I'd just like to second everything Jeff has said. Many thanks to all concerned.
Jerry On 24 May 2018 at 05:48, Jeff Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hear, hear! > > Huge props to Shekhar, Sanjay, and Tim. It's not easy keeping a site up > and running. > > In addition, Rob, you are too humble. I think the community also owes a > debt of gratitude to you for all you've done to keep OHM alive. Many thanks > & so glad to hear that Wikiwar is taking the lead on providing the > continuity we need. There is undoubtedly a lot of blood, sweat, and tears > behind your very kind and exciting update. > > Gratefully, respectfully, > Jeff > > > > > On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 4:19 PM, Rob H Warren <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> Initially, Open Historical Map was graciously supported by Topomancy LLC >> who paid for both domain and hosting services for a number of years. Since >> 2013, various unfortunate events have hampered OHM: catastrophic disk >> failures, tragic deaths, predatory NGO's, loss of data, frustrated >> contributors and significant donor fatigue in terms of the people-time >> required to run the project. >> >> With Topomancy closing its doors, the domain name and DNS server need >> rehosting and the Wikiwar Heritage Council has stepped up to the plate to >> be the custodian for these. The Wikiwar Heritage Council is a registered >> non-profit organization with the preservation of historical data as its >> primary mission making it the ideal vessel to ensure continuity. Its board >> of directors, which includes OHM task manager maintainer Bert de Bruijn, >> has committed itself to ensuring ongoing management of the DNS and a >> private donation will cover costs for the foreseeable future. A secondary >> fallback DNS server is being stood up by long-standing OHM contributor >> Richard Welty. >> >> If you need a change or addition to the openhistoricalmap.org domains, >> please enter an issue in the website github at [1] and tag the issue with >> the "DNS Ops" label. Someone will respond shortly. With this new support we >> believe OHM will be able to grow into a much more stable project while >> avoiding any more frustrations. >> >> In closing, I'd like to thank Topomancy, namely Shekhar Krishnan, Sanjay >> Bhangar and Tim Waters for believing in the project from the beginning and >> supporting it for so long, the Wikiwar Heritage Council for stepping in and >> everyone who's worked on OHM, sometimes at significant personal cost, >> because things needed to get done. >> >> [1] https://github.com/OpenHistoricalMap/ohm-website/issues >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Historic mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/historic >> > > > > -- > Jeff Meyer > 206-676-2347 > osm: Open Historical Map (OHM) > <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Historical_Map> / my OSM user > page <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jeffmeyer> > t: @OpenHistMap > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Historic mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/historic > >
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