[s-cars] ADMIN: list server move and expenses

[pkrasusky at ups.com]

Yes Steve, I gave a few of the extra bucks we had left over from
//SFest2007 after all expenses were covered to Peter Schulz - who kindly
in turn has pay pal'd Herr Simoes accordingly.  Not a lot unfort. but
every little bit helps, and hey if it were "a lot" it'd mean we were
gouging ya'll @ //SFest right?

FWLIW, a check is also being sent to Darin for our "bandwidth
appreciation" @ S-Cars.org as well.

Thanks for all your continued efforts Dan.  You *KNOW* everyone
appreciates it as you're right, it most certainly does seem like "home"
here.  Let us know when you get that //S8 now ya hear?  Hahahahahaa you
know you're going to.  D'oh.

I've cc'd my IT guy here (Norm with //SFest 951 - I'd be *sodead* w/o
him!!!) to see if he has any insight on the server issue - never know.

-Paul happy to help K.



-----Original Message-----
From: Young, Steve [mailto:sryoung at trane.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 8:01 PM
To: Krasusky Paul (WQQ2PXK); Robert Rossato
Subject: FW: [s-cars] ADMIN: list server move and expenses

 
Were we making a donation here from //SFest?

Regards,

				TRANE
Steven Young
Local Operations Manager
Albany Office




-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Dan Simoes
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 3:58 PM
To: quattro at audifans.com; 200q20V mailing list; s-car-list at audifans.com;
biturbos4 at audifans.com; urq at audifans.com; a4 at audifans.com
Subject: [s-cars] ADMIN: list server move and expenses

I know I don't post here all that often these days, so some of you may
not even know me.  I run the site/lists.  I also shoulder all the costs
for doing so, offset by some minor advertising revenue, and some
contributions.

I took over the list from the original founder, and have kept it going
continuously since 1993.  That's going on 14 years now.
Over the years I've owned an Audi 90 (nonq), several 4000q, a gorgeous
CQ, and finally a green (cause they are so rare) 95 S6 Avant.

Thankfully, Audi recognized all my efforts with a gorgeous S1 which I
keep at my summer home in Italy.  Yeah, right.

Over the years, the list has "lived" at various of my employers, on a
variety of hardware.  About 2 years ago, I purchased a new server for
the site, and arranged for network and power (known as colocation) at a
community data center near Poughkeepsie NY.

That data center is being shut down in a few weeks, so I am making
arrangements for a new location.  Since I now live in California, it
makes sense to find somewhere near here, in case I need to physically
touch the box.

Although at times I think about just pulling the plug (especially since
I haven't owned an Audi in several years), I know there is a lot of
value here, and this is "home" to many of you.  So, I'm committed to
keeping it going.

Our new data center requires a rackmount server, so I will be building
or buying a new machine for this purpose.  That server will cost in the
$600-800 range, conservatively.  Data center colo costs will run only
$50/mo, but even that is $600/year.

So, those are the numbers.  Now, here's how you can help:

- If you happen to have a 1U server sitting around, let me know.   
Otherwise I will be building/buying one.

- If you would like to contribute to offsetting these costs, you can
send me funds via paypal: http://www.audifans.com/about.php, or direct
to dans at audifans.com.

- If you're going to buy something, visit the affiliate page I've build
at http://audifans.com/shop.  Yeah, it's ugly, but those little
commissions add up.

- If you use the marketplace and are able to sell something, consider
sending a contribution.  In particular, dealers have been abusing the
marketplace, even when I reduced the "fee" to only $1/ad.  If
marketplace abuse continues, I will have to pull the plug or switch it
to moderated, but I don't have time to develop the code and the guy who
wrote it seems to have lost interest.

As far as Audis go, I think the A3 is interesting but overpriced, and
not much else in the lineup interests me.  I still have a soft spot for
the urq and the 95.5 S6 Avant, and I think I might be able to afford to
buy (but not repair) an S8 one day :) In the meantime, I've been driving
VW TDIs for the last few years, and I look forward to seeing more
diesels coming to the US in the next couple of years.

Back to work we go.  Thanks for reading.

Dan
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