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diff --git a/minutes/2010-10-28.txt b/minutes/2010-10-28.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1cd5faa --- /dev/null +++ b/minutes/2010-10-28.txt @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ + October 28, 2010 + +The meeting's agenda + + * Technical status report and discussion + * Progression + * Budget and membership fee + * The participation in FSCONS + +Participants + +Navid, Johan S. Stian, Stefan, Gustav och Jens. + +These notices were taken by Gustav. +Technical discussions and conclusions + +The goal is to set up a network of five servers: two mail gateways relayed to +one main IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) server, a server for backup, +and one for keeping logs. The main IMAP server will be hosted at some dedicated +hosting service but the others in closets among the members. The servers has to +be set up with high redundancy in storage, RAID 5 or 6 (Redundant Array of +Independent Disks). + +With this setup the association can receive e-mails with good reliability, but +sending has to be solved through the members' ISP:s (Internet service Provider). + +The status is that a test system is on the way to be set up, and the software +issues are solved one by one. Stefan and Gustav is working on this. All steps +are well documented, and the documentation can be fetched from a git repository +(to be announced). Examples of solved software issues are that SMTP (Simple Mail +Transfer Protocol) though SSH-tunnel (Secure SHell) is better than NFS (Network +File System) for to relaying e-mails, and that a MySQL database is to be used ad +lookup table for what mail addresses we have, which simplifies bouncing. + +The server will not provide open relaying and not even user SMTP relaying. + +See The Teknik page for details. +Public documentation + +There were suggestions about how to get documentation published, and the reasons +are several. Setting up a mail server is not the easiest thing to do, and +support is needed. For the association's idea to be spread, people must be +taught how to do. Suggestions: + + * Virtual machine + * Virtual packages for debian + * etc. + +Philosophical background + +We refer to the declaration of principles for the philosophical background. + +Budget + +Some budget suggestions are to be seen on the budget page. The accepted budget +for buying hardware and hire hosting is 15.000 SEK, and the membership fee were +suggested to be 300 SEK. This means that the association needs 50 members to get +started. The figures are finally accepted on the founding meeting (see bellow). +Progression + +In a month or two the test system is expected to be set up. + +Expectations for FSCONS (Free Society Conference and Nordic Summit) are that we +will have two concrete offers + + * join now for 300 SEK, and expect a mail system in a couple of months, or + * a version for the reserved to join when we have enough members. + +Gustav (mainly) and Stefan (as far as time admit) will also work out some +promotion material. + +The domain name fripost.org will be reserved, and the possibility to buy +fripost.se will be checked. The name of the association will be Fripost den fria +e-postföreningen (translated Fripost the Free E-mail Association). + +An formation meeting, founding meeting, will be held November 4 at 18.00 in +Gnutiken. On this meeting the following will be decided upon + + * statues (by-laws) + * board + * approvals + * nominating committee + * membership fee + * budget + * annual meeting date. + +Suggested date for annual meeting is February. Then also the declaration of +principals will be accepted. Next meeting November 4 + +Next meeting, thus, November 4 at 18.00 in Gnutiken. |