It's today! Happy anniversary to all of you who make this community kick ass!
I've been too busy to organize a party, but you are are owed one. How does Wednesday, October 15th sound?
I'm also going to kick off another annual fund raising drive. This one is for 1 year's worth of hosting costs. Last fall you all raised $1,000 to help move the site from WordPress to Drupal. I think it was definitely worthwhile, as we are now reaping the benefits of a more powerful community platform. The new software uses a new host and that costs me $35 each month.
The slow, gradual fundraising appeal hasn't been very successful here, so I'm going to try aking for the lump sum this time. $420 is the cost of hosting the site for a full year, I hope you'll chip in if you can.
Issues:
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Bit of A Conflict
Hi Ruby,
The 15th would be OK except there is a Town Council meeting that night and there is going to be an important discussion that evening (and continued on to the 20th, if necessary) on how to proceed on with developing Carolina North. I can fill in some details later (in another blog, perhaps) but the Council heard the pros and cons (for instance, development agreements can be no longer than 2o years) of using a development agreement at their meeting on Thursday night held in the Friday Center.
I would think a lot of folks might want to be watching the TC meeting on the 15th. I don't know where in the Agenda that discussion will be.
Happy Birthday OP
Congratulations! Keep up the good work, this is now our only connection with Chapel Hill/Carrboro politics from our vantage point up north!
Bharat and Soumya
happy birthday OP!
Wow, I share a birthday with OP!
I guess that means I'll never forget the date. Some might say that, being a Libra that OP needs to be more politically 'balanced' I say NAAAHHHHH! :-)
John Rees
An auspicious day
Libra
Hey Gang - How About It?
That's OK
I only just finished asking for money for the Ann Arbor trip, so I can understand if folks feel tapped out right now. I plan to leave this fundraiser up for a while since it represents a whole year's hosting costs.
Thanks for your support, George!
paying for hosting?
Ruby,
Please contact me using the e-mail address associated with my account. I should be able to help you reduce your hosting costs to zero.
Thanks
I selected Advantage Labs for OP hosting earlier this year specifically because they offer managed Drupal installs while allowing customers to use their own themes and modules. They have also helped with things like importing all of the old content into the new site.
They are progressive activists and Drupal experts. Unless you provide these kinds of service, I'm going to stick with them. But thanks for the offer!
Didn't realize you needed
No party tomorrow
As you have probably guessed, my idea for a happy hour tomorrow has not panned out. I'm going to be out of town for work from October 18th to 26th, so we may just have to push this party back to after the election.
Sorry for the delay/procrastination. It's so hard to find a date that works for everyone!
Nov. 7th?