Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Equal Access [was Dropbox Limit Solution

[jmcarle (jmcarle]

As far as I've heard, our members don't see it as a significant constraint.  
Anyone who has their own professional dropbox membership can usually include 
the community archive space in their accessed directories.  Those who prefer to 
stick with the free dropbox membership can access (open and save files on) the 
smaller directories for active files and contact one of the members with 
professional memberships to access files on the larger directories for them as 
needed.  The limitation of one person for the community dropbox membership has 
little consequence.

I suppose we could subscribe to a more expensive team dropbox account (more 
space and unlimited users at a $/user/mo fee) and recoup it through HOA fees if 
folks express concern later.  

-----Original Message-----
From: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l-bounces+jmcarle=gmail.com [at] cohousing.org> On 
Behalf Of Sharon Villines via Cohousing-L
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2022 1:24 PM
To: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Cc: Sharon Villines <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com>
Subject: [C-L]_ Equal Access [was Dropbox Limit Solution

> On May 16, 2022, at 11:27 AM, <jmcarle [at] gmail.com> <jmcarle [at] 
> gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The community purchases a "Dropbox Professional" membership for 
> $199/year + tax.  It seems to allow one user to manage the 3TB of 
> space, though users with full access to both directories are able to 
> access and save to it at will.

This is one of the limitations of many internet-based services — they limit 
access to 1-3 or so people. In cohousing, in the same way many communities have 
everyone on the Board, I like everyone to have access. Unless someone could 
destroy the system by making a mistake, shared ownership and access establishes 
equivalence and responsibility. It trusts everyone equally. 

When we were using Google Sites for our wiki, they changed the plan so only one 
person could be an owner. It made me feel very uncomfortable, and others as 
well, because it felt exclusive. 

I know one of the issues of access is security. If I am hosting dozens of 
hundreds of websites, then I have to be concerned about security for all the 
websites I host. But in terms of energy or complexity, how much is involved in 
allowing all the users to have access? In terms of watts or gigs or how ever 
you measure website intensity.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org




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