[Board] Web Hosting

[john guest]

Well, as I'm not a board member anymore, I can't set anything up.  But
I do highly reccommend that we do this.  Now as for leaving this for a
meeting -- regular meetings are supposed to be scheduled every three
months, so the next one should be around Nov 15.

But, you don't need to have a meeting for this.  If you put this to a
vote online, this can be made to happen almost immediately.

Questions I have revolve around are we locked into a contract with the
current ISP, and I think if the answer is no, I recommend that we move
as quickly as possible.  Especially if we can start taking direct
payments on line instead of through PayPal.  We're seven months out
from the con, an we're starting to ramp up pre-registration and
advertising.  Let's get this taken care of as soon as possible.

--John

On 10/10/06, chuck child <chuck.child at gmail.com> wrote:
> Last week, Ron Blanchett sent me some information regarding hosting changes
> to our website.   After all was said and done, he suggested we go with a
> company called Dotster:
>
>
> Dotster info:
> Tier 1 Data Center
> $34.95/month, same price as current webhost
> 10GB Disk Space and 500 GB of Data Transfer on a VPS
> Root on VPS - Our current system does not allow this, we have an account on
> their server.
> 99.9% uptime garantee
> Redundant Generators, UPS's, and Climate Control Systems
> A dedicated IP Address, current webhost we share an IP.
> Dedicated IP would allow us to accept payments online in the future if we
> chose to do so.
>
> Does anyone have any comments, questions, concerns, etc?   I think this is a
> very good step forward for us, allowing much better connectivity, control
> over our server, and opportunities for our future. . .  And, from what I am
> reading, I can't see any downsides, considering it is the same price as our
> current hosting.
>
> I think we should add this to the agenda for our next meeting.    As an
> addendum to that. . . When <IS> our next meeting?
>
> -Chuck
>
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