[committee] VM request script / committee policy on "VMs for members"

[Ash Tyndall]

On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Sam Moore <matches at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> For those who are new to committee, I have been looking into
> making it easier to setup VMs for members. If you are feeling particularly
> masochistic, I can forward you all the emails sent on the subject last year.
>
> Committee may care about this script:
> http://www.ucc.asn.au/cgi-bin/**ucc-vm-register.py<http://www.ucc.asn.au/cgi-bin/ucc-vm-register.py>
>
> tl;dr The script asks some basic questions, makes some simple checks
> against spammers, and emails wheel about it
>
> Questions:
> 1. Is this the sort of thing that we want to advertise to members?
>

Yes, it's an interesting technical option for people to play around with.
Although we should also make it clear that if you just want to host a
website or something simple, there are much easier and better options.


> 2. Do new committee members think this is worth pursuing?
>

I feel violated by the fact I cannot answer this question.


> 3. Do those who were on the last committee still think this is worth
> pursuing? (I do)
>

Yes.

I am also very glad your script sends its warm regards. I would otherwise
want to kill it with fire.


>
> Giving people VMs may work well for various tech talks / workshops.
> It also encourages people to learn stuff without worrying about breaking
> important things. With VMs we can also give people the chance to break
> stuff and try things, without worrying about them breaking important things.
>
> Below is an example of what gets sent to someone requesting a VM.
> Replace all the matches@ with wheel@
> Something very similar to the below also gets sent to wheel@
>
> Thanks,
> Sam Moore [SZM]
> UCC Secretary 2012 (and wheel member)
>
> "I have written you a long letter because I did not have time to write a
> short one." - Blaise Pascal (probably)
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:43:34 +0800
> From: nobody at ucc.asn.au
> To: matches at ucc.asn.au
> Subject: UCC VM Request
>
> The following information was registered for a UCC VM request:
>
>
> Name     : Sam Moore
> Username : matches
> VM name  : mufasa
> Phone    : 0404606638
> Email    : matches at ucc.asn.au
> OS       : Debian
> Purpose  : test
>
> General Notes
> ---------------
> test
>
> If this is incorrect, or you know nothing about this, please contact
> matches at ucc.asn.au
>
> Warm Regards,
> The UCC VM Registration Script
>



-- 
Ash Tyndall [ASH]
UCC OCM 2012
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