Many of you would have already ready the Important Announcement thead posted by @6TimesaRed in January: http://www.sixcrazyminutes.com/threads/very-important-announcement.166942/
After many pages of discussion, suggestions, offers for assistance and the like, some decisions have been taken.
Jono started this more than 5 months ago with a more than fair request to hand over the reins and the burden of keeping this community going.
Looking back, he's actually been asking for this for five years, he's just continued to give his time and effort to keep the place we love working 24/7, without ever having adverts or needing sponsors. @6TimesaRed thank you again, a million times thank you.
Some of the things we have taken out of that thread:
There are some complications in getting everything moved over seamlessly, and our current intent is to see if we can afford an experienced developer to assist with the necessary work, as well as create a new version of the site running in parallel with this one so that we can test thoroughly before we make the cutover.
The plan above will require significant funds to get going, and this thread will serve as a fundraising plea and a place to give you all updates on progress.
We are not setting a target amount. The amount we raise will determine the quality of development assistance we choose and hosting features we can afford.
Extra funds received will be used to prolonging the life of the site. Should the donations reach a point more than we foreseeing in the next 18months, we will suspend donations.
All donation stats and how the money is being spent will openly be shared in a members-only subforum.
Access to funds currently limited to SummerOnions, LeTellecWiz, and Mamma Mia.
Watch this space for the donation link coming soon.
After many pages of discussion, suggestions, offers for assistance and the like, some decisions have been taken.
Jono started this more than 5 months ago with a more than fair request to hand over the reins and the burden of keeping this community going.
Looking back, he's actually been asking for this for five years, he's just continued to give his time and effort to keep the place we love working 24/7, without ever having adverts or needing sponsors. @6TimesaRed thank you again, a million times thank you.
Some of the things we have taken out of that thread:
- There's an enormous will to keep this community alive, in as much the same way as we are used to
- Many of us are keen to contribute financially, and a few have offered their time and skills.
- Some of our founding members/owners/administrators are facing full personal/work lives right now and cannot give the site the attention it needs
- We don't have a tech god willing to take over from Jono.
- We're not keen on alternate platforms like Reddit / Discord etc
- We want SCM to remain ad-free forever
There are some complications in getting everything moved over seamlessly, and our current intent is to see if we can afford an experienced developer to assist with the necessary work, as well as create a new version of the site running in parallel with this one so that we can test thoroughly before we make the cutover.
The plan above will require significant funds to get going, and this thread will serve as a fundraising plea and a place to give you all updates on progress.
We are not setting a target amount. The amount we raise will determine the quality of development assistance we choose and hosting features we can afford.
Extra funds received will be used to prolonging the life of the site. Should the donations reach a point more than we foreseeing in the next 18months, we will suspend donations.
All donation stats and how the money is being spent will openly be shared in a members-only subforum.
Access to funds currently limited to SummerOnions, LeTellecWiz, and Mamma Mia.
Watch this space for the donation link coming soon.
