Rob, Thank you so much for your able stewardship and for managing this transition - and major props to the Wikiwar Heritage Council!
I would be happy to volunteer some of my time toward dev work here, do let me know if there are any plans for a development sync around the project. Best wishes, Sanjay On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 2:48 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Here, here! Thank you all and I hope to have far more time to volunteer to > the project moving forward. > > > —Tod > > > > On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 4:17 AM SK53 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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) / my OSM user page >>> t: @OpenHistMap >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Historic mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/historic >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Historic mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/historic > > > > -- > Tod Robbins, MLIS > todrobbins.com | @todrobbins > > _______________________________________________ > Historic mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/historic > _______________________________________________ Historic mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/historic
