Fundraising Updates: We did it!

[Vladimir Panteleev]

On Tuesday, 26 March 2019 at 15:14:03 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
> Long story short, both milestones are nearly complete now (he 
> hasn't worked on them sequentially, and has done other tasks 
> besides). He still wants to wait until he completes them before 
> we payout the $1000 for the milestones. However, he has asked 
> that $1500 of the remaining $2000 be applied to the forum 
> server campaign. We have obliged.
>
> Thus, our forum server campaign exceeded our target by $125 and 
> is now closed. The money will be transferred to Vladimir in 
> short order. The excess will be put toward the General Fund.

Thank you, Jan, and thank you to everyone who donated.

I have some news regarding the server hosting the forum and 
services. Last month, a circumstance with the then-current server 
provider forced us to move away from them immediately. We were 
completely cut off from the server, so I had to improvise, and 
launched all services directly from a backup on my home PC. This 
is how they are running currently.

I've been working on a more permanent replacement since then. The 
good news is that I found a server plan with suitable hardware at 
a much lower price than the previous plan, which means that the 
$2000 you raised will cover not one, but almost exactly three 
years of hosting! :)

The replacement server has already been ordered, and I've begun 
setting it up. The data is already in place, and I expect it to 
be ready to be live with a few more days of work.