[csaa-forum] wiki costs

[Glen Fuller]

hi list,

Just a quick note. I am after some figures for costs related to hosting 
and maintaining a wiki. 

It relates to a proposal I am putting to the CSAA Exec in my capacity 
as postgrad rep to have a CSAA-hosted wiki on postgrad matters. There 
are many things that need to be worked out (general nature of content 
and even the title are two obvious issues), but for now I have some 
basic wiki related questions that need answers relating to costs. With 
some figures I can go to go to the exec so as to work on getting more 
than in principle support. I think it is important to have the support 
of the professional body for cultural studies for this sort of 
initiative. Anyway, questions:

How much server space does a small-sized wiki need? 

How much would this (approx) cost to host somewhere?

Other related costs that need to be covered by host?

Lastly, I am hoping to set up some sort of working group if the idea 
does get approval from the exec, so all those postgrads and others that 
are interested in participating in setting it up or eventually 
participating by producing a wiki document please start thinking about 
this now. From the range of responses I got to the call for feedback on 
postgrad labour issues (last year) I know there are many of you out 
there who are already interested in some of the issues relating to 
postgrads in Australasian cultural studies.


Ciao,
Glen.


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PhD Candidate 
Centre for Cultural Research
University of Western Sydney