<div dir="ltr"><div>Sorry about the delays - I'm trying to get the actual costs out of the treasurer. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Steven<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 11:43 AM Jonathan Woithe <<a href="mailto:jwoithe@just42.net">jwoithe@just42.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Steven<br>
<br>
Thanks for your follow up message.<br>
<br>
On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 04:25:04PM +1200, Steven Ellis wrote:<br>
> We've look at the current technology options being used by LA, and in part<br>
> it comes down to local capability within the NZOSS team. I did raise the<br>
> pathway LA was taking during our selection model and we've headed off down<br>
> a different route.<br>
<br>
That's fair enough. I assume that by "the current technology options"<br>
includes the new platforms which LA is in the process of preparing.<br>
<br>
> We're currently focused on going live with our new environment<br>
> - Odoo - for membership management<br>
> - Stripe - for online payments<br>
> - Drupal as the NZOSS frontend<br>
> <br>
> In addition we're provided a bunch of shared services for a number of NZ<br>
> based community events and open source projects via our<br>
> - RocketChat<br>
> - GitLab<br>
> - NextCloud + CollabraOffice<br>
> <br>
> The concern is being able to pay for this infrastructure as we're currently<br>
> working of historical capital.<br>
<br>
What exactly is the grant intended to fund? Are you self-hosting these<br>
services (except Stripe, obviously) on servers that the grant will pay for,<br>
or is the intent to pay for commercially hosted instances of these services?<br>
<br>
For each piece of infrastructure noted above, what are the costs involved<br>
and how will the LA grant be divided up across these? How long do you<br>
expect the requested funds to last? How do you plan to fill the funding<br>
void in a sustainable manner after the LA grant funds are exhausted?<br>
<br>
> A couple of key current goals are<br>
> - to make becoming a "paid" member easier<br>
> - allow better access to some core facilities like the GitLab and<br>
> RocketChat environment.<br>
> - boost our advocacy program<br>
<br>
Are these also connected with the grant application, or are they separate<br>
activitities you are hoping to carry out over the coming months? If the LA<br>
grant is intended to assist with these, what are the costs associated with<br>
these activities and how do you plan to action them?<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
jonathan<br>
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