Soulclub.org - Updated

[Guest vinylvixen]

I've taken the liberty of cutting and pasting this from Soul Talk - maybe a few of us can stump up a $10 contribution? I miss this site so much - (also added to previous SoulClub Post)

atom@pobox.com is the paypal acct ... he'll keep it open for a couple weeks until he has enough for a server then he'll close it - he says 'I'm not asking for permanent donations'.

Latest update on the situation with the soulclub.org website

Atom (the owner of soulclub.org) was asked what the problem was...his reply......

"Hardware failure. The server is old and requires expensive upgrades.

This sucker is expensive to run and I'm not sure I'm still motivated"

Further to that comment, Steve (originally from Halifax) also said,

"May have it back up and limping some time this coming week"

"A new complete server is about $1000 or about 580 quid. Donations would be great. I've run the server FOC for years without ever asking for donations and I even feel a bit guilty now ... even though the server collocation and hardware replacements are never free"

So, what can WE do to help and how would we go about it? Indeed, are there enough people out there willing to stump up donations?

Additionally:

The server has been up for a long time, 5 years or so, and averages 20,000 hits a day last time I checked. The hardware is getting very old and needs replacing. I've never asked anyone for money and I hate to think about starting now but I just don't want to cough up $1000 for a new server on top of the monthly charges for hosting and the time I spend maintaining the site. I'll take your suggestions on what I can do.

I appreciate the offers of money but I don't want to take any unless I can be sure the total will cover the majority of a new server. Although I could get pissed on the proceeds.

[Guest ShaneH]

we now have 3 three threads regarding 'soulclub' running in the same forum.

decided to close this one. please refer to the other thread.

Shane