[volunteergrid2-l] Applications in the last week

[Jody Harris]

Thanks, Christoph. That's good stuff. Do we need to do some updating on the
wiki to reflect that summary?

jody
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On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 8:31 AM, Christoph Langguth <
christoph at rosenkeller.org> wrote:

> 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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