As we are talking about donations to move away from SF, I would argue that we shouldn't pay their transaction fee in this case, but that is up to your discretion. If you would like to donate directly and bypass the fee you can submit a donation via Paypal to my email address. This is where the donations end up at the present time anyways.
We currently have some funds from previous donations, but considering the level of hardware we're discussing, I'd estimate that we only have 1/5 to 1/3 of what we need (at best).
While I don't want to discourage donations, we could definitely use those, we do have some list members with considerable resources. If someone has access to systems that would meet the needs raster outlined in his email, and is willing to donate/discount them for E hosting, please let us know. A dedicated server would be very nice to have, but we also take on the administrative headache with the benefits and responsibility for hardware upgrades/maintenance.
On 1/25/06, David Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 1/25/06, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:David
This mail is meant to do 3 things.
1. Consider if this is a sane option at all (IMHO with a little work it is and
opens up lots of future possibilities).
I've not had that much trouble with sf anon access (sure, have to try a few times, but eventually I get there - I may be in a quiet timezone), but in the interests of the e community...
3. Are people willing to donate enough $ to make it happen?
...I just got my 2005 bonus, so I'm prepared to chip in my bit too :)
