Author: Sean Empey
Date: 11:40:09 08/25/04
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On August 25, 2004 at 12:32:26, Sean Empey wrote: >On August 25, 2004 at 12:25:01, Sean Empey wrote: > >>On August 25, 2004 at 11:13:48, Steven Schwartz wrote: >> >>>Hi Everyone, >>>First of all, thanks for all the kind words about my company. Although there is >>>one person who seems to feel that we run CCC/CTF off ICD bandwidth - which we do >>>not, and believes that the message board brings us lots of customers - which it >>>does not. >>> >>>As far as the issue about hosting CCC (and CTF) is concerned.... >>>I took a quick count of the responses to the choices I laid out. Here are the >>>results (wasn't easy to count since some people made no specific letter choice >>>but rather made general comments), at least as far as members who posted their >>>choices as of now: >>> >>>12 a) some other organization can take over the responsibility of hosting >>> 4 b) CCC and CTF can be disbanded and members can rejoin the USENET >>>44 c) members can pay a yearly fee to belong >>> 5 d) members can voluntarily contribute >>> >>>There were, as usual, many, many differing opinions about how to fix the >>>problem, but I thought Ed posted about the issue most eloquently: >>> >>>"Think about the work involved, first the daily work of making the archives, the >>>complaints by email about moderation issues, the legal threats some people make >>>when they are banned, can the person really stand the heat, or will be shut down >>>the website? Then the work involved regarding 2 mod elections a year. Then so >>>now and then the site will go down, suppose the person is on vacation or ill? >>> >>>Here is some more, the person fells in love, priorities change, goodbye with the >>>forum. People move to other cities, get a new and very busy job, people get >>>sick, become a father, change priorities all the time -> there goes the forum >>>again. The end result is so predictable.... CTF will run from pillar to post, 2 >>>times a year at least. >>> >>>Wanna bet? >>>Ed :)" >>> >>> >>>Some of you have been with us since the beginning of CCC almost 7 years ago. >>>Certainly it is the members who make a forum interesting and exciting, but it is >>>like a Broadway show. The play goes on and is a big hit not only because of the >>>actors out front but also because of the people who do the work "behind the >>>scenes". Hosting is only a small part of what needs to be done to have these >>>forums run correctly. I would never want my company to ever be associated with >>>anything that was not run correctly. But time has come for some change. The >>>market has dictated that. I think I may have a solution that might please most >>>(you can never please everyone). Let me refine it and make a proposal later. >>> >>>In the meantime, as usual, I welcome feedback. >>> >>>Steve >>>ICD/Your Move Chess & Games > > >Before people make conclusions I would like the ability to represent my side and >my idea for the hosting. It's not me just hosting. It's my entire IT team, >company that would host and maintain the site, my company has internal legal >counsel, law firms on retainment for legal issues and the DS3 we have is up >99.999% of the time. My Company is 1/4 billion in size. Has been around for over >50 million years and is growing exponentially. So a GF doesn't cause CCC to be >put on the back burner. I offer is serious, please consider it as much. I will >support what the users want as this site is for the users. Thank you. > >-Sean > >-Sean correction we have not been around for 50 million years but more than 50 years, sorry :) The server would be hosted in our on site IT climate controlled room with automated backups and UPS Power backup. -Sean
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