[Vacets] VACETS web & infra for short-term effective operation

[Tin Le]

Hello anh Thanh,

Thanks for the reminder.  Let me correct a few items :-)


> Hi anh Tin,
>
>   I think I can help to answer this.
>
>   1. VACETS site is moved to www.powweb.com from your server with your
> help on pointing the domain name on April 11, 2005. The service is due
> for renewal on 5/2/08. The cost is $168 for 2 years contract. We got
> several bonus months when signed up.
>
>   2. The web application in used is PhpWebsite that anh Ly Vuong put
> together with your agreement. Anh Ly Vuong did most of the work on
> finding the ISP and upload the content.

Actually, what I said was "You guys are the one who will be doing the
work, so pick whatever you want, do whatever you feel is needed, go and
have fun!"

:-)

All I did was gave my free 2cents, e.g. I thought that the PhpWebsite
that was picked is a bad security risk, but since it was not me who will
do the work, it's really up to Ly to take care of it.  I gave my opinion
as to why I thought it was not a good choice, and if Ly wanted to use it,
here are a few things that should be done to at least provide some
protection against hack attacks.

>   3. Anh Ly Vuong and I have the ID and password to access VACETS site
> and powweb.com. I am happy to pass this information on when anh Tri
> Tran gives the OK.

Appreciate the offer...  But no thanks!  I don't want that
responsibility.  For me, to properly do the job would require several
days of audit, studying the site and get a proper understanding of it.  
None of which I have time to do.  What I am offering is several hours of
pro-bono consultation on servers and network that I can contribute to
help VACETS.  Someone else will have to take the lead on the site
overhaul itself.

Cheers,
Tin Le
-- 
"Never continue in a job you don't enjoy. If you're happy in what you're
doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace. And if you have
that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you
could possibly have imagined." - Johnny Carson (1925-2005)


>
> Tin Le <tin at le.org> wrote:
>   Hello anh Dat,
>
> I have not been involved with VACETS web site or network infrastructure
> for last
> several years. So I am afraid I am very much in the dark as to VACETS'
> current
> capabilities and status.
>
> My time for involvement is limited, but if you do not mind explain to me
> what is
> needed, I will do my best to help if it is possible.
>
> Cheers,
> Tin Le
>
> Dat H. Nguyen wrote:
>> Hello anh Tin and cac anh,
>>
>> I can't agree with anh Tin more! This has been an argument I made
>> before. The use of yahoo or other commercial services makes VACETS
>> look very bad professionally, given the fact that VACETS is an
>> "Internet" organization and hence the web's interface is very critical
>> for its image.Â
>>
>> At any rate, I will do my part to resurrect the new web-interface for
>> VACETS. Anh Tin: we can work together on this!
>>
>> --Dat
>>
>> Tin Le wrote:
>>> Hello anh Chris,
>>>
>>> Let me add a few more cents here and there. Heck inflation being what
>>> it
>>> is.
>>>
>>>
>>>> I see there are two general type of infrastructures
>>>> 1. Hardware & software infrastructure - the body.
>>>> 2. Member support infrastructure - the soul.
>>>>
>>>> Item 1 one is easy and inexpensive, even zero $, to set up. For
>>>> example,
>>>> anh Chris set up Vietmentor group at Yahoo for 0$ over night.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I don't see _VACETS_ anywhere in this. I wonder why it is not
>>> VACETS-mentor at vacets.org.
>>>
>>> Yah, if you want cheap, you can find that pretty much anywhere now on
>>> the
>>> internet. But you know, you get what you pay for.
>>>
>>> Heck, anyone can go and setup free mailing lists, Yahoo, Google, MSN,
>>> whatever. Lots of placese. The question is:
>>>
>>> * Does that help strengthen VACETS as an organization?
>>> * or does that dilute members' efforts and pretty much kill VACETS.
>>>
>>> As for item 2.... hmmm, "heart" and "souls"... yes, those are
>>> important
>>> words are they not. But what are they being applied to? VACETS or some
>>> other non-VACETS group and name?
>>>
>>> Maybe that's why there is a lack of membership involvement. I no
>>> longer
>>> hear much about VACETS, neither its activities, nor its name. Maybe
>>> most
>>> people thought VACETS had died and it has been taken over by some
>>> other
>>> organization.
>>>
>>> Just my inflation adjusted 2 cents.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Tin Le
>>>
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