Here, here! Thank you all and I hope to have far more time to volunteer to the project moving forward.
—Tod On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 4:17 AM SK53 <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd just like to second everything Jeff has said. > > Many thanks to all concerned. > > Jerry > > On 24 May 2018 at 05:48, Jeff Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hear, hear! >> >> Huge props to Shekhar, Sanjay, and Tim. It's not easy keeping a site up >> and running. >> >> In addition, Rob, you are too humble. I think the community also owes a >> debt of gratitude to you for all you've done to keep OHM alive. Many thanks >> & so glad to hear that Wikiwar is taking the lead on providing the >> continuity we need. There is undoubtedly a lot of blood, sweat, and tears >> behind your very kind and exciting update. >> >> Gratefully, respectfully, >> Jeff >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 4:19 PM, Rob H Warren <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Initially, Open Historical Map was graciously supported by Topomancy LLC >>> who paid for both domain and hosting services for a number of years. Since >>> 2013, various unfortunate events have hampered OHM: catastrophic disk >>> failures, tragic deaths, predatory NGO's, loss of data, frustrated >>> contributors and significant donor fatigue in terms of the people-time >>> required to run the project. >>> >>> With Topomancy closing its doors, the domain name and DNS server need >>> rehosting and the Wikiwar Heritage Council has stepped up to the plate to >>> be the custodian for these. The Wikiwar Heritage Council is a registered >>> non-profit organization with the preservation of historical data as its >>> primary mission making it the ideal vessel to ensure continuity. Its board >>> of directors, which includes OHM task manager maintainer Bert de Bruijn, >>> has committed itself to ensuring ongoing management of the DNS and a >>> private donation will cover costs for the foreseeable future. A secondary >>> fallback DNS server is being stood up by long-standing OHM contributor >>> Richard Welty. >>> >>> If you need a change or addition to the openhistoricalmap.org domains, >>> please enter an issue in the website github at [1] and tag the issue with >>> the "DNS Ops" label. Someone will respond shortly. With this new support we >>> believe OHM will be able to grow into a much more stable project while >>> avoiding any more frustrations. >>> >>> In closing, I'd like to thank Topomancy, namely Shekhar Krishnan, Sanjay >>> Bhangar and Tim Waters for believing in the project from the beginning and >>> supporting it for so long, the Wikiwar Heritage Council for stepping in and >>> everyone who's worked on OHM, sometimes at significant personal cost, >>> because things needed to get done. >>> >>> [1] https://github.com/OpenHistoricalMap/ohm-website/issues >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Historic mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/historic >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Jeff Meyer >> 206-676-2347 >> osm: Open Historical Map (OHM) >> <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Historical_Map> / my OSM user >> page <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jeffmeyer> >> t: @OpenHistMap >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Historic mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/historic >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Historic mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/historic > -- Tod Robbins, MLIS todrobbins.com | @todrobbins <http://www.twitter.com/#!/todrobbins>
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