[Board] Web Hosting

[star__gazer at wowway.com]

I have no objections to changing.

Susan


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From: "john guest" <phecda at gmail.com>
To: "Penguicon Board Discussion List" <board at penguicon.org>
Sent: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 09:48:00 -0400
Subject: Re: [Board] Web Hosting

> 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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