[AktiviX-discuss] Web hosting question...

[Dan]

Allo,

Following on from the co-housing web group e-list request:

I'm looking to set up two Mambo sites (having never done this before.)  
Question: is there any chance Aktivix host these two sites?

1. UK co-housing network: from networking to lobbying to advocacy to 
green building suppliers, following on from this weekend's conference. 

The possible good things that will come from this website can't be 
exagerated: there's a huge amount of will to change govt and local 
authority housing policy to the gain of those currently worst off, and 
this site will allow co-ordination of this, as well as development of 
new co-operative communities.

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/02/306020.html

There should be scope for getting aktivix dosh further down the road for 
this, but not in the next month!

2. A South Yorkshire 'Active Learning for Active Citizenship' site.

This last is a home office funded project, and I can ask for money for 
hosting.

Now, I know the last one sounds a bit awful, but it's being run by WEA - 
and, for example, they've offered to give some ALAC money to local 
Burngreave people to pay them to challenge the masterplan there, through 
supported research.  They came up with the name 'Burngreave against the 
masterplan' for the course all by themselves...!

They're also funding 'e-citizenship' stuff and (as a few peeps already 
know) I'm looking for ways that this ties into what aktivix and the 
wider activist IT community does. 

Which is to say that, having got to know 'em a bit, WEA think like 
activists - but much older ones who know *zero* about ICT and its 
radical/community potential.  The fact that they've got this ALAC money 
offers a chance for showing what proper active citizenship is!  E.g. 
using IT to help fight the council railroading through a godawful 
masterplan that's going to mainly benefit developers...

If yes, I can have a go at uploading the mambo files, configuring 
through a browser, etc - but may need a little help!

If it's not possible (I don't know what kind of hits these two sites are 
likely to be getting, aside from anything else....) I quite understand.

peace

Dan