Visitors to my website on December 19th 2008 may have noticed a cryptic 'takeover' notice. That post was part of the Drupal training for Julia Kerr, the new OPIRG Volunteer Co-ordinator. She is also an Ubuntu user and open-source fanatic, which could be good for the bottom line at OPIRG.

The training was a huge success, even though it was supposed to be for OPIRGBrock.org. The real problem is the unacceptable and continued downtime on their hosts' servers. SLHost has given OPIRGBrock.org six complete downtime situations between August 2008 and December 2008. These aren't the kind of gifts that I would want for my operations.

I have recommended a change of hosts to the Brock branch of OPIRG, possibly even self-hosting if they can secure an energy efficient server. With the network support of Brock University OPIRG could have a liberated, green, effective web presence without skipping a beat. That's the kind of change I'd believe in.

Be sure to stop by the OPIRG office in the new year to greet Julia. She will be taking over for Jen Coorsh so that Jen can *troll 4chan lololololol, zergrush*. Goodnight sweet prince.