Maybe Wikimedia Canada would be interested in _free_ hardware to host "their" Wikisource.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Canada/Wikisource_Canada
If so, other chapters may be willing to help cover costs of transportation and hosting.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mike.lifeguard mike.lifeguard@gmail.com Date: Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 4:00 AM Subject: [Wikimediameta-l] WMF decommissions servers To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org, wikimediameta-l@lists.wikimedia.org, wikitech-l wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Hello,
I wanted to let folks know that WMF is decommissioning some 35 servers, and is willing to accept requests from users interested in using them for Wikimedia-related purposes. If you can ship a server from Tampa to where you are, and if you can put it to good use, please see http://tinyurl.com/r3xhp7 and send your request in.
Many thanks to the tech team (in particular RobH - looks like he's handling most or all of this) for reaching out to community members first. I'm sure we can find happy homes for lots of this hardware, which will help community members be productive in helping achieve Wikimedia's mission.
- -Mike
wikimedia-ca@lists.wikimedia.org