+@cindex down, when GNU machines are
+@cindex outage, of GNU machines
+@cindex @url{http://identi.ca/group/fsfstatus}
+If you find that any GNU computer systems (@code{fencepost.gnu.org},
+@code{ftp.gnu.org}, @code{www.gnu.org}, @code{savannah.gnu.org},
+@dots{}) seem to be down, you can check the current status at
+@url{http://identi.ca/group/fsfstatus}. Most likely the problem, if
+it can be alleviated at the FSF end, is already being worked on.
+
+@cindex sysadmin, FSF
+@cindex FSF system administrators
+@cindex GNU system administrators
+The FSF system administrators are responsible for the network and GNU
+hardware. You can email them at @email{sysadmin@@fsf.org}, but please
+try not to burden them unnecessarily.