Hi Benny, We received that package this week and I handed the network cards to the heroes team to implement. We really appreciate the generous donation from CPanel. Thank you for your support of the project. v/r Doug On 12/01/2017 04:38 PM, benny Vasquez wrote:

I completely understand! I've placed the order from Amazon, and shipped it to the address that Doug provided. It's expected to arrive between December 18th and the beginning of January right now. As soon as I have a tracking number I'll pass it along!

Thanks, benny Vasquez @cPanelDev <https://twitter.com/cpaneldev> Manager of Community Engagement

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On Dec 1, 2017, at 9:15 AM, Thorsten Bro <tbro@suse.de <mailto:tbro@suse.de>> wrote:

Hi all,

sorry for my very looooooong delay, but I had quite a ToDo list the last days.

Here comes my suggestion - as discussed with Douglas and our Engineers - for the network cards.

I hope an Amazon.com <http://Amazon.com> - Link is okay for you.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00UT63TKI

Alternatively - depending on your financial / accounting - if you want to buy directly in EU and just pay the invoice - and avoid customs foo (as these cards are needed in Nuremberg datacenter) - you could use a German supplier (below) with almost same conditions regarding price.

https://www.future-x.de/lenovo-emulex-oce14102-ux-l-netzwerkadapter-pcie-30-...

Regarding the server - I will talk to Doug again to get latest state.

Thanks for your help in advance, if I can help somehow with the purchase, don't hesitate to ask.

Best regards,

Thorsten Bro

Am 01.12.2017 um 15:40 schrieb benny Vasquez:

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As a quick followup to my conversation with Doug yesterday, we'd love to help out with the server that you're wanting for next year, and I'd still love to pick up those network cards for you this year. We hit budget freeze on December 15th, so I'll definitely need to be able to order them no later December 11th if we're going to get them this year.

Talk soon! benny Vasquez @cPanelDev <https://twitter.com/cpaneldev> Manager of Community Engagement

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On Nov 21, 2017, at 4:14 AM, ddemaio <ddemaio@suse.de <mailto:ddemaio@suse.de>> wrote:

Hi Benny,

That sounds good. We can figure out a date after Thanksgiving. I've included Thorsten in the email, so he will be sending you the link once it finds a good service to purchase it from.

v/r

Doug

On 11/17/2017 11:40 PM, benny Vasquez wrote:

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The week after thanksgiving would be great!

I can definitely order the cards and ship them for you. Just send what you're looking for!

Thanks, benny Vasquez @cPanelDev <https://twitter.com/cpaneldev> Manager of Community Engagement

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On Nov 17, 2017, at 5:28 AM, ddemaio <ddemaio@suse.de <mailto:ddemaio@suse.de>> wrote:

Hi Benny,

I'm actually located in Germany. It would be good to chat with you. Perhaps we can talk sometime next week or the week after Thanksgiving and discuss plans for next year. Lars Vogdt is a member of the heroes team and he is a good point of contact for anything you would want to send to the heroes team.

We tend to have some difficulty on accepting cash for the project, so sending money isn't really feasible. What we can do is find the cards we need through a website and they perhaps you would just order for delivery in Germany. That would be the best.

The address would be

Douglas DeMaio

C/O SUSE

Maxfeld Str. 5

Nuremberg, Germany

90409

Lars, could you find a link for the cards that we need and send it to Benny?

v/r

Doug

On 11/15/2017 03:04 PM, benny Vasquez wrote: > Sure! I could ship the cards wherever you'd like, but it might make > more sense for me to just send you the cash. That way you can get > the exact thing you're looking for and get it shipped where you > need it shipped. > > I'd love to chat about something creative for our support next > year. Are you based in the states, in Germany, or somewhere else > entirely? I'd love to chat when we can both be most comfortable. :) > > Side note: I got a rejection from the heroes@ mailing list, > probably due to me not being on it. Would you like me to add > myself? Or is there another good way to handle that? > > Thanks! > benny Vasquez > @cPanelDev <https://twitter.com/cpaneldev> > Manager of Community Engagement > >> On Nov 15, 2017, at 6:32 AM, ddemaio <ddemaio@suse.de >> <mailto:ddemaio@suse.de>> wrote: >> >> Hi Benny, >> Thank you for the info. I will need to chat with our Heroes team >> to see what location the cards are needed. Would it be possible to >> ship them to Germany? I assume that's where they will need to go, >> but I will need to see. AS for the something next year, I believe >> the list below is still current. >> >> The best people to determine what's needed is the >> heroes@opensue.org <mailto:heroes@opensue.org>. I can come work >> with you on any publicity surrounding donations to the project. >> >> v/r >> Doug >> >> >> On 2017-11-13 23:00, benny Vasquez wrote: >>> Hey Doug! >>> I'm so sorry for my delay here! You feel off my radar. >>> I'd like to pick up those 10G Network cards for you this year, >>> since >>> it's quick and easy. What's the best way to get money to you, >>> so you >>> can pick up the cards? >>> Also, I'd like to chat with someone about offering a bit more >>> support >>> for next year, and potentially some publicity and/or co-marketing >>> opportunities around that. Who's the best person for that? >>> Thanks! >>> benny Vasquez >>> @cPanelDev <https://twitter.com/cpaneldev> >>> Manager of Community Engagement >>>> On Sep 7, 2017, at 8:36 AM, benny Vasquez >>>> <jennifer.vasquez@cpanel.net >>>> <mailto:jennifer.vasquez@cpanel.net>> wrote: >>>> Thank you so much Doug! >>>> We're finalizing the planning of our conference right now, so >>>> all of our focus is there. We'll circle back to this around the >>>> beginning of October. >>>> Talk soon! >>>> benny Vasquez >>>> @cPanelDev <https://twitter.com/cpaneldev> >>>> Manager of Community Engagement >>>> ------ >>>> Join us for the 2017 cPanel Conference! >>>> Sept. 26th & 27th in Fort Lauderdale, Fl. >>>> https://conference.cpanel.net/ <https://conference.cpanel.net/> >>>>> On Sep 7, 2017, at 7:50 AM, ddemaio <ddemaio@suse.de >>>>> <mailto:ddemaio@suse.de> <mailto:ddemaio@suse.de>> wrote: >>>>> Hi Benny, >>>>> Sorry it has taken so long to get back with you. Our Heroes >>>>> team who manage the project's infrastructure discussed your >>>>> offer for supporting the project and came up with the following >>>>> list of items that we could find useful: >>>>> Regarding OBS sponsoring, we are more or less always looking >>>>> for: >>>>> * "local" storage (FC would be nice to fit into our current >>>>> SAN) to >>>>>  store the build results or caches (ATM we are urgently looking >>>>> for a >>>>>  replacement of a 5 year old SAS disk array with 32TB capacity). >>>>>  The cost for such an array are starting at 35k EUR. >>>>> * more build workers (especially ARM or ppcle architectures >>>>> or x86 >>>>>  workers with a huge (>=1Tb) amount of RAM. Starting at >>>>> 2-10k EUR. >>>>> * backend machines (for running schedulers, etc.) with special >>>>> HW setup. >>>>>  Around 15k EUR. >>>>> * 2-Port 10Gb network cards for some virtualization machines. >>>>> Starting >>>>>  at 250 EUR. >>>>> * Mirror servers around the world, that have ~20TB capacity and >>>>> can be >>>>>  pushed via rsync (additional ssh access might be good for >>>>> initial >>>>>  setup and debugging) >>>>> I have cced Lars Vogdt and the Heroes team. Please let us know >>>>> if you have any questions. >>>>> v/r >>>>> Doug >>>>> On 03/07/2017 03:32 PM, benny Vasquez wrote: >>>>>> Hi Doug! Please do ask Max to send along the details on how we >>>>>> could help. >>>>>> benny Vasquez >>>>>> @cPanelDev <https://twitter.com/cpaneldev> >>>>>> Community Manager >>>>>> benny@cpanel.net <mailto:benny@cpanel.net> >>>>>> <mailto:benny@cpanel.net> >>>>>> Meet me at WHD.Global Booth G19 >>>>>> March 27th - 29th >>>>>> go.cpanel.net/cPanelWHD2017 >>>>>> <http://go.cpanel.net/cPanelWHD2017> >>>>>> <http://go.cpanel.net/cPanelWHD2017> >>>>>>> On Mar 7, 2017, at 4:30 AM, ddemaio <ddemaio@suse.de >>>>>>> <mailto:ddemaio@suse.de> <mailto:ddemaio@suse.de>> wrote: >>>>>>> Hi Benny, >>>>>>> Thank you for the email. Max is part of our infra team and >>>>>>> has identified a possible need with our rsync.opensuse.org >>>>>>> <http://rsync.opensuse.org/> <http://rsync.opensuse.org/> >>>>>>> infra. We would be grateful for cpanel's support. He could >>>>>>> email you the details of how you could help. >>>>>>> v/r >>>>>>> Doug >>>>>>> On 03/06/2017 11:51 PM, benny Vasquez wrote: >>>>>>>> Hey Andrew! >>>>>>>> I wanted to check in with y'all and see how things are >>>>>>>> going! Have you found where we might best be able to help >>>>>>>> yet? >>>>>>>> Thanks so much! >>>>>>>> benny Vasquez >>>>>>>> @cPanelDev <https://twitter.com/cpaneldev> >>>>>>>> Community Manager >>>>>>>> benny@cpanel.net <mailto:benny@cpanel.net> >>>>>>>> <mailto:benny@cpanel.net> >>>>>>>> Meet me at WHD.Global Booth G19 >>>>>>>> March 27th - 29th >>>>>>>> go.cpanel.net/cPanelWHD2017 >>>>>>>> <http://go.cpanel.net/cPanelWHD2017> >>>>>>>> <http://go.cpanel.net/cPanelWHD2017> >>>>>>>>> On Dec 6, 2016, at 2:25 PM, benny Vasquez >>>>>>>>> <jennifer.vasquez@cpanel.net >>>>>>>>> <mailto:jennifer.vasquez@cpanel.net> >>>>>>>>> <mailto:jennifer.vasquez@cpanel.net>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> Hi Andrew (and everyone else)! >>>>>>>>> It's so great to hear from you, and thank you so much for >>>>>>>>> reaching out. We are honestly interested in helping get you >>>>>>>>> the things that you need that you just can't get for >>>>>>>>> yourself. Funding is definitely an option, as is hardware. >>>>>>>>> We're open to helping in whatever way we can, short of >>>>>>>>> hiring people or time-space manipulation. :D  We are mostly >>>>>>>>> interested in things that directly support Open Build >>>>>>>>> Service. Here are examples of ways we've supported other >>>>>>>>> projects: >>>>>>>>> * Project funding >>>>>>>>> * Equipment loans >>>>>>>>> * Logo redesign >>>>>>>>> * Foundation contributions >>>>>>>>> * Bandwidth + hardware for mirroring >>>>>>>>> What works best for you all? >>>>>>>>> Talk soon! >>>>>>>>> -- benny >>>>>>>>>> On Dec 1, 2016, at 8:48 AM, Andrew Wafaa >>>>>>>>>> <awafaa@opensuse.org <mailto:awafaa@opensuse.org> >>>>>>>>>> <mailto:awafaa@opensuse.org>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> Hi Kenneth and Benny, >>>>>>>>>> On behalf of the openSUSE Board and the openSUSE >>>>>>>>>> Community, I would >>>>>>>>>> like to extend our heartfelt thanks for your kind offer of >>>>>>>>>> assistance >>>>>>>>>> to the openSUSE Project! >>>>>>>>>> If possible could you clarify how you would like to >>>>>>>>>> assist the >>>>>>>>>> openSUSE Project, are you looking at ways of funding >>>>>>>>>> financially or >>>>>>>>>> ways to contribute hardware or services? The openSUSE >>>>>>>>>> Board would like >>>>>>>>>> to ensure that cPanel's contribution benefit both openSUSE >>>>>>>>>> and cPanel >>>>>>>>>> as best as possible and that we as a community rightfully >>>>>>>>>> recognise >>>>>>>>>> our sponsors. >>>>>>>>>> From an infrastructure perspective, there are various ways >>>>>>>>>> to assist, >>>>>>>>>> whether it's by providing a mirror service, hosted >>>>>>>>>> resources or by >>>>>>>>>> funding hardware for in-house use. openSUSE has an annual >>>>>>>>>> conference >>>>>>>>>> (normally in Europe) where sponsorship is always welcome, >>>>>>>>>> and in >>>>>>>>>> addition we also have smaller events in Asia as well as >>>>>>>>>> participating >>>>>>>>>> in events like SCALE and LFNW in the US where funding >>>>>>>>>> assistance is >>>>>>>>>> also welcome. Another possibility is to sponsor a specific >>>>>>>>>> sprint on >>>>>>>>>> technology that benefits both entities. >>>>>>>>>> If you could assist us with better understanding where and >>>>>>>>>> how you >>>>>>>>>> would like to sponsor that would help us in gratefully >>>>>>>>>> accepting your >>>>>>>>>> offer. >>>>>>>>>> Kind regards, >>>>>>>>>> Andrew Wafaa >>>>>>>>>> On behalf of the openSUSE Board >>>>>>>>> benny Vasquez >>>>>>>>> @cpaneldev <https://twitter.com/cpaneldev> >>>>>>>>> Community Manager >>>>>>>>> benny@cpanel.net <mailto:benny@cpanel.net> >>>>>>>>> <mailto:benny@cpanel.net> >

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