Shaking the Tree, HARD. Avalon needs money, right now.

[Miller]

Are you still short Bill, or have you raised enough to cover costs. . .?

[Bill Ryan]

Posted by Miller (here)
Are you still short Bill, or have you raised enough to cover costs. . .?

Thank you so much for the question! For a whole bunch of reasons both technical and personal, I confess I'm really not on top of the situation at all — and have yet to be able to look in any detail at the very kind donations we're aware we've definitely received. But yes, I do understand we've reached the $600 we really did quite urgently need.

Further to my update a few days ago (see my post here), as best I know Paul/ ThePythonicCow is now very close to being able to move our entire email system to a far cheaper host: no simple task, it seems, and this is what's occupying his priority time and attention right now. And as I reported earlier, we definitely have a far more sturdy and reliable backup system firmly in place for both the forum and the library, which itself incurred over $1000 of one-off expense.

Paul, who is now an Avalon admin again (and a moderator by default, though he's not actually involved in any of the daily routine housekeeping) also has quite a long To Do list of optimizing various technical forum irritants.

There are issues still with the contact form, the registration system for new members, and so on, and he's very much holding the fort for Tommy who, worryingly, we've been totally unable to contact for quite a while now and last logged into the forum in November. We earnestly hope he's okay, but have just no way of knowing. That's been a concern for quite a long time now and is one reason why some of the ongoing issues haven't yet been addressed.

We'll be able to post further updates soon, and I'm fully aware that I need to look with all the necessary care and detail at (and reply personally to) all the most generous and thoughtful donations that we're received since we bumped this thread.

[wondering]

Sending most positive energy and intent to Tommy for whatever his needs may be.

[thepainterdoug]

Bill keep us all posted and dont feel you cannot shake the tree more often. Avalon is worth keeping!!!

pd