[Foundation-l] Should we offer to host citizendium?

[John Vandenberg]

On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 7:04 AM, Anirudh Bhati <anirudhsbh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 12 November 2010 17:34, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
>>>
>
>>
>> Oh, well what's the point of that?  Might as well just give them
>> money, as the WMF would just be purchasing those ISP services from
>> someone else anyway.
>>
>> "Geni" mentioned "offering a level of support equivalent to our
>> smaller projects", which is most definitely *not* "just providing ISP
>> services".
>
> Yep, better offer them a short-term grant to cover hosting costs than
> deal with ethical and legal issues.

I like this idea best.

WMF are running a huge fundraising appeal now.  We can easily spare
$2100 in order to pay for their current hosting arrangements for the
next three months, which should give them sufficient time to get
themselves back on their feet again.

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John Vandenberg