Because The InternetOne is going on an outsourcing trip early next year, and I don't know what services, if any, I will be able to provide for free to the Squeak community, *and* because I don't think that lots of useful services should not depend on a single guy/company, I have An Idea[tm]:

I have some virtual Linux machines (the same sort that the squeakmap machine is currently operating on) running with Bytemark in the UK. It's a great company, good support, and they give 10% off on open source projects (I asked, we qualify).

The idea is this: - I have setup a Paypal account under 'cg-sqf@cdegroot.com'. This Paypal account is exclusively to receive donations to fund the monthly subscription fee for this machine; - I order such a machine as soon as the first month (GBP 13.50) of donations is in (taking the risk for the rest of the months ;)); - I wil setup a Terminus-enabled site that will give everyone access to the Paypal account information (everyone = Journeyers and Masters, I think) for transparency purposes; - If there is a surplus beyond, say, the next 1 year of hosting, we'll discuss here what to do with it (probably send it to Squeak e.V.).

Advantages: - If I go away, someone else can take the Paypal account and the subscription, everything keeps running; Disadvantages: - It'll cost the Squeak community a hunking 13.50 pounds per month...

Vote with your wallet by sending money with Paypal to cg-sqf@cdegroot.com ; if this turns out to be a bad idea and only a bit of funds will come in, I'll send them back (by rejecting the paypal payments) or forward them to Squeak e.V.

Regards,

Cees