VTLUUG:Strategic plan

Things we currently do, or are planning on providing to the community

See Project list for specific tasks we're working on

Services

• This wiki
• Map (currently defunct)

Member Benefits

• Jobs and internships
• Boxen to hack on
• Underwriting for conference attendance
• Skills based on industry trends in Linux/Unix tech

Publicity

• Post to relevant major mailing lists
• Post to the Blacksburg Electronic Village
• Post to Craigslist
• Distribute flyers around campus
• Distribute table cards
• Buy an ad in the Collegiate Times
• Request a public service announcement be made on WUVT
• Submit a slide for the Johnston Student Center displays

Physical Infrastructure

• Acquire new servers
  • Rebuild most existing servers, to clear out old accounts, old passwords, etc.
    • Assume that machines with installs which predate the current sysadmin are pwned
• Expand Tank on cyberdelia, as it is nearing full
  • Current array is seven 1TB drives in a zraid array, equivalent to RAID 6.
  • Looking at backblaze reliability statistics and prices, we want to upgrade to HGST 7k2000 2TB drives. ($55 each for $385 total)
• Project Bringing Sexy Back

Web Services

• This wiki
  • Meeting creation script needs to be re-implemented
• Main website
  • Re implement statically

Historic

Fall 2010

Have

• WUVT PSA
• 2 P3 servers, terabyte RAID
• VTLUUG info on WordPress instance
• Uplink and rackspace in Whittemore

Need

• Uniluug MediaWiki instance
• VT Wiki MediaWiki instance
• Beastly machine to host VMs for the above and map rendering
• Uniluug and VT wiki domains from pairnic

Spring 2011

Have

• Nothing yet

Need

• WUVT PSA
• Elevator pitch to ENGE 2014
• Calendar in residence hall newsletter
• Additional machines/upgrades?
• SSL certs for main domains?
• Funding for SELF

Summer 2011

• SEC freshman planner ad
• Attend SELF

2015-2016

• Fix Infrastructure
• Obtain Office space
• Obtain new CoLo Space

Have

• Servers we can't use
• IPv4 Allocations in Whittimore
• Power and ethernet for Cyberdelia

Need

• New colo space
• More IPs
• v6 routing
• A rack
• funding
• Promotional materials
• Enthusiastic new members
• food for VTLUUG

2016-2017

Have

• colo
• IPs
• Public notority
• successful installfests

Need

• enthusiastic new members
• More IPs
• v6 routing
• A rack
• funding
• Promotional materials
• Enthusiastic new members
• food for VTLUUG