[Foundation-l] ED Report to the Board: February 1 - 29, 2008

[Jussi-Ville Heiskanen]

On 3/8/08, Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> On 3/7/08, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <cimonavaro at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > * We continue to explore consortium options in Amsterdam. Mark and Erik
> > > meet with Kennisnet March 11 and 13.
>
> > Is it possible to get even vague context to this? "Consortium" in what
> sense?
>
> In May 2005, Kennisnet (a Dutch educational not-for-profit
> organization) sponsored a rack of colocation space, servers, bandwidth
> and support in the SARA hosting facility in Amsterdam. Since then, our
> use of the facility has grown to 3 racks, and bandwidth use has also
> increased significantly. We have a three year agreement with
> Kennisnet, which will expire in May 2008.
>
> Kennisnet has been more than generous, and we've decided in consensus
> that, in order to achieve a sustainable hosting solution in Amsterdam,
> it's necessary to bring additional partners (preferably non-profit /
> public organizations) into the mix, so that a) the cost is shared, b)
> if one partner should be unable to provide support in the future, the
> impact is reduced. This is what the "consortium" refers to; a group of
> supporters for our hosting needs in Amsterdam.
>
> So, Mark Bergsma, who is our Network Coordinator responsible for the
> Amsterdam facility, has been tirelessly reaching out to organizations
> that could become part of this consortium, and Mark & I will present a
> proposal to Kennisnet next Tuesday, with a follow-up meeting on
> Thursday.

Thank you for the informative and expeditious reply.

Hope to hear good things from both you and Brion soon.


Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]]