[Board] RE: [Box-Admins] What do I need to ask the SFC for on Wednesday?

[Chris Muller]

> I guess the communication on this has been less than clear.  Softlayer
> and Gandi services are being pursued as donations, i.e. free of cost.
> Gandi is a Software Freedom Conservancy donor as I understand and so as
> such may provide services for free as a donation to our project under
> that umbrella.  The deal with Softlayer as I understand it is due to a
> general donation program and entered the discussion due to a
> relationship to one of the Board members.  The Softlayer offer is
> possibly time limited.
>
> I also have no problem with Hetzner.  But free is cheaper than cheap.

Softlayer and Gandi are free for a year, after which neither will make
any further commitment.  If somehow neither of those works out, I'd
like to friendly remind that we have (had?) the offer from Elizabeth
Campbell which was $520 annually, **ad infinitum**, which is enough to
cover 87% the cost of Hetzner and.. heck, I'm sure we could find the
rest from SFC and contributors.