[volunteergrid2-l] Applications in the last week

[Christoph Langguth]

Hi all,


(ATT: This mail ends abruptly, because it discusses many of the same 
topics as Shawn's last mail, and was written at the same time. The 
continuation is in my follow-up mail).

First: welcome to everyone who has joined this list in the last days, 
and thank you for your interest!

Second, to the existing grid members: I have been quiet in the last week 
or so, without interfering at all, because I wanted to see how things 
are developing.

To sum up the current situation (I may very well have gotten some 
numbers wrong here, or have missed something, so correct me if I'm wrong):

- the infrastructure that is currently "live" consists of 17 servers, 
provided by 14 different people. At the time of writing, that (very, 
very roughly) means 6 TB of used space, and 8 TB of available space (not 
taking into account redundancy requirements, i.e. a file requiring a 
multiple of its actual size to be stored).

- there have been 6 "applications" of new members to join the grid, of 
which some have very clear ideas and commitments, some are not really 
sure what it's all about, and some are not sure if their technical 
equipment is enough to take part.

Since VG2 is a decentralized system, run by technically-inclined people 
(not lawyers...) from all over the planet, and without a very clear 
hierarchy, consensus is mostly reached by "common sense": if somebody 
makes a sensible proposal, and there are no objections, the proposal is 
accepted. (quote: "On things like this, I tend to do "voting" by 
affirmation -- if there is NO discussion, or NO compelling reason given 
for not adopting the new policy or practice, I consider the "motion" to 
"carry by affirmation." No vote is taken, the discussion is recorded in 
the "minutes" of the email list, and the policy is affirmed as accepted 
on the list and the wiki is updated.")

Of course, this doesn't mean that some decision that has been taken 
before cannot be questioned or re-evaluated afterwards. As said, we're a 
bunch of geeks after all, not a bunch of lawyers. (up to you to guess 
the connotation of "geek" and "lawyer" ;-) )

So that said, and looking at the list of our potential new members...

(This has had so much overlap with Shawn's mail that I cut it from this 
mail and am writing it as a follow-up instead)


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