Cookiesouwest Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Donated Stanky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatylight Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Chucked in a few squid..Sent from my SM-A505FN using Tapatalk Stanky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saabnut Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 This place has kept me sane* for the last 4 months during my extended quarantine and offshore periods, so only fair I contribute to the costs to make sure it is here again for when I need it next time Stanky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted August 7, 2020 Author Share Posted August 7, 2020 Thanks all, target hit and closed off for this month. adw1977 and egg 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted September 3, 2020 Author Share Posted September 3, 2020 Funding update for September 2020. Running costs came to £86.26 last month including hosting and backups. We raised £89 from donations and so the balance in the account is now at £110.92 As per the pinned thread HERE our current hosting provider have given us notice and we will be migrating to a new hosting provider towards the end of this month. This WILL result in some downtime so you'll have to go and talk to your families or neighbours for a bit, but the new host will be cheaper meaning running costs will be reduced significantly with what we hope is no adverse effect on the forum performance. It will also enable us to be more resilient to attacks and allow the forum content to be more portable in future. Overall we have been really happy with the existing hosting provider, site uptime has been extremely good for the last 3 years and performance has been very good. Unfortunately, the hosting provider has decided to wind down the hosting side of their business and concentrate on other areas. I am assured the decision to serve us notice had nothing* to do with the AS staff turning up unannounced at a recent board meeting in a stretched volvo 240 limo with rusty sills and doing burnouts in the carpark until the police were called. I've opened up a new Money Pool HERE for contributions to the running costs this month. All donations gratefully received Eyersey1234, Cookiesouwest, Sunny Jim and 6 others 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookiesouwest Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Bunged some coinage in the pot Stanky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny Jim Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Thanks to you and everyone else who keeps this place going behind the scenes. Happy to contribute. richardmorris and Stanky 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeyethenoo Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Contibution gladly made. Stanky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted September 3, 2020 Author Share Posted September 3, 2020 ERK! thanks all we're nearly 200% to target this month, closing it off now! Thanks all! LightBulbFun, brownnova and egg 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted October 2, 2020 Author Share Posted October 2, 2020 Funding update for October 2020. We've had a busy month migrating the site to a new hosting company and carrying out a lot of software updates. We've moved the site and backups away from the previous solution and have sync'd the billing dates of these too so it makes accounting quite substantially easier. Costs ought to be cheaper going forward too, though we need a full month to make sure this is the case. Anyway, costs this month have been slightly cheaper - hosting and backups coming in at £44.13, but a fairly big bill from the old backup provider for data transfer to restore the content to the new server at £37.16 making a grand total of £81.29. We raised £149.78 last month so the balance in the forum coffers is currently £179.41. As we have a good buffer of money in there, and since I'm not 100% sure what this months bill will be (it will be in the region of £75 I think) I'm not going to do a money pool this month, we can review at the start of Nov. Thanks all! puddlethumper, richardmorris, adw1977 and 12 others 8 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 On 9/3/2020 at 3:04 PM, Stanky said: I am assured the decision to serve us notice had nothing* to do with the AS staff turning up unannounced at a recent board meeting in a stretched volvo 240 limo with rusty sills and doing burnouts in the car park until the police were called. Pics or it didn't happen. I really hope it did. chaseracer and Stanky 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 7 minutes ago, bunglebus said: Pics or it didn't happen. I really hope it did. I've heard that a beige 1983 Austin Maestro City was also doing handbrake turns in the car park during the meeting as well 😂 chaseracer and Stanky 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted November 5, 2020 Author Share Posted November 5, 2020 Funding update for November 2020. We've now had the first full month bill for hosting and backups with the new provider, October 2020 came in at £63.88, quite a bit less than the old hosts/backup provider bills combined. There was a crossover of hosting in Sept which I've accounted for, but has increased costs a bit. Costs for 0.5 month with the new provider in Sept were £45.78 for hosting and backups, data transfer fees of £36.98 plus the final £79.20 for Sept hosting with the old co, takes Septs bill in total up from £81.29 to £161.96. This left the account at £5.71 at end of Oct. We're being billed in arrears now for everything, which simplifies things a lot! The bill for October hosting & backups was £63.97, so kitty as of right now is at £-58.26. I expect the hosting & backup bill this month to be a little bit higher as there will be more data to back up, and we have the expected renewal of the forum software, so close to £100 overall. As such, I'd like to open the coffers up to donations again for anyone who wishes to contribute with a target of £160 to bring us to about even by the end of Nov. I appreciate the time of year and economic conditions and any and all donations are gratefully received. PP Moneypool can be found HERE Once again, thanks muchly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 Done! Stanky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokinWaffle Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 Done. Stanky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95 quid Peugeot Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 Me too first time stars aligned to get some dosh in Stanky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macscrooge Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 Lavish* sums contributed! Stanky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 Beer vouchers heading your way as Boris has stopped me spending them. Stanky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
privatewire Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 Paid! Stanky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookiesouwest Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 Done Stanky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schonker Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 Done,thanks for all the work you all do Stanky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted November 5, 2020 Author Share Posted November 5, 2020 Thank you all, target hit and closed off! doug, GMcD and SmokinWaffle 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted December 6, 2020 Author Share Posted December 6, 2020 Funding update for December 2020. We're in the cycle of billing for AS with the new hosts and thanks to the hard work of @tobyd The bills are quite substantially lower, with no negative impact on speed or reliability from what I can see - in fact it all seems to be running better than ever. The bill for November hosting & backups was £58.26 and renewal of the forum software was £27.00 - total for the month £85.26. Donations last month were £170.55 so kitty as of right now is at £+26.21. I expect the hosting & backup bill this month to be about the same as November, so in the region of £55-£60. Since we have almost half this in the account anyway and as its christmas, the admin team will top up the remaining £35 or so for this month when we get the bill in early January. So, there won't be a fundraiser this month - spend the money you would have put in the coffers on mince pies and cheap sherry. Saabnut, Sunny Jim, GMcD and 17 others 3 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macscrooge Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Good result - well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Thanks Stanky, the forum and it's administration seems really smooth these days. Stanky and LightBulbFun 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 Funding update for January 2021. December's hosting & backup costs came to £61.38, up a smidgen from last month, but still very low cost overall. We had £26.21 in the coffers and this was topped up to cover the hosting bill by the admin team for december so we're at zero now. We've added some more storage to the server as that was getting a bit on the low side so I expect next months bill to be in the region of £65. No other costs are anticipated. I've opened a new moneypool HERE to raise some spondoolicks to cover next month's bill, any donations gratefully received. Thanks egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMcD Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Done. Thanks for keeping me sane with access to this fine beige emporium. chaseracer and Stanky 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Laurence Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Done. I normally miss this, so I'm glad to have finally got here on time. Considering how many hours I spend on here it's only fair that I chip in. chaseracer and Stanky 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Clink. chaseracer and Stanky 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny Jim Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Thanks to you and all who keep this place going. Stanky and chaseracer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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