On Tuesday, 26 March 2019 at 15:14:03 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
Long story short, both milestones are nearly complete now (he
hasn't worked on them sequentially, and has done other tasks
besides). He still wants to wait until he completes them before
we payout the $1000 for the milestones. However, he has asked
that $1500 of the remaining $2000 be applied to the forum
server campaign. We have obliged.
Thus, our forum server campaign exceeded our target by $125 and
is now closed. The money will be transferred to Vladimir in
short order. The excess will be put toward the General Fund.
Thank you, Jan, and thank you to everyone who donated.
I have some news regarding the server hosting the forum and
services. Last month, a circumstance with the then-current server
provider forced us to move away from them immediately. We were
completely cut off from the server, so I had to improvise, and
launched all services directly from a backup on my home PC. This
is how they are running currently.
I've been working on a more permanent replacement since then. The
good news is that I found a server plan with suitable hardware at
a much lower price than the previous plan, which means that the
$2000 you raised will cover not one, but almost exactly three
years of hosting! :)
The replacement server has already been ordered, and I've begun
setting it up. The data is already in place, and I expect it to
be ready to be live with a few more days of work.
