Hello gang:
During the past couple of years I have struggled with the problem of how to keep this site going in the event of obvious and not so obvious eventualities.
Our annual expenses are not very much, and Timo left us many years of operational funds as I intend to do from my own estate. But there must be someone to physically manage the site, despite our rather low traffic levels lately.
Certainly, the legacy data here is a repository of useful knowledge, but it is difficult to access for most people and I want the changes to incorporate some easier way to search the treasure-trove of experience we have on record.
As I have done previously, we will get a 501(c)(3) designation for the main site (that is a charitable organization so that donors in the US can deduct their contributions from their taxes), and link to a dot-com for commercial interests that align with our experiences to the extent that we can promote their products or services. We would be careful about outright endorsements, but can do product reviews, for example.
Well, bottom line I am asking for help from our members to contribute ideas about what we want to see in the new design. We will link social media groups like Twitter and Facebook of course, but if there are old forums we should combine or eliminate or new ones to consider; we should investigate the possibilities and desires of our members.
To our donors, I wanted to let You know how much I appreciate Your participation and wonder whether we should start a separate post for those who don't necessarily want to remain anonymous but I don't want to pressure our members and contributors, either. We will try adding the panoply of payment options, including cryptos.
Thank You,
HEALTH
John
