From Steve.Ravet at arm.com Thu Feb 1 10:03:34 2007 From: Steve.Ravet at arm.com (Steve Ravet) Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 10:03:34 -0600 Subject: [Wbo2] please consider donating Message-ID: The bill is due for WWW hosting for 2007. It's $240, but there's only $178 in the kitty. If every subscriber gave a buck via paypal we'd be set for a couple years, at least. So think about it, there's a link to donate at www.diy-efi.org. Checks are OK also, if you're not setup with paypal. email me and I'll send you a mailing address. I should also mention that I'd welcome someone else taking over the lists and WWW maintenance. Family demands are such that I can't spend very much time on it anymore (any time, really). I've been doing this now for several years and enjoyed it but am ready to hand it off if anyone is willing to step up. The only thing that has to be done is pay the hosting bill (and ask for money when needed). Other than that it can pretty much run on autopilot, although tinkering with the twiki, archive search engine, etc. are all possibilities. regards, --steve ------------------- Steve Ravet ARM steve.ravet at arm.com From Steve.Ravet at arm.com Wed Feb 7 10:15:16 2007 From: Steve.Ravet at arm.com (Steve Ravet) Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 10:15:16 -0600 Subject: [Wbo2] thanks! Message-ID: I think I sent a thank-you to everyone who donated, although a couple bounced back because of full mailboxes. If you didn't get a note from me please accept my apology, there were frankly so many that I may have missed some. More donations are always welcome, but -- the hosting bill should be taken care of for this year and next at least. Some expressed embarrassment at making small donations. The most common donation is around $5, and that's just the way I like it. Lots of people pitching in a little amount each, together adding up to a substantial amount. For those who are relatively new I should explain how the site works. It used to be hosted by volunteers, which always started out well inevitably ran into problems. After the big crash I decided to pay for hosting, but didn't want to foot the bill, and didn't want to hassle with advertising or otherwise trying to generate a profit from the site. So I decided to see how a user supported site would work and I'm happy to report that it works outstandingly well. I got a few offers to help out and I'll be following up on those in the near future. Anyway, give yourself a pat on the back and keep the good technical discussions coming! --steve ------------------- Steve Ravet ARM steve.ravet at arm.com