hopf wrote:
> >> But something like $100 / month sounds like a reasonable upper limit for
> >> me, and you should actually get by for half of it.
> > We've got three servers an
On Feb 16, 10 09:20:44 -0800, Keith Packard wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:54:56 +0100, Matthias Hopf wrote:
>
> > But something like $100 / month sounds like a reasonable upper limit for
> > me, and you should actually get by for half of it.
>
> We've got three servers and a switch; the 3U ser
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 06:11:38PM +0100, Luc Verhaegen wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 05:01:28PM +, Daniel Stone wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 04:45:09PM +, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > Seems pretty extrodinary. Exactly what can't say bluehost provide at
> > > $3.95 a month that MIT can at
On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:54:56 +0100, Matthias Hopf wrote:
> But something like $100 / month sounds like a reasonable upper limit for
> me, and you should actually get by for half of it.
We've got three servers and a switch; the 3U servers are $1200/year, and
the 2U server + switch is $600.
--
k
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 05:01:28PM +, Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 04:45:09PM +, Alan Cox wrote:
> > On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:07:32 +0100 Matthias Hopf wrote:
> > > On Feb 16, 10 07:26:35 -0800, Keith Packard wrote:
> > > > Our outstanding obligations today are MIT hosting f
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 04:45:09PM +, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:07:32 +0100 Matthias Hopf wrote:
> > On Feb 16, 10 07:26:35 -0800, Keith Packard wrote:
> > > Our outstanding obligations today are MIT hosting for this year ($3000)
> > > and travel expenses for FOSDEM 2010 ($660).
On Feb 16, 10 16:45:09 +, Alan Cox wrote:
> > On Feb 16, 10 07:26:35 -0800, Keith Packard wrote:
> > > Our outstanding obligations today are MIT hosting for this year ($3000)
> > > and travel expenses for FOSDEM 2010 ($660).
> >
> > Not that it matters too much, but $3000 sounds pretty hefty f
On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:07:32 +0100
Matthias Hopf wrote:
> On Feb 16, 10 07:26:35 -0800, Keith Packard wrote:
> > Our outstanding obligations today are MIT hosting for this year ($3000)
> > and travel expenses for FOSDEM 2010 ($660).
>
> Not that it matters too much, but $3000 sounds pretty hefty
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 07:26:35AM -0800, Keith Packard wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:21:28 +0100, Luc Verhaegen wrote:
>
> > Can we get some more details here please? Alanc also mentioned ssl
> > certificates, FOSDEM 2010 and Videohackfest from the top of his head.
>
> We haven't paid for an
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Matthias Hopf wrote:
> Not that it matters too much, but $3000 sounds pretty hefty for hosting.
yes; that's fifteen linode instances for instance.
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On Feb 16, 10 07:26:35 -0800, Keith Packard wrote:
> Our outstanding obligations today are MIT hosting for this year ($3000)
> and travel expenses for FOSDEM 2010 ($660).
Not that it matters too much, but $3000 sounds pretty hefty for hosting.
OTOH I don't know hardware, bandwidth, or what is incl
Keith Packard wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:21:28 +0100, Luc Verhaegen wrote:
>
>> Can we get some more details here please? Alanc also mentioned ssl
>> certificates, FOSDEM 2010 and Videohackfest from the top of his head.
>
> We haven't paid for any SSL certificates, or a video hackfest.
On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:21:28 +0100, Luc Verhaegen wrote:
> Can we get some more details here please? Alanc also mentioned ssl
> certificates, FOSDEM 2010 and Videohackfest from the top of his head.
We haven't paid for any SSL certificates, or a video hackfest. The sum
total of our expenses can
Hi,
(Speaking as an ex-Board member.)
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 08:54:27AM +0100, ps wrote:
> As X.Org is the successor of the XConsortium, I expect there should be a
> roadmap of where X Window development is heading and how much money is
> needed to reach these goals and how these funds are expe
On 15 February 2010 20:08, Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 01:46:21PM -0600, David Nicol wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 1:21 PM, Daniel Stone wrote:
>> > (If
>> > people want to get paid for hacking X, just mention it and you'll have
>> > quite a few companies beating down your
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 09:26:56PM -0800, Keith Packard wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:47:11 +, Daniel Stone wrote:
>
> > [0]: Namely, it's been incredibly difficult to even get a statement out
> > out of our current bank. We've been hoping to switch for quite
> > some time, but u
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 12:48:48AM +0100, Luc Verhaegen wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 03:22:12PM -0800, Barton C Massey wrote:
> > In message <20100210173132.gb3...@skynet.be> you wrote:
> > > This is what the bylaws state: "The Board shall keep
> > > minutes of its meetings in which shall be re
I think I'm allowed to disclose at least three serious job offers I've
received just for my Mesa contributions. I don't think I will have an
employment problem when I finally leave school.
Posting from a mobile, pardon my terseness. ~ C.
On Feb 15, 2010 11:53 AM, "David Nicol" wrote:
On Mon, Fe
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 01:46:21PM -0600, David Nicol wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 1:21 PM, Daniel Stone wrote:
> > (If
> > people want to get paid for hacking X, just mention it and you'll have
> > quite a few companies beating down your door ...)
>
> You must be exaggerating.
Nope.
> Anyw
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 1:21 PM, Daniel Stone wrote:
> (If
> people want to get paid for hacking X, just mention it and you'll have
> quite a few companies beating down your door ...)
You must be exaggerating. Anyway, I'm running as "the outsider."
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On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 05:26:46PM -0600, David Nicol wrote:
> It seems that the X bylaws allow for outsider participation,
Yeah, they do.
> perhaps
> to provide oversight to mitigate developer-driven coolitis (not as bad
> a malady as featuritis, but still suboptimal), and that has attracted
> m
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Matt Turner wrote:
> So, who are you, why do you want to run for the board, what have been
> your contributions to X and why should I take you seriously?
>
> Matt Turner
I am an outsider to X development -- sure, I've been using an X
display for twenty years; I'
Forwarded message --
> From: David Nicol
> Date: Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 5:44 PM
> Subject: Re: X.Org Foundation Board of Directors 2010 Election
> To: Luc Verhaegen
> Cc: Daniel Stone , memb...@x.org,
> xorg@lists.freedesktop.org
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at
Hello, xorg@lists.freedesktop.org
I'm running for a position on the BOD.
Please vote for me.
-- Forwarded message --
From: David Nicol
Date: Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 5:44 PM
Subject: Re: X.Org Foundation Board of Directors 2010 Election
To: Luc Verhaegen
Cc: Daniel Stone ,
On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:47:11 +, Daniel Stone wrote:
> [0]: Namely, it's been incredibly difficult to even get a statement out
> out of our current bank. We've been hoping to switch for quite
> some time, but unfortunately this is basically predicated on the
> 501(c)(3) transit
Luc Verhaegen wrote:
> Well, i am worried about the general state of affairs when people are
> just guessing about the amount left. I would like to see how funds were
> used in the last year to be able to decide on the future direction.
Keith would have the full report. From memory and a quick
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 05:26:15PM -0800, Stuart Kreitman wrote:
> On 02/10/10 05:14 PM, Luc Verhaegen wrote:
>>
>> Like last year, there are no FOSDEM costs. After some questions were
>> raised about the social event, I decided to also forgo asking X.org
>> sponsorship for that.
>
> No point i
There should be no puzzle about the bank records.
With the original Board and attorney's knowledge, I set up the XOrg accounts
with OSBC. Those accounts contained all XOrg funds. Keith became treasurer
and I co-signed until Stuart became co-signer.
During that period very little money was dis
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 02:14:58AM +0100, Luc Verhaegen wrote:
> Disclaimer: All of this is off the top of my head. I could be and am
> probably wrong on some of the details. This does not represent an
> official statement on behalf of the Foundation, etc, etc.
Hi,
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 03:17:16PM -0800, Stuart Kreitman wrote:
> On 02/10/10 11:47 AM, Daniel Stone wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 06:31:32PM +0100, Luc Verhaegen wrote:
> >> The X.org Foundation exists to best represent the interests of the X.org
> >> Foundation members, by being the le
On 02/10/10 05:14 PM, Luc Verhaegen wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 05:01:11PM -0800, Stuart Kreitman wrote:
>
>> On 02/10/10 03:43 PM, Luc Verhaegen wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 03:17:16PM -0800, Stuart Kreitman wrote:
>>>
>>>
On 02/10/10 11:47 AM, Daniel Stone wro
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 05:01:11PM -0800, Stuart Kreitman wrote:
> On 02/10/10 03:43 PM, Luc Verhaegen wrote:
>> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 03:17:16PM -0800, Stuart Kreitman wrote:
>>
>>> On 02/10/10 11:47 AM, Daniel Stone wrote:
>>>
(tl;dr: Yes, I agree that the Foundation needs to be
On 02/10/10 03:43 PM, Luc Verhaegen wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 03:17:16PM -0800, Stuart Kreitman wrote:
>
>> On 02/10/10 11:47 AM, Daniel Stone wrote:
>>
>>> (tl;dr: Yes, I agree that the Foundation needs to be doing a lot more,
>>> but nothing we've done is hidden from ou
Barton C Massey wrote:
> In message <4b732120.50...@sun.com> you wrote:
>> Daniel Stone wrote:
>>> Bear in mind though that the channel is open and
>>> meetings are held at a regular time, so everyone has as
>>> much opportunity to find out what goes on during the
>>> meetings as me. :)
>> I don't
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 03:22:12PM -0800, Barton C Massey wrote:
> In message <20100210173132.gb3...@skynet.be> you wrote:
> > This is what the bylaws state: "The Board shall keep
> > minutes of its meetings in which shall be recorded all
> > action taken by it, and at least a summary thereof shall
In message <4b732120.50...@sun.com> you wrote:
> Daniel Stone wrote:
> > Bear in mind though that the channel is open and
> > meetings are held at a regular time, so everyone has as
> > much opportunity to find out what goes on during the
> > meetings as me. :)
>
> I don't think anyone outside of
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 03:17:16PM -0800, Stuart Kreitman wrote:
> On 02/10/10 11:47 AM, Daniel Stone wrote:
> > (tl;dr: Yes, I agree that the Foundation needs to be doing a lot more,
> > but nothing we've done is hidden from our members, i.e. board
> > members know basically as m
In message <20100210173132.gb3...@skynet.be> you wrote:
> This is what the bylaws state: "The Board shall keep
> minutes of its meetings in which shall be recorded all
> action taken by it, and at least a summary thereof shall
> be submitted to the Members at least annually." [1]
I have submitted
On 02/10/10 11:47 AM, Daniel Stone wrote:
> (tl;dr: Yes, I agree that the Foundation needs to be doing a lot more,
> but nothing we've done is hidden from our members, i.e. board
> members know basically as much as you, and that this is a result
> of lack of time/etc, rat
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 02:02:21PM -0800, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> Daniel Stone wrote:
> > #xorg-bod on OFTC, fortnightly. I think it's something like 10AM
> > Wednesdays, Portland time?
>
> For TZ=US/Pacific, 2pm on every other Tuesday. (My calendar shows
> the next ones are 2/16 & 3/2.)
>
>
Daniel Stone wrote:
> #xorg-bod on OFTC, fortnightly. I think it's something like 10AM
> Wednesdays, Portland time?
For TZ=US/Pacific, 2pm on every other Tuesday. (My calendar shows
the next ones are 2/16 & 3/2.)
We should be able to add it to the X.Org google calendar whot set up.
--
Hi,
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 09:56:08PM +0100, Luc Verhaegen wrote:
> I have no idea when such meetings are supposed to be held, how regular
> there are. No such information is available publically, or at least not
> available to my knowledge.
#xorg-bod on OFTC, fortnightly. I think it's someth
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 09:43:04PM +, Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 11:42:33AM -0600, David Nicol wrote:
> > A vote for David Nicol is a vote for transparency!
>
> Full transparency into exactly what all the board members know still
> wouldn't tell you much more than what you a
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 11:42:33AM -0600, David Nicol wrote:
> A vote for David Nicol is a vote for transparency!
Full transparency into exactly what all the board members know still
wouldn't tell you much more than what you already know.
Cheers,
Daniel
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On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 13:12, Alan Coopersmith
wrote:
> Daniel Stone wrote:
>> Bear in mind though that the channel is open and meetings are held at a
>> regular time, so everyone has as much opportunity to find out what goes
>> on during the meetings as me. :)
>
> I don't think anyone outside of
Daniel Stone wrote:
> Bear in mind though that the channel is open and meetings are held at a
> regular time, so everyone has as much opportunity to find out what goes
> on during the meetings as me. :)
I don't think anyone outside of the Board and the Treasurer were ever told
the meeting time or
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 07:47:11PM +, Daniel Stone wrote:
> (tl;dr: Yes, I agree that the Foundation needs to be doing a lot more,
> but nothing we've done is hidden from our members, i.e. board
> members know basically as much as you, and that this is a result
> of lack
(tl;dr: Yes, I agree that the Foundation needs to be doing a lot more,
but nothing we've done is hidden from our members, i.e. board
members know basically as much as you, and that this is a result
of lack of time/etc, rather than any desire to keep any
information p
On Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 11:17:22PM -0800, Barton C Massey wrote:
> Voting for the 2010 Election of the X.Org Foundation Board
> of Directors opens Friday 5 Feb 2010 at 0100 UTC, and closes
> Thursday 18 Feb 2010 at 2300 UTC. All current Members of
> the X.Org Foundation are eligible to vote in thi
On Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 08:03:09AM -0800, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
>
> This is explained if you follow the link in the "The Elections overview page
> describes the voting methods and process." statement on the wiki page Bart
> included in the announcement.
>
> Near the bottom of the linked http://
Luc Verhaegen wrote:
> I seem to remember that the bylaws state that only 2 people from a given
> one company are allowed a seat on the board, and i am counting 3 intel
> employees here. It would be nice to know what happens when all three
> have been voted to the board.
This is explained if yo
Luc is right, there is a limit of 2 board members who work for a given
company.
And company affiliations should be clearly visible on the candidate list.
The procedure followed in a prior election, was that after tallying votes,
only the two highest-scoring reps were approved as members of the
On Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 11:17:22PM -0800, Barton C Massey wrote:
> Voting for the 2010 Election of the X.Org Foundation Board
> of Directors opens Friday 5 Feb 2010 at 0100 UTC, and closes
> Thursday 18 Feb 2010 at 2300 UTC. All current Members of
> the X.Org Foundation are eligible to vote in thi
Voting for the 2010 Election of the X.Org Foundation Board
of Directors opens Friday 5 Feb 2010 at 0100 UTC, and closes
Thursday 18 Feb 2010 at 2300 UTC. All current Members of
the X.Org Foundation are eligible to vote in this election.
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