On Fri, 10 Feb 2017, at 10:55 AM, Rich Mellor wrote: > On 10/02/2017 10:49, Graeme Gregory wrote: > > > > On Fri, 10 Feb 2017, at 10:25 AM, Rich Mellor wrote: > >> Taking account of my ongoing health issues, I have been considering what > >> would be best for the QL Wiki and other community projects which I > >> currently run (such as the Z88 forums, the ZX80/ZX81 forums and the > >> Sinclair QL GitHub). > >> > >> Looking at what happened with World of Spectrum when Marjin was unable > >> to continue with the site, it is important to consider the long term > >> viability and what should happen if I (for example) were to walk under a > >> bus tomorrow. My health issues also mean that I no longer have the time > >> or energy to continue in the way that I have been. > >> > >> My family would not really know what to do with the forums - and would > >> not continue to pay for the hosting. There is also not really anyone > >> else involved in the administration of the site. I also think that the > >> QL Wiki is itself a barrier to people being involved, as there are > >> certain people out there who cannot see beyond the fact that it was set > >> up by me initially and is hosted on my server - so seem to think that it > >> is my duty to update it! > >> > >> After deliberation, I think the answer is to set up a non-profit > >> organisation (Sinclair World ?) which could then own these resources and > >> be responsible for their maintenance, improvement and upkeep. It would > >> take some fund raising to set up the organisation, as well as willing > >> hands to set everything up and create the necessary constitution, > >> book-keeping etc to keep it viable. > >> > >> What do others think - and who are the willing hands? > >> > > I wonder if we could get van/rob interested in this as part of qlforum > > activities. > > > > Graeme > > _______________________________________________ > > QL-Users Mailing List > > > I think it is probably more a case that the non-profit organisation > would take over the QL Forum too - and maybe Van / Rob would be > interested in helping to run the organisation... > > I did think about Quanta (of course), but they don't have enough willing > hands to help with their website and their membership model is too > restrictive > What is the overhead on setup and maintenance of an NFP in UK? My only experience is in Germany where it was a bit of a bawache to setup. But once setup was basically just a yearly form.
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