General Meeting 0.1 Aug 2014
When: Wednesday, 13th Aug 2014 - 6:30pm
Where: Electric Works, then later pub (TBD)
Actions:
- Ask hosting companies about multiple names on contract (eg 2 signatures out of 3) to avoid limitations of association - jkg caolan
- Someone go to the bank and find out what we need to open an account - allegary
- Talk to someone about org structure (setting up a co-op) - do we have to be limited company or can we just be an association? - jkg caolan
next meeting: 27th August (Wednesday)
we have a domain now: darkpeak.org
we plan on using ansible (thanks to a coin flip by jkg) + docker for provisioning / containers
Running on Debian
Meeting
Name and domain
http://empiricist.dillig.af:5000/results
darkpeak.org - owned by Caolanm
Constitution and legal status
http://www.uk.coop/sites/storage/public/downloads/co-operative_consortium_ips.pdf
Can we achieve mutual trading status and avoid corporation tax?
http://www.uk.coop/start-co-op/resources
we're planning to author a co-operative constitution with which to form an unincorporated association
- that means we can open a bank account
- we're all jointly liable/responsible
- no limited liability
- but no annual returns
- we can convert to an incorporated association (limited company)
- see this FAQ for more info: http://www.oneclickorgs.com/faq/
How much money do we need to start up?
- http://www.co-operativebank.co.uk/business/community/co-operatives-directplus
- http://sheffieldcreditunion.com/?
- not much
Define provisioning and documentation
- http://www.infoworld.com/d/data-center/review-puppet-vs-chef-vs-ansible-vs-salt-231308
- we plan on using ansible (thanks to a coin flip by jkg) + docker for provisioning / containers
Possible useful references for meeting
Mailing list: https://lists.richardskingdom.net/mailman/listinfo/sheffgeeks-hosting
