[ale] Lower cost hosting for ALE

[Simba]

Just felt I should add that I'd be happy to pitch in $1/mo toward a
vultr or digital ocean server, I could of course afford the whole cost
myself but seeing as this is a community group I think it should be a
community effort to maintain it, rather than tasking one person with the
entire thing.

If we set up a forum perhaps donators could be rewarded with a special
"flair" on their profile, recognizing their contribution.

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On 12/19/18 8:17 AM, Jim Kinney via Ale wrote:
> All,
> 
> When I took on the hosting of ale web and email, I was hoping to see
> some growth in membership and thus a need for higher bandwidth to
> accommodate ALE. I raised my service level with Comcast to support more
> upload than my original lowest tier original service.
> 
> That upgrade added about $150/mo that I would like to now scale back as
> it's not being used. I plan to reduce the bandwidth at the first of
> January 2019.
> 
> Between now and March 1, 2019, I want ALE to either become substantially
> more active or relocate it's hosting. The server is a kvm virtual
> machine so it's readily transportable.
> 
> And, yes, the latest squabble on the list impacted the decision to throw
> in the towel. 20 years on this list and a small-scale flame war is the
> last straw for my participation in ale life support. I used to step in
> and privately contact people to request better online behavior and
> respect for others. If that failed, I would urge the combatants to be
> silent or be gone. If that failed, I unsubscribed them with notice.
> 
> When I volunteered to run the hosting (over a decade ago!?!), ale had
> 1600+ subscribers. One individual joined and was such an abrasive person
> that 1200 people unsubscribed over 3-4 months. The normal unsubscribe
> rate was 5-10 people a year. In hindsight, I should have been more
> forceful earlier at squashing the abrasive personalities.
> 
> If ale is going to survive, it's going to need to develop some more
> formal structure with things like a code of conduct. If Linus can adapt
> and stop being abrasive, ale can too. The personal attacks should not be
> acceptable behavior.
> 
> Maybe we need to spin off pale-ale, "Professional Association of Linux
> Experts - And Linux Enthusiasts" :-)
> 
> Or lager, "Linux And Gnu Expert Resources".
> 
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