[ale] Lower cost hosting for ALE

[Simba]

Why not put it on digital ocean for $5/mo?

On December 19, 2018 8:17:08 AM EST, Jim Kinney via Ale <ale at ale.org> 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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