We are fine leaving it as is, or finding another alternative. In the meantime we’ll pop a check out this year again, if something changes by next year so be it. The value far exceeds the contribution we’ve made thus far. As mentioned by others, we aren’t interested in the distraction of hosting mechanics so the fact that someone else will take that on is good news to us. I am happy to kick in.
As far as advertising paying for the list, I would have suggested Chuck pay for his Spam. Just kidding….. 😊 As far as the swear jar goes, all fines are suspended for any posts after midnight, so you might be off the hook Steve 😊 Paul, I assume the mailing information for the check is the same as year? Or would you rather PayPal or something else? Regards, David Coudron From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Jones Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2018 10:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Pledge drive It works fine here. Problem free(ish). Those that want to donate can cover the costs. Pauls been very reliable, and never needs a snickers so little to no risk of an "i quit" Id say we should just have a swear jar, but i dont have that kind of money. One option would be to stick half the fund drive into something with crypto coin shennanigans, cash out 1/2 biannually. But then taxes somewhere... Having it third party hosted in the manner that it is keeps the list outside any individuals attitude, which is pretty good idea. Sure paul can cancel an account, but he cant just power down a vm, throttle a connection, not feel like dealing with a blacklist issue, withdraw vm host resources, etc, not that i think he would. Not directed at you mike, just a generalization. Maybe pimp some friday spam access to some non list member vendors for a fee, but we all know, once they come see this place, theyll join up. This is the best cult this side of waco. On Feb 18, 2018 5:10 PM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: These guys: https://www.emwd.com/mailman-hosting/ advertise they can do it for $3/month. Perhaps they can. I just don’t want to make a change I will regret. And I do not want to have to personally be the mechanic. From: Ryan Ray Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2018 2:02 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Pledge drive I agree. Toss some money at him, I'm sure we can spare it On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 12:20 PM, Mathew Howard <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Yep... this always comes up. I think the consensus has always been that it's easier for those of us who are willing, to just chip in occasionally and keep it as is, then to mess with what's been working well. On Feb 18, 2018 1:36 PM, "Robert Andrews" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Seems like this same conversation came up last year. Folks, if you don't want to pay, propose doing the work. Seems like it's well worth 100 bucks for the enjoyment I get out of it. I pay way more than that for things way less enjoyable, but necessary to keep peace at home... On 02/18/2018 11:30 AM, Matt Hoppes wrote: Then is a pledge drive needed? Blacklists are the recipients problems. Not the mailing list owners problem - as long as nothing shady is going on. On Feb 18, 2018, at 14:15, Mike Hammett <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]%20%3cmailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: Those that run the list are happy to pay for not dealing with blacklists, etc. whatever SES provides. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL><https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb><https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions><https://twitter.com/ICSIL> Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix><https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange><https://twitter.com/mdwestix> The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From: *"Matt Hoppes" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]%20%3cmailto:[email protected]>>> *To: *[email protected]<mailto:*[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]> *Sent: *Sunday, February 18, 2018 1:12:56 PM *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Pledge drive What is SES? Amazon? That seems overkill for a mailing list. On Feb 18, 2018, at 14:09, Mike Hammett <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]%20%3cmailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: SES ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL><https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb><https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions><https://twitter.com/ICSIL> Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix><https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange><https://twitter.com/mdwestix> The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From: *"Matt Hoppes" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]%0b %20%3cmailto:[email protected]>>> *To: *[email protected]<mailto:*[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]> *Sent: *Sunday, February 18, 2018 1:05:36 PM *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Pledge drive Support of what??? What the heck costs that much? Mailman takes all of 10 minutes to install and just lives after that. On Feb 18, 2018, at 13:52, Ryan Ray <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]%0b %20%3cmailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: Last time this was brought up the cost was $3000 for the year including support, $1800 not including support. On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 10:41 AM, Matt Hoppes <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]%0b %20%3cmailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: Can it really be more than $5???? How much memory, CPU, and storage can a mailing list take when virtualized? On Feb 18, 2018, at 13:20, Keefe John <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]%20%3cmailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: Just curious, what are the monthly costs to operate this list? On February 18, 2018 11:13:54 AM CST, Chuck McCown <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]%20%3cmailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: I notice it has been a while since we pushed a bit to help fund the not-insignificant AWS expense that keeps this list alive. Please clean out your couch cushions and paypal the revenue created to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]> Paul, what is the current status of our deficit? -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
