Mi 19. Dezember 2012
> Let me just reply here to an email from Jeorg (see below), so everyone
> gets copied:
[...]
> I think what I said was I was donating TMO to the foundation, so
> basically, the foundation will own it. I will let the foundation
> decide what to do with it (where to host, who will be the admin,
> etc.). There were previous emails that I did mention that if it's
> going to be run on another domain, I'm not up for it.
Reggie, the whole point of this enterprise is to keep the domain. That's the
only reason basically why HF been founded. So basically absolutely nothing
would change for you if you decided to keep ownership of tmo and just move to
another server donated by HF (or whomever) to you. If you don't like this
option to say 'boss' and 'owner' of tmo, we'll still try to keep stuff like it
ever been, for all aspects visible to tmo users, just change the main
responsible of tmo then.
[...]
> My only concern is the privacy of members. In previous emails, I did
> emphasize that I will/do not share private information to anyone
> (emails, IP, etc). The only thing I request is for everyone who have
> access to the forum members database to keep them private. That means,
> you should not use the members' private information outside the forum,
> and will not share them to any individual, group, company, etc. You
> should not even contact members via email, unless specified in their
> forum settings that it is ok for them to be contacted directly.
Pretty normal best practice for any such procedure. Of course whoever will run
tmo in future will handle those topics accordingly. At least as long as
council and board have a saying on that.
>
> I can help move the forum to any server that the foundation decides
> on. I can only assist moving it once though.
May thanks, much appreciated :-)
jOERG
>
Hell now that I finished writing and was about to delete that TOFU posts, I
noticed it has a whole thread with info neither board, nor my dear colleagues
in council bothered to forward to me, so all that is pretty new to me. :-//
GREAT!
Thank you Reggie for forwarding it!
Just a sidenote on domains: you want to make DAMN SURE you keep the URL,
otherwise we will break each and every bookmark and link on this planet
pointing to stuff in tmo. Which pretty much renders tmo archive a wreck
regarding usefulness for users.
A more general though related sidenote: I'd appreciate when HF board wouldn't
decide on technical details from their gut feelings. Rather please discuss
stuff in the public, there's probably somebody out there more savvy than you
are who's willing to help.
cheers again
jOERG (council in retirement it seems, ex-appointed admin by courtesy of HF)
> Reggie
>
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 9:41 AM, Joerg Reisenweber <joerg@openmoko.org>
wrote:
> > Hi Reggie,
> > aah sorry, I missed that while writing the mail for you.
> > Anyway a further question: Board states that a) there are legal issues
> > with moving the tmo data from US to EU. Is this a concern raised by you,
> > or would you have no problems with (hypothetically, for example) handing
> > the whole database to a trusted community member to let him host it
> > wherever he feels could work?
> > And b) board states you "decided to 'donate' the tmo database to *board*
> > (implying you'd refuse to consider any alternative as mentioned above).
> > Is this correct or a misconception?
> > c) would you maybe be willing to even move your complete system to a
> > server somebody like Nemein donated to you, before you then decide to
> > donate it to somebody else? (of course with any help we can offer, to the
> > degree where the work you actually do is on your sole discretion. It's
> > just about the abstract time of transfer of possession, and where _your_
> > server is located at that moment when you hand it over to anybody else)
> >
> >
> > cheers
> > jOERG
> >
> > Mi 19. Dezember 2012
> >
> >> Joerg ,
> >>
> >> I just replied about 25 mins ago:
> >> http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2012-December/005828.ht
> >>ml
> >>
> >> Reggie
> >>
> >> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Joerg Reisenweber <joerg@openmoko.org>
> >
> > wrote:
> >> > Hi Reggie,
> >> > are you following the maemo-community ML? (copy of relevant mail
> >> > below) Could you answer Rambo's questions regarding resources needed
> >> > to run tmo? Would you be willing to move the database or even complete
> >> > system to such a server? (of course we'd still need a proper vBulletin
> >> > licence etc, nothing we couldn't get sorted though)
> >> >
> >> > cheers & thanks
> >> > jOERG
> >> > (councilor, at least last time I checked. NFC what's my today's status
> >> > for board's admin-fool)
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 3:35 AM, Michael Demetriou <qwazix@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I forgot to mention I only have administration experience on ubuntu
> > servers, so please consider this when choosing a hosting plan.
> >
> > Michael
> >
> > On Dec 18, 2012 9:23 PM, "Reggie Suplido" <rsuplido@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Ivan,
> >>
> >> It doesn't matter what the domain you use for the server because the
> >> talk. subdomain of maemo.org needs to just point to the url or ip of
> >> the new sever. Just like now, talk.maemo.org is actually pointed to
> >> the forums. subdomain of itT (forums(dot)internettablettalk(dot)com)
> >> (I'm using "(dot)" so search engines hopefully won't cache itT's forum
> >> url with the same content as TMO).
> >>
> >> An admin should be able to redirect the subdomain easily. I hope it
> >> will not be much of a problem to request that.
> >>
> >> Reggie
> >>
> >> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 2:09 PM, Iván Gálvez Junquera
> >>
> >> <ivgalvez@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Hi Reggie,
> >> >
> >> > Thanks to you for being so helpful.
> >> >
> >> > I think the URL would also depend on the hosting provider. At this
> >> > moment we
> >> > don't own maemo.org domain, transferring is being worked with Nokia
> >> > legal
> >> > department but that might take time so administration of DNS would be
> >> > dependant of Nemein. So if we have problems with that, we might need
> >> > to change the URL.
> >> >
> >> > On the other side, I don't know if we want to keep talk.maemo.org as
> >> > forum
> >> > domain if it's, in fact, also related with Harmattan (maybe Maemo 6,
> >> > OK) and
> >> > in the future it might become home for other OS's (Jolla, Mer...??).
> >> > But I
> >> > think that would bring us even more drama than just the simple battle
> >> > between U.S. or E.U. ...
> >> >
> >> > I'll keep you posted and again, big thanks for your support.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > 2012/12/18 Reggie Suplido <rsuplido@gmail.com>
> >> >
> >> >> Thanks for the update Ivan. Let me know what comes up in the meeting.
> >> >>
> >> >> Not in the list is the backup plan. Michael, plan the type of backup
> >> >> for the forum. You need to backup the forum files as well as the
> >> >> database. On my server (hosted in Dallas, TX), I FTP a copy of the
> >> >> daily backup to another server (Washington, DC) in the intranet (so
> >> >> it's faster and doesn't consume hosting bandwidth), which acts as the
> >> >> offsite backup.
> >> >>
> >> >> Btw, what will be the new URL of TMO? Will it still be talk.maemo.org
> >> >> or something like hildonfoundation.org/forum or
> >> >> forum.hildonfoundation.org? If there will be a domain change,
> >> >> something needs to be adjusted in the database->settings table to
> >> >> properly point to the new URL.
> >> >>
> >> >> Ruediger, please let me know when you want me to upgrade your account
> >> >> to administrator. Also, I would suggest that you keep my 'Reggie'
> >> >> account as an admin for maybe 2-3 months just in case there are
> >> >> problems. We should also set a time so I can show you where things
> >> >> are.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks,
> >> >>
> >> >> Reggie
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Iván Gálvez Junquera
> >> >>
> >> >> <ivgalvez@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> > Hi Reggie,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > First of all apologies for our slowness, you now that apart from
> >> >> > being
> >> >> > just
> >> >> > volunteers with lack of time, our structure as a NFP requires some
> >> >> > bureaucracy, despite all the usual discussions that had to be held
> >> >> > with
> >> >> > everyone.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > We have a meeting tomorrow to decide on various pending items for
> >> >> > TMO migration (extracted from Board's agenda):
> >> >> >
> >> >> > TMO migration
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Appointing Ruediger Schiller (chemist) as new TMO administrator.
> >> >> > Select hosting provider.
> >> >> > Appointing Michael Demetriu (qwazix) as new sysadmin for TMO
> >> >> > server. Purchase of vBulletin license.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > As you can see, chemist has volunteered to be TMO administrator
> >> >> > (the vBulletin part), while qwazix would be the administrator of
> >> >> > the server
> >> >> > if
> >> >> > required (might depend on hosting provider).
> >> >> >
> >> >> > As you might have seen, there is some agitation around hosting TMO
> >> >> > in U.S.
> >> >> > or E.U. with different positions about that. I expect that we might
> >> >> > get
> >> >> > an
> >> >> > agreement on hosting provider without need of an additional meeting
> >> >> > that
> >> >> > would delay for sure the migration.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > So even when I hope we should be able to do the migration in time
> >> >> > before
> >> >> > December 31st, considering dates and imminent Christmas I would
> >> >> > like to
> >> >> > be
> >> >> > sure that, if needed, we would be able to purchase an extra month
> >> >> > of hosting
> >> >> > from you at the same cost that is actually being paid by Nokia.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Once we get all issues sorted out, it would be up to you and the
> >> >> > administrators from the Foundation to set up a plan for making the
> >> >> > migration.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Regards
> >> >> > --
> >> >> > Iván Gálvez Junquera
> >> >> > Hildon Foundation
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Iván Gálvez Junquera
>
> Let me just reply here to an email from Jeorg (see below), so everyone
> gets copied:
[...]
> I think what I said was I was donating TMO to the foundation, so
> basically, the foundation will own it. I will let the foundation
> decide what to do with it (where to host, who will be the admin,
> etc.). There were previous emails that I did mention that if it's
> going to be run on another domain, I'm not up for it.
Reggie, the whole point of this enterprise is to keep the domain. That's the
only reason basically why HF been founded. So basically absolutely nothing
would change for you if you decided to keep ownership of tmo and just move to
another server donated by HF (or whomever) to you. If you don't like this
option to say 'boss' and 'owner' of tmo, we'll still try to keep stuff like it
ever been, for all aspects visible to tmo users, just change the main
responsible of tmo then.
[...]
> My only concern is the privacy of members. In previous emails, I did
> emphasize that I will/do not share private information to anyone
> (emails, IP, etc). The only thing I request is for everyone who have
> access to the forum members database to keep them private. That means,
> you should not use the members' private information outside the forum,
> and will not share them to any individual, group, company, etc. You
> should not even contact members via email, unless specified in their
> forum settings that it is ok for them to be contacted directly.
Pretty normal best practice for any such procedure. Of course whoever will run
tmo in future will handle those topics accordingly. At least as long as
council and board have a saying on that.
>
> I can help move the forum to any server that the foundation decides
> on. I can only assist moving it once though.
May thanks, much appreciated :-)
jOERG
>
Hell now that I finished writing and was about to delete that TOFU posts, I
noticed it has a whole thread with info neither board, nor my dear colleagues
in council bothered to forward to me, so all that is pretty new to me. :-//
GREAT!
Thank you Reggie for forwarding it!
Just a sidenote on domains: you want to make DAMN SURE you keep the URL,
otherwise we will break each and every bookmark and link on this planet
pointing to stuff in tmo. Which pretty much renders tmo archive a wreck
regarding usefulness for users.
A more general though related sidenote: I'd appreciate when HF board wouldn't
decide on technical details from their gut feelings. Rather please discuss
stuff in the public, there's probably somebody out there more savvy than you
are who's willing to help.
cheers again
jOERG (council in retirement it seems, ex-appointed admin by courtesy of HF)
> Reggie
>
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 9:41 AM, Joerg Reisenweber <joerg@openmoko.org>
wrote:
> > Hi Reggie,
> > aah sorry, I missed that while writing the mail for you.
> > Anyway a further question: Board states that a) there are legal issues
> > with moving the tmo data from US to EU. Is this a concern raised by you,
> > or would you have no problems with (hypothetically, for example) handing
> > the whole database to a trusted community member to let him host it
> > wherever he feels could work?
> > And b) board states you "decided to 'donate' the tmo database to *board*
> > (implying you'd refuse to consider any alternative as mentioned above).
> > Is this correct or a misconception?
> > c) would you maybe be willing to even move your complete system to a
> > server somebody like Nemein donated to you, before you then decide to
> > donate it to somebody else? (of course with any help we can offer, to the
> > degree where the work you actually do is on your sole discretion. It's
> > just about the abstract time of transfer of possession, and where _your_
> > server is located at that moment when you hand it over to anybody else)
> >
> >
> > cheers
> > jOERG
> >
> > Mi 19. Dezember 2012
> >
> >> Joerg ,
> >>
> >> I just replied about 25 mins ago:
> >> http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2012-December/005828.ht
> >>ml
> >>
> >> Reggie
> >>
> >> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Joerg Reisenweber <joerg@openmoko.org>
> >
> > wrote:
> >> > Hi Reggie,
> >> > are you following the maemo-community ML? (copy of relevant mail
> >> > below) Could you answer Rambo's questions regarding resources needed
> >> > to run tmo? Would you be willing to move the database or even complete
> >> > system to such a server? (of course we'd still need a proper vBulletin
> >> > licence etc, nothing we couldn't get sorted though)
> >> >
> >> > cheers & thanks
> >> > jOERG
> >> > (councilor, at least last time I checked. NFC what's my today's status
> >> > for board's admin-fool)
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 3:35 AM, Michael Demetriou <qwazix@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I forgot to mention I only have administration experience on ubuntu
> > servers, so please consider this when choosing a hosting plan.
> >
> > Michael
> >
> > On Dec 18, 2012 9:23 PM, "Reggie Suplido" <rsuplido@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Ivan,
> >>
> >> It doesn't matter what the domain you use for the server because the
> >> talk. subdomain of maemo.org needs to just point to the url or ip of
> >> the new sever. Just like now, talk.maemo.org is actually pointed to
> >> the forums. subdomain of itT (forums(dot)internettablettalk(dot)com)
> >> (I'm using "(dot)" so search engines hopefully won't cache itT's forum
> >> url with the same content as TMO).
> >>
> >> An admin should be able to redirect the subdomain easily. I hope it
> >> will not be much of a problem to request that.
> >>
> >> Reggie
> >>
> >> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 2:09 PM, Iván Gálvez Junquera
> >>
> >> <ivgalvez@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Hi Reggie,
> >> >
> >> > Thanks to you for being so helpful.
> >> >
> >> > I think the URL would also depend on the hosting provider. At this
> >> > moment we
> >> > don't own maemo.org domain, transferring is being worked with Nokia
> >> > legal
> >> > department but that might take time so administration of DNS would be
> >> > dependant of Nemein. So if we have problems with that, we might need
> >> > to change the URL.
> >> >
> >> > On the other side, I don't know if we want to keep talk.maemo.org as
> >> > forum
> >> > domain if it's, in fact, also related with Harmattan (maybe Maemo 6,
> >> > OK) and
> >> > in the future it might become home for other OS's (Jolla, Mer...??).
> >> > But I
> >> > think that would bring us even more drama than just the simple battle
> >> > between U.S. or E.U. ...
> >> >
> >> > I'll keep you posted and again, big thanks for your support.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > 2012/12/18 Reggie Suplido <rsuplido@gmail.com>
> >> >
> >> >> Thanks for the update Ivan. Let me know what comes up in the meeting.
> >> >>
> >> >> Not in the list is the backup plan. Michael, plan the type of backup
> >> >> for the forum. You need to backup the forum files as well as the
> >> >> database. On my server (hosted in Dallas, TX), I FTP a copy of the
> >> >> daily backup to another server (Washington, DC) in the intranet (so
> >> >> it's faster and doesn't consume hosting bandwidth), which acts as the
> >> >> offsite backup.
> >> >>
> >> >> Btw, what will be the new URL of TMO? Will it still be talk.maemo.org
> >> >> or something like hildonfoundation.org/forum or
> >> >> forum.hildonfoundation.org? If there will be a domain change,
> >> >> something needs to be adjusted in the database->settings table to
> >> >> properly point to the new URL.
> >> >>
> >> >> Ruediger, please let me know when you want me to upgrade your account
> >> >> to administrator. Also, I would suggest that you keep my 'Reggie'
> >> >> account as an admin for maybe 2-3 months just in case there are
> >> >> problems. We should also set a time so I can show you where things
> >> >> are.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks,
> >> >>
> >> >> Reggie
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Iván Gálvez Junquera
> >> >>
> >> >> <ivgalvez@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> > Hi Reggie,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > First of all apologies for our slowness, you now that apart from
> >> >> > being
> >> >> > just
> >> >> > volunteers with lack of time, our structure as a NFP requires some
> >> >> > bureaucracy, despite all the usual discussions that had to be held
> >> >> > with
> >> >> > everyone.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > We have a meeting tomorrow to decide on various pending items for
> >> >> > TMO migration (extracted from Board's agenda):
> >> >> >
> >> >> > TMO migration
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Appointing Ruediger Schiller (chemist) as new TMO administrator.
> >> >> > Select hosting provider.
> >> >> > Appointing Michael Demetriu (qwazix) as new sysadmin for TMO
> >> >> > server. Purchase of vBulletin license.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > As you can see, chemist has volunteered to be TMO administrator
> >> >> > (the vBulletin part), while qwazix would be the administrator of
> >> >> > the server
> >> >> > if
> >> >> > required (might depend on hosting provider).
> >> >> >
> >> >> > As you might have seen, there is some agitation around hosting TMO
> >> >> > in U.S.
> >> >> > or E.U. with different positions about that. I expect that we might
> >> >> > get
> >> >> > an
> >> >> > agreement on hosting provider without need of an additional meeting
> >> >> > that
> >> >> > would delay for sure the migration.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > So even when I hope we should be able to do the migration in time
> >> >> > before
> >> >> > December 31st, considering dates and imminent Christmas I would
> >> >> > like to
> >> >> > be
> >> >> > sure that, if needed, we would be able to purchase an extra month
> >> >> > of hosting
> >> >> > from you at the same cost that is actually being paid by Nokia.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Once we get all issues sorted out, it would be up to you and the
> >> >> > administrators from the Foundation to set up a plan for making the
> >> >> > migration.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Regards
> >> >> > --
> >> >> > Iván Gálvez Junquera
> >> >> > Hildon Foundation
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Iván Gálvez Junquera
>