www/news: announcement of Alyssa's resignation

6 files changed, 91 insertions, 39 deletions

diff --git a/www/conduct.md b/www/conduct.md
index aa8bea1e..313321c0 100644
--- a/www/conduct.md
+++ b/www/conduct.md
@@ -82,14 +82,13 @@ Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be
 reported by contacting one of the moderators privately via IRC private message
 (see list below):
 
-* Alyssa Rosenzweig: **alyssa** on Freenode
-* Andrew Robbins: **and\_who** on Freenode
+* Andrew Robbins: **and\_who** on Freenode, email <mailto:andrew@libreboot.org>
 * Jason Self: **jxself** on Freenode
-* Leah Rowe: **\_4of7** on Freenode
+* Leah Rowe: **\_4of7** on Freenode, email <mailto:leah@libreboot.org>
 * Paul Kocialkowski: **paulk-X** Freenode (X is variable, for this
-  person.
+  person, email <mailto:paul@libreboot.org>
   check in the channel)
-* Swift Geek: **swiftgeek** on Freenode
+* Swift Geek: **swiftgeek** on Freenode, email <mailto:swiftgeek@libreboot.org>
 
 If the complaint is for abuses on the Libreboot subreddit at
 [r/libreboot](https://www.reddit.com/r/libreboot/) then there are a separate
diff --git a/www/git.md b/www/git.md
index ed3b444b..06aac3d0 100644
--- a/www/git.md
+++ b/www/git.md
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ Download Libreboot from the Git repository like so:
     $ git clone https://notabug.org/libreboot/libreboot.git
 
 You can submit your patches via
-[Notabug pull requests](#how-to-submit-your-patches-via-pull-requests) or
-[via mailing list](#how-to-submit-your-patches-via-mailing-list).
+[Notabug pull requests](#how-to-submit-your-patches-via-pull-requests).
 
 Information about how the Libreboot project is governed is documented in our
 [general management guidelines](management.md).
@@ -92,26 +91,3 @@ have your own Git repository with the patches.
 Once you have issued a Pull Request, the Libreboot maintainers will be notified
 via email. If you do not receive a fast enough response from the project, then
 you could also notify the project via the #libreboot channel on Freenode.
-
-How to submit your patches (via mailing list)
----------------------------------------------
-
-We also have a mailing list at
-[development@libreboot.org](mailto:development@libreboot.org)
-
-Information about this mailing list, including how to subscribe, can be found
-at <https://libreboot.org/lists/>.
-
-Archives of previous discussion on this mailing list can be found at
-<https://libreboot.org/pipermail/development/>.
-
-The mailing list software in use is
-[GNU Mailman](https://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/), so the way to use it is
-the same as on other libre software projects.
-
-If you prefer, you can submit patches the old-fashioned (as some may say,
-proper) way by sending them to our mailing list. Code review by our
-[maintainers](management.md) is done on both Notabug and on the mailing list.
-
-Once approved, your patch will be merged in the master branch of the main Git
-repository.
diff --git a/www/index.md b/www/index.md
index a091e45d..e9faa3f8 100644
--- a/www/index.md
+++ b/www/index.md
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ mascot"){#logo}](faq.md#who-did-the-logo)
 [Install](docs/install/)                                                    --
 [Docs](docs/)                                                               --
 [News](news/)                                                               --
-[Lists](lists/)                                                             --
 [Chat](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=libreboot)                    --
 [Bugs](https://notabug.org/libreboot/libreboot/issues)                      --
 [Send patches](git.md)                                                      --
@@ -23,8 +22,8 @@ operating system. It is also available preinstalled from
 
 We provide user support via [\#libreboot
 IRC](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=libreboot) on Freenode. Development
-discussion also occurs on IRC, and on our [mailing list](lists/). Instructions
-for sending patches are [here](git.md).
+discussion also occurs on IRC. Instructions for sending patches are
+[here](git.md).
 
 Why use Libreboot?
 ------------------
diff --git a/www/management.md b/www/management.md
index ddfba09b..b05a1826 100644
--- a/www/management.md
+++ b/www/management.md
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ List of members in the core management team
 
 In alphabetical order:
 
-- Alyssa Rosenzweig is sysadmin and Public Relations manager.
-  IRC nick **alyssa**.
-- Andrew Robbins is a core developer. IRC nick **and\_who**
+- Andrew Robbins is a core developer. IRC nick **and\_who**, email
+  <mailto:andrew@libreboot.org>
 - Paul Kocialkowski is a core developer. IRC nick **paulk-X** 
-  (**X** is variable, and changes over time)
+  (**X** is variable, and changes over time), email <mailto:paul@libreboot.org>
 - Leah Rowe is a core developer (and project founder). IRC nick
-  **\_4of7**
-- Swift Geek is a core developer. IRC nick **swiftgeek**
+  **\_4of7**, email <mailto:leah@libreboot.org>
+- Swift Geek is a core developer. IRC nick **swiftgeek**, email
+  <mailto:swiftgeek@libreboot.org>
 
 Generally, the people on this list have these responsibilities:
 
diff --git a/www/news/MANIFEST b/www/news/MANIFEST
index a8316594..a774d19e 100644
--- a/www/news/MANIFEST
+++ b/www/news/MANIFEST
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+news/alyssa-resignation.md
 news/talos.md
 news/new-mailing-lists.md
 news/andrew-robbins-new-maintainer.md
diff --git a/www/news/alyssa-resignation.md b/www/news/alyssa-resignation.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2333db0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/news/alyssa-resignation.md
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+% Alyssa Rosenzweig has resigned from the Libreboot project
+% Leah Rowe
+% 1 September 2017
+
+Alyssa Rosenzweig has notified the rest of the team (Andrew Robbins, Paul
+Kocialkowski, Leah Rowe and Swift Geek) of her intention to step down from the
+core management team, as per [our management guidelines](../management.md),
+due to increased pressure from school studies which prevent her from having
+time to contribute.
+
+In her email, she wishes the Libreboot project well and states that she intends
+to continue contributing in the future.
+
+I, Leah Rowe, wish Alyssa all the best in life, and I'm sure that this will be
+felt by the other maintainers in Libreboot, and I'm extremely grateful for the
+numerous invaluable contributions that she made to the project.
+
+A note about the hosting infrastructure, and sysadmin tasks
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+
+Alyssa was previously acting as the system administrator for the Libreboot
+project, in charge of maintaining the project's infrastructure. Additionally,
+she was acting as Public Relations manager for the project; in particular, she
+was handling Libreboot's application to join the GNU project.
+
+I have since assumed these responsibilities, at least for the time being, and
+I will be working alongside the other members of the team going forward.
+Since Alyssa had stepped down, nobody was in place to maintain the hosting
+infrastructure for the project. Our old hosting provider was giving us issues,
+so we switched hosting provider; this means that I'm currently maintaining the
+hosting infrastructure for the project, since nobody else was willing to.
+
+The only piece of infrastructure currently missing is the mailing list. We now
+have a fully functional mail server, and I will finish studying and installing
+GNU Mailman version 3 (the software that will be used for handling the mailing
+list). There are currently no repositories available for it on the GNU+Linux
+distribution that libreboot.org uses (Debian), so we will have to maintain it
+ourselves.
+
+Swift Geek also works alongside me, for sysadmin tasks, and has been
+particularly helpful in advising on good practises for the setup of the new
+mail server. I myself haven't had time to work on it for a while, but it will
+be up soon. The mailing list that Alyssa created was only online for a week,
+before we had to switch hosting provider for the project, and nobody had
+started using it yet, so downtime for the mailing list hasn't been a huge
+issue; people use the Notabug instance, and IRC.
+
+I will issue another news post, once the new mailing list is online. For the
+time being, the links to it have been removed on the website.
+
+The mail server itself is online, so the 4 of us on the team now have
+libreboot.org email addresses; these are published on the
+[governance page](../management.md). If anyone wishes to contact a member of
+the project directly via email, we recommend that you use these email
+addresses.
+
+Of interest: the new hosting infrastructure for libreboot.org is entirely
+libre. The main router on that network is a Libreboot system, with the router software
+running on top of GNU+Linux. The server for libreboot.org (web and mail server)
+is also a Libreboot system with GNU+Linux; postfix and dovecot for the mail
+server, and nginx for the web server. DNS is also planned (the DNS hosting is
+currently outsourced).
+
+Of further interest: libreboot.org is now IPv6-ready. All services are
+dual stack IPv4+IPv6. Stronger encryption is used in the TLS configuration for
+nginx aswell, for HTTPS, and HSTS is enabled by default.
+
+The certificate authority used for TLS is Let's Encrypt. This is used for
+HTTPS and for encrypted connections to the mail server.
+
+The new hosting infrastructure is also much more secure than the previous one,
+not just because Libreboot powers it but because of special configurations made
+on externally accessible services (such as SSH and email).
+
+I am currently looking for a new colocation provider, but the hardware used
+for hosting should be stable from now on. I have found one, which I'm looking
+into, but I'm also considering other options.