A lot of changes have been going on over the past month and we are really starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Let me start out by giving a couple of these
because we did a lot of this 
lease:lease:lease: in an effort to make the site transition smooth. We knew there was going to be some heartaches but you would not believe what was avoided.... I know that having to get your password reset is a pain in the 
but it was just something that couldn't be avoided.
With that said I want to say a public thank you to all the admins and mods that have been working not only in the technical areas but changing passwords and helping members in the help desk.
THANKS GUYS (and Michelle)
Ok so we have been online for what a week now and not a single SQL error, we are seeing the performance of the site stay very very stable and we are no where near the limits of the server. We have plenty of room to grow and better yet offer better features to you as we go.
I know that the donating folks are looking in the mail every day to see if the packages have shown up on the doorstep and I need to tell you that we are running a little behind schedule on the shipping. Most of the folks that donated were in the level 2 or 3 catagory and have at least a lanyard and keyring coming... I have the lanyards in my hands now but the keyrings are running behind schedule from the vendor. I think that you all will like the shirts too..... I promise they are coming but I decided that getting the website moved and functional was paramount. We had to get all the content moved off of the old server since we only had a few days before it was decommissioned or we had to pay another 500.00 to keep it up for 30 more days. I'm sure that you all would have done the same thing in my shoes....
So, I will let everyone know when the packages start going out.... If you have any concerns with anything please shoot me an email or PM.....
Now I do want you all to know that I try to be a good steward of your money and I don't want you to think that I just pocket the cash and laugh all the way to the bank.... so I want you to take a few short minutes and go over to this thread from about a month ago CLICK HERE TO SEE THE OLD MESSAGE and read my comments. Please post in this thread if you think that we have spent your money well or if you have anything that you feel we havn't covered as part of the move.
My integrity is very important to me and if I make a public statement I fully intend to comply with what I have spoken as the plan to the group.
Please give us your thoughts and feedback, while we may be good we can't read minds and I can tell you now that I can't keep up with all the suggestions. If I forgot something just remind us, if you have an idea for a feature please let us know...
At the end of the day did we hit the mark with what we told you we were going to do?
You all are the best and I appreciate your patience......
Now back to work.........
Cap
BASH PICS
So once we got them all together from all of the members we ended up with roughly 4 almost 5 DVD's of pictures. We had about 100 people request copies so that means roughly 400 DVD's that need to be burned... It's on the list just hasn't made it to completion. I have even looked at outsourcing this to a company that I know that can get them all burned in about a week.
I will see what I can do... As a note Omar can no longer take pictures at the get togethers because at least one of the DVD's is his pictures....
Once again
CAp
Let me start out by giving a couple of these
because we did a lot of this lease:lease:lease: in an effort to make the site transition smooth. We knew there was going to be some heartaches but you would not believe what was avoided.... I know that having to get your password reset is a pain in the but it was just something that couldn't be avoided.With that said I want to say a public thank you to all the admins and mods that have been working not only in the technical areas but changing passwords and helping members in the help desk.
THANKS GUYS (and Michelle)
Ok so we have been online for what a week now and not a single SQL error, we are seeing the performance of the site stay very very stable and we are no where near the limits of the server. We have plenty of room to grow and better yet offer better features to you as we go.
I know that the donating folks are looking in the mail every day to see if the packages have shown up on the doorstep and I need to tell you that we are running a little behind schedule on the shipping. Most of the folks that donated were in the level 2 or 3 catagory and have at least a lanyard and keyring coming... I have the lanyards in my hands now but the keyrings are running behind schedule from the vendor. I think that you all will like the shirts too..... I promise they are coming but I decided that getting the website moved and functional was paramount. We had to get all the content moved off of the old server since we only had a few days before it was decommissioned or we had to pay another 500.00 to keep it up for 30 more days. I'm sure that you all would have done the same thing in my shoes....
So, I will let everyone know when the packages start going out.... If you have any concerns with anything please shoot me an email or PM.....
Now I do want you all to know that I try to be a good steward of your money and I don't want you to think that I just pocket the cash and laugh all the way to the bank.... so I want you to take a few short minutes and go over to this thread from about a month ago CLICK HERE TO SEE THE OLD MESSAGE and read my comments. Please post in this thread if you think that we have spent your money well or if you have anything that you feel we havn't covered as part of the move.
My integrity is very important to me and if I make a public statement I fully intend to comply with what I have spoken as the plan to the group.
Please give us your thoughts and feedback, while we may be good we can't read minds and I can tell you now that I can't keep up with all the suggestions. If I forgot something just remind us, if you have an idea for a feature please let us know...
At the end of the day did we hit the mark with what we told you we were going to do?
You all are the best and I appreciate your patience......
Now back to work.........
Cap
BASH PICS
So once we got them all together from all of the members we ended up with roughly 4 almost 5 DVD's of pictures. We had about 100 people request copies so that means roughly 400 DVD's that need to be burned... It's on the list just hasn't made it to completion. I have even looked at outsourcing this to a company that I know that can get them all burned in about a week.
I will see what I can do... As a note Omar can no longer take pictures at the get togethers because at least one of the DVD's is his pictures....
Once again
CAp
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You've used plenty of your own money to keep this site up and running for all of us to benefit from. I only wish you would allow us to contribute more often. But I also understand and respect that you dont.
see what happens you give me a week off to exercise my mind? 
