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surf_toad (imported) wrote: Sat Sep 30, 2006 12:37 pm by the way, i was only echoing the prior posts. i was not suggesting anything.

Toad...

Your intentions are admirable. It is good to know there are folks like you willing to contribute resources to ensure E.A. stays alive and well...

Thanks for being here and hope you enjoy many more years of the Archive.

Donations are not made in the name of the EA. They are made to an individual via their email address.... The name of the EA is not connected, so no issue really arises as to a "sex site."

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who were kind enough to donate to the EA fund. Because of you, we were able to raise enough money to:

Add a nice shiny large hard drive to the linux backup box, which is now making offsite backups of the complete contents of the server four times daily.

Add a burner to the linux box, for periodic offloading of a complete copy onto media just in case.

Replace the power supply in the linux box.

Purchase a couple excellent books which are proving invaluable in my efforts to revamp parts of the site.

Renew our license for vBulletin, so that we can continue to use and enjoy our message board.

Upgrade both a router and my net connection to handle the added computer and backups.

Purchase a supply of blank DVDs for the purpose of backing up the Archive.

Start a couple other projects that should hopefully come to fruition relatively soon.

The small surplus is being saved in case of unforseen disaster, or should any complications or problems arise.

Again, I thank each and every one of the donors for their help. Many of the upgrades over the past little while, and those yet to come would not be possible without their assistance.

There were one or two others who donated but have not been thanked specifically. This is because I do not know what names they use on the board, and do not wish to use their real names here. But thanks to WF and KS also go out.

You are truely a great bunch of people, and I am glad to be able to know you all.