I may need to shutdown IceInSpace :(

[blindman]

Maybe gov.au can help instead sending hundreds of millions abroad for nothing

[Nikolas (Nik)]

How about an icetrade system online like Peter suggests and then a reinvigorated private Aussie/NZ only iceinspace facebook page. Maybe even an Iceinspace classifieds facebook page. I know some of our more fossilised members are not facebook lovers but it may be a solution? Just make sure we have more admins/moderators, happy to do the facebook admin stuff as I am already admin/mod on other facebook astro pages.

[leon]

Although I would be sad to see IIS go, I will utter the line I tell my Alice sometimes when we speak of certain things and events that happen around us and in our own lives, and that is: "Nothing Lasts Forever"

Leon

[SimmoW (SIMON)]

Sad, but things seem to be changing so much tech wise, so I kind of expected this. Discord and other such things seem to be used a lot more lately. Not much development/renovation here, a consequence of the old system being used.

Issues raised now reveal some real risks of losing the amazing contributions from members. Anyone know if a full archive of posts has been taken on the way back machine or anywhere else? I've just checked and I couldn't find a full archive.

I often search here for ideas and solutions, so its loss would be a disaster for the community.

I see a big opportunity for a newer retailer like Sidereal Trading to step in and take it over and host permanently on their site, aligning their Aussie business direct with its base.

[SimmoW (SIMON)]

Originally Posted by leon

Although I would be sad to see IIS go, I will utter the line I tell my Alice sometimes when we speak of certain things and events that happen around us and in our own lives, and that is: "Nothing Lasts Forever"

Leon

Haha yes, the inevitable theory of entropy, so ironic here!

[iborg (Philip)]

Hi All

My 2c - for now, make a donation, then the site can keep going for another year (I think).

This will give some time to find a good solution for all, Mike included.

I hope it keeps going!


Philip

[MortonH]

Just donated $30.

[leon]

Hey Morton, I have been searching for where to donate, however it has escaped me, so can someone please direct me to the right place please

Thank You.

Leon

[sharkbite]

Originally Posted by leon

Hey Morton, I have been searching for where to donate, however it has escaped me, so can someone please direct me to the right place please

Thank You.

Leon

Leon - its on the bottom left of screen, below "The Sun Now". you will likely need to scroll down a bit

[BlakPhoenix (Rohan)]

Hi Mike, I have some servers that I run private web hosting on. Hit me up with a PM and we can chat about the requirements you need for IIS and if I can help.

[Paul Haese]

I would be happy to make a subscription fee if that is required. The site serves as a source of community for online astroheads.

[Paul Haese]

Donated $20 just now.

[leon]

Thanks for that if it were any bigger I would trip over it.

Leon

[leon]

Hope $40.00 will help.

Leon

[Startrek (Martin)]

I just donated $20 as well
PayPal doesn’t work, use the direct banking details
Come on folk , let’s keep it going for at least another year or two until a permanent solution can be reached

Martin

[MortonH]

Originally Posted by leon

Hey Morton, I have been searching for where to donate, however it has escaped me, so can someone please direct me to the right place please

Thank You.

Leon

The DONATE button Paypal link is broken but Mike posted this yesterday:

...you can still paypal to paypal@iceinspace.com.au, or the BSB/Acc# are still valid.

[stringscope (Ian)]

I have just donated

[ronson]

Donation done. Hope we can raise the needed money soon. Let us know how it goes Mike.

Btw, do you have any website and forum stats such as file size, db size, page views, bandwidth usage which could help looking for alternatives.

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

Originally Posted by leon

Absolutely a 10.00/20.00 subscription for all members and new ones each year, I would be most happy to pay that or even more.

This is very sad news indeed, lets all work together to keep this forum up and running, i just love this place.

Leon

Same Here ....I'm In.

[The_bluester (Paul)]

Another forum that I have been on for 15 years or so has a voluntary donation gig, it has kept it afloat for the last decade or so. A lot of the regulars (Including me) donate on a semi regular basis. Occasionally things get a bit thin and a bit more of a deliberate donation drive is done. People always step up when that happens.

I personally detest Facebook for the kind of function that forum sites have always been around for, mainly as you have to go looking for the content you want and convince the FB algo to actually show it to you. Recently it has been feeding me a steady diet of advertising and AI produced dross and finding the actual user content I actually want is near impossible. I would hate to see a site like this replaced by that experience, even if I am not on here as much as I used to be.