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Hey William,<BR>
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Thanks for your suggestion, but it doesn't really facilitate the receipt of donations in the meantime. Perhaps, you would be interested in heading up a committe to do some fact finding regarding utilizing the resources we have available to us in terms of free/mirrored hosting? You could then come back w/some specifics in terms of a plan, how best to implement that plan, along with a timetable and proprosed guidelines for navigating through the transition from those that would be involved.<BR>
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Until we have a plan B, I think we should all do what we can to make sure that Plan A is working... and Plan A currently is securing donations, Corporate Sponsorships, and sales of stock to keep us financially sound. :-)<BR>
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Donna<BR>
Who copied this to the BOD list for further discussion, since I'm not sure it belongs on the main list.<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">----- Original Message ----- <BR>
From: "William Hindman" <wdhindman@bellsouth.net><BR>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"<BR>
<accessd@databaseadvisors.com><BR>
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 8:30 PM<BR>
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Money, Money, Money makes the world go round<BR>
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> ...ok ...gonna stick my nose back in the dba pie for a moment or so ...as<BR>
> Lembit has stated, dba came about because this list was dumped upon or held<BR>
> hostage on different occasions by "free" providers who for one reason or<BR>
> another left us in the lurch ...it is firm dba policy which I had as much or<BR>
> more say in creating as anyone, not to ever again allow AccessD to become<BR>
> dependent upon a single provider ...thus the need to pay our own way which<BR>
> has served us in good stead.<BR>
><BR>
> ...however ...circumstances change ...and what was once necessary may no<BR>
> longer be the exact case.<BR>
><BR>
> ...if we had at least TWO free hosts, each fully capable of meeting all of<BR>
> our needs, and each willing to mirror the other full time ...then I can see<BR>
> no reason to continue laying out hundreds of dollars for paid hosting<BR>
> services ...the mirroring setup ensures that dba is never dependent upon any<BR>
> single host for the lists continued operation ...if one goes down, the<BR>
> mirror is able to pick it up immediately ...which is actually better<BR>
> reliability than we have now.<BR>
><BR>
> ...I remember months back writing a memo similar to Lembits in regards to an<BR>
> offer of free hosting by Drew ...hindsight is a wonderful thing but many of<BR>
> the deterrents back then are now gone.<BR>
><BR>
> ...I'd suggest that if Vlad, Drew, and any others with sufficient space/bw<BR>
> available want to set-up a mirroring arrangement, that dba move to do so<BR>
> asap ...that will immediately stop the money bleed and allow dba to use what<BR>
> funds remain in more productive ways.<BR>
><BR>
> William Hindman</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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