<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div>I started documentation and bullet points for the four new Web Architects sites.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.webarch.net/">https://www.webarch.net/ </a></div><div><a href="https://ecohost.coop/">https://ecohost.coop/</a></div><div><a href="https://ecodissident.net/">https://ecodissident.net/</a> </div><div><a href="https://sysadmin.coop/">https://sysadmin.coop/</a></div><div><br></div><div>The text obviously needs a lot more work. And apologies for the layout - I copied from Microsoft Word so the formatting is just awful. </div><div><br></div><div>What do you think?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>
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<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Web
Architects Design & Development<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Platform design</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Operations planning</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Ethics advice</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<h3><span lang="EN-US">Who are Web Architects? </span></h3><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Web Architects is a provider of Internet
services. Web architects run the traditional hosting services like shared web
servers, virtual machines and co-location. However, despite the name, Web
Architects do a lot more than just design web-based services - the organization
designs, builds and operates Internet infrastructure in the UK and Iceland. Web
Architects provide everything necessary for their customers’ Internet
operations.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<h3><span lang="EN-US">Web Architects is a co-op</span></h3><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Web Architects is a worker co-operative
organization. Providing a comprehensive portfolio of Internet Technology is not
what makes Web Architects special – it’s the Web Architects focus on what’s
important. A limited liability company is formed for profit, so its duty is to focus
on money. A worker co-operative is formed for mutual benefit, so its focus is
on social responsibility. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Web Architects provides open, clear
pricing. Income is essential to Web Architects, but the focus of Web Architects
work is not on profit margin – it’s on building trust with its customers by
providing high quality Internet services. Marketing costs, magic discounts and
loss leaders are not included. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The ‘worker co-operative’ status of Web
Architects makes it more appealing to like-minded organizations – many
not-for-profit groups such as ESSU, the Regather Trading Co-operative and
Transition Network are long-standing customers. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<h3><span lang="EN-US">High security</span></h3><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Activist-level security is standard. Web
Architects protects the rights of its customers by building security into
everything. All shared hosting includes a server certificate. All storage is
encrypted. All communications are protected. For customers who value privacy, Web
Architects offers hosting in the Iceland data haven. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<h3><span lang="EN-US">Sustainability </span></h3><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Social responsibility in computing means
green hardware and free software. Also, all Web Architects infrastructure is
powered by clean energy. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<h3><span lang="EN-US">Open source a specialty</span></h3><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<h3><span lang="EN-US">Ethical principles</span></h3><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">FLOSS</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">You
can be a Web Architects Co-operative Partner<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Web Architects shares the load. Co-operative
workers carry out infrastructure work including site hosting, operational
support and workflow management. Other work is given to co-operative partners –
in the past, CRM work has been passed to co-op partner <a href="http://www.mc3.coop/">http://www.mc3.coop/</a>, Wordpress work to <a href="http://flet.org/">http://flet.org/</a> and Drupal work to <a href="http://agilecollective.com/">http://agilecollective.com/</a>. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">If you would like to be a co-operative
partner, sign up. Tell us what you do and we will do our best to send leads
your way. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://ecodissident.net/">https://ecodissident.net/</a>
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">blog concerned with privacy, activism,
co-ops</span></p><div><span lang="EN-US"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Create blog and regularly post content. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Webarch seem to post fairly regularly to
Twitter. Maybe follow the POSSE
approach (<a href="http://indiewebcamp.com/POSSE">http://indiewebcamp.com/POSSE</a>)
- post to your own site first and
then syndicate to proprietary silos like Twitter? </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The tech to make it go is no problem, but
regular content updates may be. The fresher the content, the more search-engine
friendly it is. All it takes is a couple lines a day, but that's actually quite
a commitment. Some people try to automate this process, but in my opinion,
blog-roll-style aggregators and sites like <span class="MsoHyperlinkFollowed"><a href="http://paper.li/"><span style="color:purple">http://paper.li/</span></a></span>
don't do a good job.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://ecohost.coop/">https://ecohost.coop/</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Powered by 100% renewable
energy </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Secure hosting in the UK and
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Fast web and e-mail services</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">low cost computing power
(virtual machines and physical machines)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">All the extras you expect
(domain names, SSL certificates, discussion lists and more)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Providing reliable service
since 1998.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">White label option for
resellers</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://sysadmin.coop/">http://sysadmin.coop/</a>
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Support & Maintenance</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Software installation and
modification.</span></p>
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