IMC Tech > Meetings

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Proposed Meeting: New IMC Tech Volunteers and Server/Hosting offers, 2004

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LOG

NewTechOrientationJan2004Log

Who

imc-tech/sysadmin/other tech WGs, and YOU, new volunteer!

Space

irc.indymedia.org#meeting [ irc HowTo ]

meeting took place at 2000 GMT Jan 18 2004
Check for local time

Roll Call

Please note whether you plan to attend the meeting, and times that do or do not work (timezones would be helpful):

Name	Will You Attend?			Timezone?	Proposed meeting time?	Notes
	Yes	Maybe	No
matt	X			EST (GMT-5)	Jan 18, 20:00 GMT	this is a test...
pabs		X		AU WST (GMT+8)		eeek 4AM
intrigeri		X		CET (GMT+1)		any time should be ok for me
elfo	X			CET (GMT+1)		as you want, cause i want
micah	X			CST (GMT-7)	Jan 18, 20:00 GMT works	Lets get organized!
luis	X			GMT-2	Jan 18, 20:00 GMT works	any time between 15:00 and 23:00 GMT should work for me
occam	X			CET (GMT+2)	Jan 18, 20:00 GMT works
Naton		X		GMT+1	Jan 18, 20:00 GMT works	later works too
Mat	X			GMT-3	Jan 18, 20:00 GMT	ok
pietro	X			BRST (GMT-2)	Jan 18, 20:00 GMT works	any time in a weekend is ok
ski	X			EST (GMT-5)	whenever	unneccessary comment fields suck
earthman	Yes	Maybe		UTC (GMT)	Where will this be finalized?	Bb F
chrisc		X		GMT	GMT between 19:00 and midnight is best for me	notes
geneX	X			CET (GMT+1)	Jan 18, 20:00 GMT works	not only in english !
john	X			EST (GMT-5)	jan 18 , 20GMT fine
johnc	x			EST (GMT -5)	jan 18, 2000z okay	4pm in Buffalo-cool
toya	X			GMT-2	jan 18, ok	better if it was a little bit earlier
your name here...		X		TZ (GMT)	meeting time/date	notes

* No: Shayne. 4am is insane and I fear I will develop brain cancer if I contemplate it (written aprox 4am +8gmt.) -shayne

Agenda

• things that need help in imc-tech (http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Devel/GlobaltechVolunteerNeeds):
  • introductions by active members of tech working groups
    • listwork
    • sysadmin
    • dns
    • ircd
    • audio/radio techs
    • video/newsreal techs
    • keyserver
    • ... ?
  • tools we use
    • lists
    • irc ( irc HowTo )
    • rt ( RTHowTo )
    • wiki
    • improving infrastructure? ideas?
      • new GforgeCVSProjectServer (proposed name: codecoop.org)

• • recruiting new wg members!
  • break-out groups afterwards?
• server hosting offers:
  • mirroring/roundrobin DNS?
  • other load balancing/distribution efforts
  • hosting for new imcs
  • media hosting
• getting involved in codebase development
  • mir
  • sf-active
  • dadaimc
  • spip-indy
  • other (oscalit, etc) ?
• other development projects to get involved in
  • ImcVideoDistributionNetwork
  • ImcDesign
  • IceCast
• how to donate
  • money
    • paypal
    • checks
    • etc...
  • hardware
  • time, etc...

some related URLs:

http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Devel/TechMeetingSummary01Nov03

http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Sysadmin/ServerCoordination

Heres some stuff thats probably usefull:

http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Devel/GlobaltechVolunteerNeeds

Hope to see you there

IRC Logs

As mentioned above, NewTechOrientationJan2004Log

There is a IRC bot set up that can be used to log to http://irclogs.indymedia.org.uk/

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-- MattToups - 06 Jan 2004
-- PietroFerrari - 06 Jan 2004
-- EarthmanWhyTheFsckCantThisHandleSingleNames - 14 Jan 2004
It can, you just need two capitals ... for example EarthMan

-- ShayneOneill - Yay for noodles.
-- JohnDudaAccount - 14 Jan 2004
-- JohnC - 15 Jan 2004