From 2970b455d7ad0e791b4a87aa5d1da03cd3b47794 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Boomaa23 Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2023 20:34:22 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update subdomain moratorium announcement (#817) --- .../announcements/2023-03-01-subdomains.html | 16 +++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/ocfweb/announcements/templates/announcements/2023-03-01-subdomains.html b/ocfweb/announcements/templates/announcements/2023-03-01-subdomains.html index eed2c70b..e0f1ae8f 100644 --- a/ocfweb/announcements/templates/announcements/2023-03-01-subdomains.html +++ b/ocfweb/announcements/templates/announcements/2023-03-01-subdomains.html @@ -8,13 +8,20 @@

Campus wants to rename your website and email addresses

March 1, 2023

- TL;DR: The university plans to revoke all *.berkeley.edu domains registered to student organizations and prevent all new allocations. This will greatly impact all student groups, and no student groups have been consulted in this decision. If you represent a student group, we would greatly appreciate your support on the following action item(s): + TL;DR: The university is revoking all existing *.berkeley.edu domains for student organizations, and mandating migration to *.studentorg.berkeley.edu. All new allocations are put on hold until this occurs and will subsequently also be provisioned as *.studentorg.berkeley.edu. +

If you'd like to voice your feelings on this subject, please direct your comments to:

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If you have questions for the OCF (or would like to CC us on communication with the two aforementioned university representatives), please contact: subdomains@ocf.berkeley.edu

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Final Statement

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The Open Computing Facility (OCF) is deeply dissapointed in the proclamation made by the UC Berkeley Department of Marketing and Digital Communications today. It displays a concerning lack of attention, care, and respect for the student body from administrators who are purportedly here for the benefit of the students. We also condemn the use of the OCF name in this announcement. The OCF's (and by extension the student body's) concerns were not "carefully considered", instead they were wholly ignored. Furthermore, the responsibility of migrating the websites of hundreds of student groups has now been thrust onto the all-volunteer staff of the OCF - seemingly without clear guidance or instruction from those making this decision. We appreciate the vast amounts of support from the ASUC and many other student organizations during this process and are grateful to have formed new partnerships with our users through this experience. Thank you.

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Read the university's announcement here:
https://brand.berkeley.edu/news/top-level-sub-domain-name-changes-student-organizations

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General Overview

Since 1998, the Open Computing Facility has hosted websites for UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff. Currently we host websites for 633 student organizations. As an integral part of the UC Berkeley community, student groups until recently were allowed to register a subdomain of berkeley.edu for these websites (i.e. group.berkeley.edu). Sites must be pre-approved by both the OCF team and the university hostmaster (who allocates the subdomains). The OCF constantly monitors these sites for violations of university policy after their release, and resolves each issue in a timely manner. @@ -45,8 +52,11 @@

Historical Timeline

  • 06/24/2022: The university requires all new *.berkeley.edu domains requested by student groups to submit responses to new screening questions
  • 09/29/2022: The first domain is rejected by the university
  • 11/03/2022: After a long chain of communication with various campus entites, the OCF makes contact with the Department of Marketing and Digital Communications
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  • 11/15/2022: The Daily Cal reports on the "surprising and frustrating" subdomain changes
  • 11/12/2022: OCF sends out a survey to student organizations that have a *.berkeley.edu domain to gather feedback on the change
  • 03/01/2023: OCF & ASUC Office of the CTO launch an ASUC Senate resolution opposing the change publicly
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  • 03/15/2023: The ASUC senate resolution SR 22/23-041 passes with a resounding majority and is co-signed by 148 organizations
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  • 05/26/2023: After ignoring the senate resolution and further input from the OCF, the university publishes a document mandating all student organizations migrate to *.studentorg.berkeley.edu domains