14-05-2022, 02:43 PM
Peter
I indicated that it was not the financial side that was the issue, that was true before, still true now. If I can't afford both domain renewal and hosting then I might as well give up AR completely too. I accept the comments about it being a useful source of historical posts and data but so were printed newspapers - and how many of those have disappeared in the last few years ??
It is more the time and access constraints that will be more of a future effect for me, so checking the forum for new posts each and every day, and even doing so multiple times per day, in a administration/moderation role and authenticating new "members" is likely to be a waste of my time when time becomes tight in supply.. Hence that last help request. I am not planning on jumping ship and having nothing further to do with this forum post-July 2022 should it keep going. I have 'invested' 5 years in the forum under this name, a bit more under the OzLogger name, so it is not that I am taking this matter lightly.
What you, and others, need to see is that the current levels of activity do not make for useful expenditure of my resources : time and money.
Do I really want to close it ? NO, but that is the likely outcome given the status quo.
Two things will save the forum (with both required) :
(1) a LOT more daily activity to show that it is a useful resource to MANY; and
(2) some volunteers to share that daily forum moderation role.
Those two factors are beyond my immediate control yet they control the AHRDF's destiny.
I indicated that it was not the financial side that was the issue, that was true before, still true now. If I can't afford both domain renewal and hosting then I might as well give up AR completely too. I accept the comments about it being a useful source of historical posts and data but so were printed newspapers - and how many of those have disappeared in the last few years ??
It is more the time and access constraints that will be more of a future effect for me, so checking the forum for new posts each and every day, and even doing so multiple times per day, in a administration/moderation role and authenticating new "members" is likely to be a waste of my time when time becomes tight in supply.. Hence that last help request. I am not planning on jumping ship and having nothing further to do with this forum post-July 2022 should it keep going. I have 'invested' 5 years in the forum under this name, a bit more under the OzLogger name, so it is not that I am taking this matter lightly.
What you, and others, need to see is that the current levels of activity do not make for useful expenditure of my resources : time and money.
Do I really want to close it ? NO, but that is the likely outcome given the status quo.
Two things will save the forum (with both required) :
(1) a LOT more daily activity to show that it is a useful resource to MANY; and
(2) some volunteers to share that daily forum moderation role.
Those two factors are beyond my immediate control yet they control the AHRDF's destiny.
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If you have a comment or question, post it as it may trigger or answer the query in someone else's mind.