[BLU/Officers] Face to face meeting

[Jerry Feldman]

I do agree that we should meet face to face. While I get free gas I don't
mind driving across the world the North Attleboro.

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Jerry Feldman <gaf at gapps.blu.org>
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On Mon, Dec 23, 2019, 12:22 PM David Kramer <david at thekramers.net> wrote:

> Because I am IT Chairman of Agile New England and handle all their IT,
> I've been researching password managers that are designed for teams.  I
> think that's a much better solution than yet another geographically locked
> solution that will only be accessible by 1 or 2 people with physical keys.
>
> Back to the start of the thread, we kinda dropped organizing this meeting,
> which I think should happen.  Even if we pick late January I think we
> should pick that date in the next week or two so it actually happens.
> On 12/8/19 2:15 AM, Bill Horne wrote:
>
> On 12/7/2019 3:41 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
>
> I was talking to Kurt, Bill Ricker and David Kramer. We have a few issues.
> Such as
> It might be time where we should retire the hardware and virtualized. I'll
> try to talk to the guy at Synoptek.
>
> I've been using prgmr.com for years, and I recommend them. My yearly
> server rental is about $120, but you'll probably want more bandwidth for a
> BLU server.
>
> Also, we need backups for each of us as we are all aging. One issue is if
> John goes away, we wont have access to the domain. (Maybe blu.org should
> be owned by a corporation). And management of the server and web site. We
> probably should use https.
>
> I think everyone in the leadership should write out a list of applicable
> user id's and passwords, and put them in a safe-deposit box or fire safe
> that two or three people can access: if blu decides on a more formal
> arrangement, lawyers will store them for a nominal fee. As a practical
> matter, almost all Domain Name services like GoDaddy can change a domain's
> details with only a User ID and password, so there's little need to
> incorporate just as a placeholder for a domain name: incorporation is
> expensive, and it requires yearly reports and tax filings, so I'd avoid it
> if it were up to me.
>
> I don't feel that paying for SSL certificates is in the BLU's best
> interest: all they do is close the "lock" icon on the browsers that access
> the site. I know that browser designers shill for the X.509 industry, by
> putting "insecure" warnings on http-only sites, but I think there are still
> some free SSL certs available if the BLU decides it's essential.
>
> That's my 2¢. YMMV.
>
> Bill Horne
>
>
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