Well Boys and Girls,
The time has come. I started this with some enthusiasm some years back with a "build it and they will come" mentality. It worked, to some extent, but not entirely how I had hoped.
I am glad that there has been much achieved and many positive things have happened, but I have reached the decision that I cannot go on running this site with my own money and time for a few scant donations (which have almost let me break even - thanks to those of you who have donated).
So, the time has come for me to let this all go. That is this forum, the ABU and its website that links into here, Sydney Biodiesel, the software, the licenses, the domain names, the hosting and bandwidth liability - the whole box and dice.
If no one does anything the forum will last for a few months and then one day it will just not be there and will only live in google-cache for a short time. If however, there are any people out there who would like to keep this going, put your hand up, talk to me and I'll see what can be done.
The websites can be run by someone with limited technical savvy, they are not as hard as they look and someone interested could learn how to do it themselves, I have set it up to be this way. Who they go to, how much and whether I hang around for a while to hand over and make sure that the new owner is comfy and secure with everything will depend on who wants it and whether it is a commercial or community interest.
The time has come. I started this with some enthusiasm some years back with a "build it and they will come" mentality. It worked, to some extent, but not entirely how I had hoped.
I am glad that there has been much achieved and many positive things have happened, but I have reached the decision that I cannot go on running this site with my own money and time for a few scant donations (which have almost let me break even - thanks to those of you who have donated).
So, the time has come for me to let this all go. That is this forum, the ABU and its website that links into here, Sydney Biodiesel, the software, the licenses, the domain names, the hosting and bandwidth liability - the whole box and dice.
If no one does anything the forum will last for a few months and then one day it will just not be there and will only live in google-cache for a short time. If however, there are any people out there who would like to keep this going, put your hand up, talk to me and I'll see what can be done.
The websites can be run by someone with limited technical savvy, they are not as hard as they look and someone interested could learn how to do it themselves, I have set it up to be this way. Who they go to, how much and whether I hang around for a while to hand over and make sure that the new owner is comfy and secure with everything will depend on who wants it and whether it is a commercial or community interest.
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