[sumo] ATTENTION! Important list administration announcement

[Joe Petrow]

On 4/4/07, Jezz <jejima at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Joe,
>
> Where is the paypal option so that we can help out with the cost?

That would be joepetrow at gmail.com

Oh wait...were you referring to a different Joe?

:-p

  - Joe

> (I think you may have let slip once or twice that you are not in the
> same financial league as Bill Gates.)
>
> I'd like to get in on the act first, and be the official sponsor for
> the Sumo ML for the month of May 2007.  The rest of you would-be
> sponsors will just have to get in line ;-)  Just point me to the
> relevant paypal option  :-)
>
> All the best, and many thanks for continuing to provide a fine service,
>
> Jejima
>
> On 04/04/07, Joe Klemmer <klemmerj at webtrek.com> wrote:
> > ATTENTION!  ATTENTION!  ATTENTION!
> >
> > Synopsis:
> > The list needs to be migrated to a different server.  There will be a
> > short outage as the DNS change propagates.  The move will be targeted
> > for well before Natsu.  Users will not have to do anything at all for
> > this migration.
> >
> > Details:
> > The current WebTrek server is being co-located as a friends site.  He
> > has been letting me skate there for years for free.  But now he is
> > moving his circuit around and can not carry me anymore.  After looking
> > into all options I found the alternatives -
> >
> > 1) Move to a hosting company (cost about $20 a month)
> > 2) Co-locate the server at another site (cost between $150 and $350 a month)
> > 3) Get a circuit into the house (cost approximately $800 a month)
> >
> > The option with the greatest flexibility and stability is the last one
> > but obviously beyond means.  So a hosting company it is.
> >
> > They use the same software that we're already using so migration will
> > be very simple.  The only thing that will have an impact is that the
> > list will be unavailable during the time the name service propagation.
> >  This will be anywhere between a few minutes to a few hours, (though,
> > as Kofuji can attest, there's no predicting what will happen on the
> > Internet).  There will also be ample warning announcements preceding
> > the migration.
> >
> > If you have any questions or concerns please let me know.  And
> > apologies for the pending inconvenience.
> >
> > --
> > Exit light; enter night.
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