I think you should add something about what server options we are
considering... it might bring us more interesting feedback, and would look
less terse...

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 7:13 AM, David White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> (Please offer any comments on this. I am planning to post it on the
> forums eventually and we will also post something on wesnoth's main
> page).
>
> All,
>
> As you may be aware, we have been having trouble finding adequate
> hosting for all the services we want to offer to our user community. In
> particular, the resources to run our forums have been difficult to come
> by, and the resources to run the multiplayer server have been even more
> difficult.
>
> Rather than continuing to rely on scrapping together server resources
> from various donors who have varying quality of service, I think that
> the Wesnoth community is robust enough now for us to pay for a quality
> service.
>
> As such, I am asking for the Wesnoth community to contribute money
> toward paying for server hosting. We estimate it will cost about $1500
> to $2000 annually to pay for hosting. We are hoping to raise at least
> $500 initially, and then will see if donations are adequate to cover our
> costs, or if advertising will also be necessary. (Don't worry, we will
> make sure that any advertising we do will be as unintrusive as possible,
> and will offer support to anyone who wants to turn it off).
>
> If you would like to contribute money to this, please send me funds
> using PayPal. You can send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- note that funds
> sent will be considered a personal gift to me.
>
> If anyone has any questions or concerns, please let me know of them.
>
> Thanks!
>
> David
>
>
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