On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 17:26, Daniel Kinzler <
daniel@brightbyte.de> wrote:
> Wikimedia Deutschland contracted River Tarnell to look after the Toolserver,
> starting February 1. As you probably know, River has been an integral part of
> the Toolserver team from the very beginning, and has done a great job as a
> volunteer. However, when doing system administration in your spare time, the
> more annoying jobs tend to be left – which may lead to unpleasantness or even
> downtime every now and then. A fixed number of hours dedicated to the toolserver
> and a protocol for emergency situations will now help us to get the Toolserver’s
> availability to at least 99%.
>
> Contracting a payed admin should also benefit the other Toolserver
> administrators, as they can now rely on River to look after the every day
> operations and to coordinate further administration work. Volunteer work will of
> course remain an essential component in the operation of the Toolserver, as is
> the case with all Wikimedia projects.
>
> Wikimedia Deutschland wants to thank everyone who works on the toolserver, all
> admins and users, for their great contributions. We look forward to a future of
> even greater success of the Tooserver project!
>
> -- daniel
>
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