[PyDelhi] Sponsors (was Re: [Ncr-Python.in] [Pydelhi] Minutes of meeting hangout session 18-06-2015)

[Saurabh Kumar]

> [...] the build vs buy decisions are something better taken and answered
by
> people who are doing it and are on the list

agreed.

 > [...] over to you people .

I've been on the list since past 2-3 years and recently been involved in lot
ongoing activities related to facilitating tools/technologies for better
communication and marketing/outreach of Python Delhi User Group.

Given the skill-set and enthusiasm our volunteer's have I don't see any
reason
not to have a basic machine by/for the community. I personal think sponsors
as
part of our community, like any one else.

We have some urgent requirements (Etherpad, bots, ZNC, etc.) which need to
be
configurable, scalable and are not locked down due to any reasons. Why we
need
to host these ourself is already explained by Satyakam, and I agree.

We may also have other temporary requirements during workshops/events
(running an iPython server), teaching server deployments, etc. where we can
use these servers.

PS: We had given root ssh access to kids of grade 6-8 during pychill[1] of
a digital ocean instance as 1. they didn't had sudo access to schools
machines
2. connecting and working on actual uncontrolled remote server is fun!

I hope I made our(my) intensions little clearer, and would like anyone
willing
and capable to help out our community.

**Footnotes:
[1] https://pychill.fossevents.in

Cheers,

​--​
*​*Saurabh Kumar
https://saurabh-kumar.com


On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 10:46 AM, satyaakam goswami <satyaakam at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Why not use a free alternatives instead of taking and managing a VPS? We
>> could use the efforts required to setup and manage a VPS for other things.
>>
>> Here are my suggestions.
>>
>> Etherpad : pads.pydelhi.org , we will be using this for planning ,
>>> ideation and notes taking for the group .
>>>
>>
>> You can use hackpad.com . Create pydelhi.hackpad.com and use it for
>> discussions.
>>
>
> ​been a user of it on the datameet community , do not know what the
> limitations are or what one has to pay after certain period , tried
> searching for pricing could not locate one.​
>
>
>>
>>> IRC Bot (maximus)  : Will be  based on Hubot for logging and monitoring
>>> the channel
>>> ZNC server : IRC bouncer for the community
>>>
>>
>> You can try Heroku or  RedHat OpenShift.
>>
> Both Heroku and OpenShift have free tiers. It should be possible to run
>> these on them.
>>
>
> ​​Folks handing infrastructure are not comfortable with the platforms .​​
>
>
>> let us know if you have any further questions and queries regarding the
>>> same.
>>>
>>
>> Don't you think that would a lot easier to manage than having a VPS?
>>
>
> The idea of VPS was people will learn while they install and maintain
> there own stuff , yes there will always be a compromise between which works
> and which works sometimes .
>
> i also saw one limitation of Google hangout of ten people which was hit
> pretty quickly . there will be one more requirement of video sooner :-)
>
> So yeah the build vs buy decisions are something better taken and answered
> by people who are doing it and are on the list , over to you people .
>
> cheers
> ​-Satya​
>
>
>
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