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Very sad news. She was a kind lady. I loved talking with her

Sad news, Skyrider has passed away https://www.arnmortuary.com/obituary/Lloyd-Bishop

Hi there, If you are reading this, then you are on the new server! This should be faster and more efficient than the old server. We had been on the old server since June of 2011. Thanks to everyone for donating to the cause. We reached our goal and saved a bunch. By moving to this, we saved close to 800 dollars for the next year. Special thanks to the mods as well as Roj for keeping this up and running. You will notice that posts are missing from May 30th until today. I was unable to activate the new server until yesterday Pawtucket

We didn't see eye to eye. I wish his family well. I did like his sense of humor. And he led the charge against the way. Opened the eyes of many.

There was an upgrade to the software. No rules have changed. Probably some glitches in the upgrade.

STOP! A number of you are sniping each other. NO personal attacks, NONE, ZERO, ZILCH. There is no Amendment protection to say whatever you want. We have stated rules that you accept when you join this forum. You can not attack other posters and need to respect their privacy. I'm tempted to list examples by poster, but won't. The moderators do the best that they can, they are not perfect, but who is. I am not going to tolerate this. I think that the weeks the site was down, were some of the highlights this year of the forum. I have no problem just closing down the site. If you don't like the rules, leave. If you don't follow the rules, penalties will be applied.

As many of you know, I stepped back from active management of GSC a few years back. I left the management in capable hands. I had a nervous meltdown. Disagreement turned into verbal battles. I always wanted this place to be a safe haven for those that left or was in the process of leaving or was thinking of leaving. This would be a place of solace. Lately, for some, attacking seems to be the color of the day. Why the need to attack? Why the need to call people names. My attitude has been if you are getting in vicious place, step away from the keyboard! The internet is rampant with vicious bravery behind a wall of anonymity I only have one word to those guilty of this, Stop! At least on this site. And as an aside, the hosting company has been double billing me, we are trying to work this out. If the site is not accessible in the next few days, don't worry.

Welcome, Leah. About time!! You will get a lot of support here.

If you have no idea, then why don't you say that first, before suggesting I spend too much money. I have explained why I go with reliability above inexpensive. I don't know why I even started this thread. The donations made this week will cover the costs for the next two months, then I will likely close down the site. I have too much else going on to deal with this bickering.

I had the forums hosted by others for a number of years. We were shut down when Twi made complaints. This happened, I believe, twice. So the solution was to have my own server. And then we wouldn't be shut down. I covered the costs out of my own pocket up until a few years back. I moved from a physical server to a virtual server a number of years ago to reduce costs. Donations are completely voluntary, you are under no obligation to donate. I chose the most reliable companies, not the cheapest so there would be the least downtime. Companies like SiteGround are great, but they can shut you down. I have to ensure that the site can't get shut down. I've used PHPBB and I've found that Invision is more robust and have better support when you need it.

Hi there, I used to be able to absorb the costs of this site. Things have changed unfortunately. It costs me about $1200.00 annually. This year, I have received just under $200.00 lf you can afford a donation, it would be much appreciated. It is not required in any way to use this site. I appreciate all the support in past years, I really do. The donate button is on every page, upper left. Thanks.

Rocky, it is up to date for July 17

I could still use some more funding.

Yes Grace you did it correctly, thank you. I usually send an email, but I was sick for a while and got behind on my duties. I appreciate the generosity, The site has been paid through July, including the renewal for the forum licence.