Inline reply, albeit largely comments from someone who is doing no TOS infrastructure work, so feel free to weight it accordingly.
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 1:49 AM, Chris Tyler <ch...@tylers.info> wrote: > TeachingOpenSource.org was formed in March 2009 as an outgrowth of > several discussions that took place at FSOSS, OSCON, and elsewhere. Its > infrastructure is currently hosted on a virtual machine that I set up > and maintain on a volunteer basis. > > As the TOS community has grown, so has the need for better > infrastructure; this is particularly evident during POSSEs. > > Red Hat has generously offered to fund the hosting of > TeachingOpenSource.org, and several individuals have offered to work on > the system administration, including Karsten Wade and Ian Weller. > > In the interest of transparency, I'd like to discuss the infrastructure > arrangements here on this list. I invite comment and discussion over the > next week, with a goal of moving forward with plans next Friday (July > 23). > > Here is the proposal: > > - Hosting for TeachingOpenSource.org would be community-managed. In > order to bootstrap the admin team, Karsten Wade will be appointed > initial leader, and will oversee the task of putting together an initial > team and the development of procedures so that other qualified community > members can become involved. +1 no reason for those willing to do the work to not do so. > > - Hosting arrangements will be selected and negotiated by the initial > admin team. OSUOSL has offered to host TOS.o, and I anticipate that > other institutions may be willing to help; commercial options may also > be considered. > > - Red Hat has generously offered to fund hosting, in return for > recognition as a sponsor of TOS.o. +1 for both OSUOSL and RHT 'funding'/sponsoring hosting (at OSUOSL). It's a win for everyone involved IMO. I'd think that a page like http://fedoraproject.org/sponsors.html that listed the sponsors would be adequate enough recognition. > > - Red Hat has also proposed managing the TeachingOpenSource.org domain. > After considering this, my strong preference is that I will continue to > manage the TeachingOpenSource.org domain registration on behalf of the > community until such time as we form a independent legal entity to > manage it (such as something along the lines of freedesktop.org LLC). > Right now you are the only person listed on the domain (per whois, and I assume it follows that whois is the canonical record) - which makes you a substantial bus/velociraptor target. I'd encourage you to name a second person (and have them listed in the registration records) who can have access to that domain if you haven't already done so. I tend to agree that this should remain under 'community' control. RHT sponsorship is a fine thing and RHT should be commended for so willingly offering time/people/resources/money to education in general and TOS.o specifically, but there's also a point at which too much help hinders rather than aids the growth of a community. David _______________________________________________ tos mailing list tos@teachingopensource.org http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
