[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu India Hosting Fundraiser

[Baishampayan Ghose]

Hello Ubunteros,

As some of ou may know already, we have been contemplating to move to
our own servers to host our website, wiki, forums, etc.

Currently our hosting is sponsored by Canonical which though being
excellent imposes some limitations; we need to contact them for any
change in the system configuration etc.

Moving to our own hosting will also let us manage our domain
(ubuntu-in.org) and thus we will be able to add new DNS entries and
the recent forum related DNS debacle won't happen.

But moving to our own hosting facility requires money. We have zeroed
in on a VPS hosting plan provided by Gandi.Net [1] where the basic
plan is around USD 7.50 per month.

We intend to raise enough money to sustain us for the next two years
at the onset. If we manage to raise more, we will use that to buy a
slightly advanced plan with more RAM, CPU share, Disk Space, etc.

So this is a call for all of you to chip in and contribute. It is not
compulsory for everybody to contribute; we all understand that you
might have financial constraints.

We plan to move to our new servers within the next couple of months,
so there is ample time for us to raise some funds or look for
sponsorships, etc.

If you know any hosting company which would like to help us, feel free
to let us know about them.

We will let you know about how you can send in your money in the next
few days or so.

Regards,
BG

[1]  http://www.gandi.net/hosting/proposal/

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Baishampayan Ghose
b.ghose at ubuntu.com