[AccessD] Money, Money, Money makes the world go round

Hey William,

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.

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. :-)

Donna
Who copied this to the BOD list for further discussion, since I'm not sure it 
belongs on the main list.

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "William Hindman" <wdhindman at bellsouth.net>
> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 8:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Money, Money, Money makes the world go round
> 
> 
> > ...ok ...gonna stick my nose back in the dba pie for a moment or so ...as
> > Lembit has stated, dba came about because this list was dumped upon or 
> held
> > hostage on different occasions by "free" providers who for one reason or
> > another left us in the lurch ...it is firm dba policy which I had as much 
> or
> > more say in creating as anyone, not to ever again allow AccessD to become
> > dependent upon a single provider ...thus the need to pay our own way which
> > has served us in good stead.
> >
> > ...however ...circumstances change ...and what was once necessary may no
> > longer be the exact case.
> >
> > ...if we had at least TWO free hosts, each fully capable of meeting all of
> > our needs, and each willing to mirror the other full time ...then I can 
> see
> > no reason to continue laying out hundreds of dollars for paid hosting
> > services ...the mirroring setup ensures that dba is never dependent upon 
> any
> > single host for the lists continued operation ...if one goes down, the
> > mirror is able to pick it up immediately ...which is actually better
> > reliability than we have now.
> >
> > ...I remember months back writing a memo similar to Lembits in regards to 
> an
> > offer of free hosting by Drew ...hindsight is a wonderful thing but many 
> of
> > the deterrents back then are now gone.
> >
> > ...I'd suggest that if Vlad, Drew, and any others with sufficient space/bw
> > available want to set-up a mirroring arrangement, that dba move to do so
> > asap ...that will immediately stop the money bleed and allow dba to use 
> what
> > funds remain in more productive ways.
> >
> > William Hindman

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