Hi guys and girls.
I am writing this message in English, because it is much easier for me than Russian.
I am maintaining and financing this forum since November 2008 (almost 10 years now).
It is come to a point where the forum cannot live seamlessly in the current server and it requires an upgrade.
Currently, I am paying $176 per year for this server, not including my time and effort for keeping the forum up and alive.
The ads in the forum, are covering a very small portion of the expenses (between $10 to $30 per year), which is far below covering the full price of the server.
In order to keep the forum alive and make it work faster and smoother, I need your help with the server expenses.
The solution is very simple, all we need to do is to to move the forum to a new and stronger server, this will cost at least
$500 per year - which is a fair price considering the power of the server.
(You can find the server I am willing to purchase here:
https://www.velia.net/shop/product/haswell-1 - the server is located in France)
I will no longer able to cover these server expenses on my own, except of my time, which I am willing to give in order to make the forum up and running.
I am really want to keep this amazing and unique forum alive, but I cannot do this without you help.
Please, let's combine our forces and reach the goal of donating
at least $500.
Any donation amount will be appreciated.
You can donate the following ways:
The CryptoCurrency way (ETH, BTC, BCH) is a preferred one, as the transfer fee is negligible there.
If you need more donation gateways, let me know.
When $500 will be collected, the following action will be made within several days:
- If until then I will find a cheaper server with the same performance, the money will be used to order for a longer period of time (more than a year).
- Move the forum to the newly purchased server.
- Remove all the ads on the forum.
- Start the progress of upgrading the forum to the new platform.
You can follow the donation collection here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...KhXOjnJPFgu1gk
Thank you all for you co-operation.
With your help, we will make it!
P.S.
Дмитрий, I will appreciate if you could properly translate my message.