Right but who's going to manage the box and fix all the list issues?

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 12:17 PM, Justin Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:

> Many folks are leaving the cloud due to costs.  We, like a lot of others
> on this list, can help.  I have space in a tierIV data center.  We can spin
> up a VM or do a dedicated box if someone wants to send one.  We have been
> buying Dell R710s on eBay for $200 and $200 in new drives and you are set.
> We also have some R900s on the way we could spin up a couple of redundant
> VMs.
>
> Just throwing that out there.
>
>
> Justin Wilson
> [email protected]
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> On Mar 6, 2017, at 12:01 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> No, we just transferred all the politics over to Mikes FB page... ;-)
>
> *From:* Jeremy
> *Sent:* Monday, March 06, 2017 9:56 AM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Donations
>
> This list is a useful tool, and I definitely appreciate the time and
> expense that everyone has put forward to keep it going.  That being said, I
> don't think it is worth that amount at all whatsoever.  That just seems
> like a crazy amount of money for what basically amounts to a redundant
> list.  Now that the republicans on the list are requesting it as a 'safe
> space' free from politics, it is hard to see where there is still a need
> that justifies that expense.
>
> On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 9:35 AM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> 3 years ago, when my (still current but estranged) business partners gave
>> me 30 days to vacate the server farm, Paul really saved the day.  I think
>> he was perfecting his application of ASW for other things at the time so it
>> was perhaps a bit experimental at the time.  I have always really
>> appreciated what he did for us.
>>
>> I don’t think it would hurt his feelings if someone else wanted to host
>> it.  There is the list serv and a web site (that has not really been kept
>> up to date).  I have offered to cover the cost of the AWS.
>>
>> A am OK with anything.
>>
>> *From:* Josh Baird
>> *Sent:* Monday, March 06, 2017 9:24 AM
>> *To:* [email protected]
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Donations
>>
>> $250/mo to host a single mailing list is well.. insane.  I certainly
>> appreciate Paul hosting the site (and paying these crazy monthly charges),
>> but I can't help it to question if AWS makes sense for this specific
>> application.
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 11:17 AM, Josh Luthman <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> If we can get 14 people to donate $150 each we're set for the year...
>>>
>>>
>>> Josh Luthman
>>> Office: 937-552-2340 <(937)%20552-2340>
>>> Direct: 937-552-2343 <(937)%20552-2343>
>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>> Suite 1337
>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 11:13 AM, Paul McCall <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Guys,
>>>>
>>>> $ 970 in contributions have come in so far on supporting AFMUG and are
>>>> much appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> I checked with Amazon on the support consideration (currently paying $
>>>> 100 for that).  Unfortunately, to have support available on the API (which
>>>> is needed on the mailing part) , we have to keep the $ 100 monthly support
>>>> plan.  There is no pay per incident for the API level plan, and if you are
>>>> haven't paid for the plan previously when there is an incident, you can't
>>>> buy it and then cancel it etc..
>>>>
>>>> The monthly recurring AWS costs since October 2014, has averaged $
>>>> 249.34.   So, figure an annual cost of $ 2992 in AWS fees.   Probably, a
>>>> little expensive but I am glad to continue it.
>>>>
>>>> Paul
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rory Conaway
>>>> Sent: Saturday, March 4, 2017 12:56 AM
>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Donations
>>>>
>>>> And would have saved a lot of trees in the process.
>>>>
>>>> Rory
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown
>>>> Sent: Friday, March 3, 2017 9:00 PM
>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Donations
>>>>
>>>> Sad, a death that could have been prevented by a decent broadband
>>>> connection.
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Rory Conaway
>>>> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2017 6:50 PM
>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Donations
>>>>
>>>> I don't know, Friday Funnies would be missed.  Then there are important
>>>> news things that covers dangers we should all be aware of like the Japanese
>>>> guy who died when 6 tons of his umm, private magazine collection fell on
>>>> him.
>>>> These are dangers we should all be aware of when entering houses for
>>>> installations.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4278524/Man-dies-six
>>>> -ton-pile-porn-magazines.html
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Wright
>>>> Sent: Friday, March 3, 2017 5:20 PM
>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Donations
>>>>
>>>> Or if one feels so compelled to post something politically charged, it
>>>> must be allegorical and use nomenclature relevant to our industry.
>>>>
>>>> Ex: If Mimosa truly wanted to convince Ubiquiti supporters that they're
>>>> being heard, they should prioritize TCP ACK.
>>>>
>>>> Chris Wright
>>>> Network Administrator
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jon Langeler
>>>> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2017 3:55 PM
>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Donations
>>>>
>>>> Sounds good!
>>>>
>>>> Jon Langeler
>>>> Michwave Technologies, Inc.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > On Mar 3, 2017, at 5:49 PM, <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > That and shunning political junk.  The more I think about it the more
>>>> > I am liking this list with everything but politics.  We all have
>>>> > wasted too much of our time on that.  We can still have all the other
>>>> fun stuff.
>>>> > Food, movies, jokes, M-TOW use of the day photos...
>>>> >
>>>> > -----Original Message----- From: Jay Weekley
>>>> > Sent: Friday, March 3, 2017 1:03 PM
>>>> > To: [email protected]
>>>> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Donations
>>>> >
>>>> > It may actually be good for some peoples blood pressure.
>>>> >
>>>> > Mathew Howard wrote:
>>>> >> Agreed. It's not going to kill any of us if the list is down for a
>>>> >> few hours.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 1:08 PM, Josh Luthman
>>>> >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >>    Reduce it.  In the rare event there are issues, it's not a
>>>> >>    critical service.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>    Josh Luthman
>>>> >>    Office: 937-552-2340 <tel:%28937%29%20552-2340
>>>> <%28937%29%20552-2340>>
>>>> >>    Direct: 937-552-2343 <tel:%28937%29%20552-2343
>>>> <%28937%29%20552-2343>>
>>>> >>    1100 Wayne St
>>>> >>    Suite 1337
>>>> >>    Troy, OH 45373
>>>> >>
>>>> >>    On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 12:52 PM, Paul McCall <[email protected]
>>>> >>    <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >>        We received $ 570 in donations so far.  Again, thank you.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>        Its $ 150 a month (round numbers) plus the $ 99 support plan,
>>>> >>        which I might drop and go to pay per incident but its low
>>>> >>        priority support only for that.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>        Paul
>>>> >>
>>>> >>        *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]
>>>> >>        <mailto:[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Rory Conaway
>>>> >>        *Sent:* Friday, March 3, 2017 11:31 AM
>>>> >>        *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>> >>        *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Donations
>>>> >>
>>>> >>        Paul, did you get enough to cover the year or do you need
>>>> more?
>>>> >>
>>>> >>        Rory
>>>> >>
>>>> >>        *From:*Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Paul
>>>> McCall
>>>> >>        *Sent:* Friday, March 3, 2017 9:02 AM
>>>> >>        *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>> >>        *Subject:* [AFMUG] Donations
>>>> >>
>>>> >>        For those of you that sent a donation via Paypal to help
>>>> >>        offset a portion of the Amazon hosting costs, thank you for
>>>> >>        the kind gesture.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>        Paul
>>>> >>
>>>> >>        Paul McCall, President
>>>> >>
>>>> >>        PDMNet, Inc. / Florida Broadband, Inc.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>        658 Old Dixie Highway
>>>> >>
>>>> >>        Vero Beach, FL 32962
>>>> >>
>>>> >>        772-564-6800 <tel:%28772%29%20564-6800 <%28772%29%20564-6800>
>>>> >
>>>> >>
>>>> >>        [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>> >>
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>>>> >>
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>>>> >>
>>>> >>
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