[steering] proposed letter to theforum

[Martin Burns]

On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Marlene Bruce wrote:

> Hi Martin,
>
> Thanks for the tweaks. Regarding the time-lines:
>
> >* Hosting and Technical Architecture defined - April 1
> >* Hosting migrated - June 1
>
> Splitting them out is fine with me. However, if we don't move hosting
> 'til June 1, that means we could ramp up charges for Ron's hosting to
> the tune of an additional $2500. At this point donations have slowed
> to a trickle, and we can't even cover half of Ron's initial invoice
> (he's been having email problems, but he's said it's currently about
> $3000, and I've only been able to send $1300, which nearly wipes out
> our cash).
>
> Could something like this be a possibility?:
>
> 2/10 - Discussion and voting on theforum closes, committees start their work
> 3/01 or 3/15 - Hosting and Technical Architecture defined
> 5/01 - Hosting migrated

OK - go for that and we'll see if it gets knocked back a bit by
sysadmin/desdev.

>
> Every month that goes by costs us about $500...

A point well worth making in the email...

Cheers
Martin

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