5 Dec 17:34
ihpva.org domain changing hands
Brian Wilson <brian <at> wildsong.biz>
2008-12-05 16:34:27 GMT
2008-12-05 16:34:27 GMT
Late yesterday, Al Krause of the California version of the IHPVA took control of the registration for the domain name "IHPVA.org" I have not heard anything from Al in many months. I have not heard anything yet from the previous registrant (Richard Ballantine) and I don't know what the response will be from the international IHPVA board. I don't want to be in the middle any more. I am therefore ceasing all volunteer efforts on behalf of both groups, now. There is a mirror of the existing site at WHPVA.org created when we tried to convince the international board to change names but frankly I have no interest in keeping things going just by changing the name. I want out. I have other more interesting projects going. I am not sure what happens to the existing content now. Services that I provide currently on IHPVA.org including the mailing lists for the international board and VPH (France HPV) will probably stop working as soon as Al has traffic redirected to his site. Hopefully this note reaches you in time so you know what is going on. One of the reasons that I moved the other (hpv,trikes,velomobile,etc) mailing lists to bikelist.org was in anticipation of this day. They will be unaffected. The domain was listed as "locked" but the registrant "godaddy.com" forked it over in less than an hour without any advance notice to the registrar. I recommend anyone who has a domain to protect that is using this company's service to move it.(Continue reading)
Well ACTUALLY I will but in a round about way.
Once a year or so I jump in here and say running IHPVA.org is my HOBBY so
that I don't feel so guilty about it not being run flawlessly.
The current Internet service provider lost ANOTHER hard drive about 2 weeks
ago and the server that IHPVA lives on is still limping. NO I don't need money
but thanks for asking. TIME would help but money would not help
since I would only spend it on more GPS equipment and go hiking to test it!
If I gave the money to the ISP they would spend it on donuts or golf
clubs or ham radio equipment-- It would not go into better server
equipment... let's not talk about it!
Keeping all this IHPVA.org stuff going at the moment is very taxing for me.
I have about 10 minutes a week to devote to it right now.
The guy who does their system backups there and generally keeps all
the systems online is well... let's just say it's NOT his day job and
his heart is not in it. (That guy is, of course, me)
We currently have a bad Internet connection and unreliable equipment
but it's FREE!! Great huh? The only ADVANTAGE is that hosting is "FREE" there
because I keep things running. (They indeed pay me something but it's
NOT worth what I get.) HOWEVER since I started doing IHPVA.org hosting
costs have dropped from many $100's per month to $6/month so it is no
longer worth keeping up this
barter arrangement. I want OUT! OUT NOW!!!
WHAT THIS MEANS
This means IHPVA.ORG is MOVING!!! Yes. YES! FINALLY...
I am moving it to another service provider. For $6 / month someone
ELSE can manage the network headaches and the backups etc etc etc...
then I have
10 minutes a week MORE to spend on the site.
ANTICIPATE DISRUPTIONS.
I decided that moving the site QUICKLY rather than slowly and
carefully would help keep me sane. (Some believe this is a futile)
I don't have a really good way to move the SUBSCRIBER lists.
SO -- when the move happens, you will get notifications that you have
been subscribed to whatever lists you're already on. Just like when
you originally subscribed. Because it will be a new list on a new
server.
SETTINGS like "digest", "no mail", etc will be LOST and you will have to connect
to the new web page and reset them, I AM SORRY but this is my HOBBY.
Did I mention that?
I will ATTEMPT to sort out the problems with the mailing list archives
AFTER things have moved. But I can't make any guarantees. I won't have
as much control of the new server (I WANT it that way!) but I will do
what I can.
The new service provider is at "hostmonster.com" who have been doing a
decent job hosting other sites for me since June. Hopefully the
traffic for IHPVA.org
will not be a problem..
Two sites over there already are 
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