e-Sword-users.org UP

E-Sword-users.org came back up last week.

I started trying to copy the e-Sword-users.org website to my system when it came back up, in early April.  For various reasons, most of the tools I was using, failed to duplicate the website.

On 14 April, I started using ftp to e-Sword-users.org  from GoDaddy, to home server.

Problem # 1:   The website contains almost 100 GB of data.  I have less than 90GB of free disk space.  I will be burning DVDs, and deleting content, before everything has finished being downloaded;

Problem # 2:  On Thursday --- 14 April --- my Internet connection became even more bizarre, and uncooperative.  By Friday, it was completely down.  Replacing the modem on Saturday fixed it. Later on this week, more work will be done on that connection. Hopefully, that will stabilize it even more;

Problem # 3:  If the keyboard is not used for six hours, the computer shifts into hibernation mode.  Since I'm not using that computer for anything else, it is in hibernation mode for hours at a time.  At the current download speed, the entire site will be transferred to my server on 28 April;

Once everything is transferred to my home server, I will be backing it up to DVDs.  Then I will be removing at least 50 GB of data from the site.  Most of this is duplicate files that were uploaded by two or more people.

I expect that this process will be completed by 1 May.  At that point, I will start constructing a test website on my home network. (This will not be publicly accessible.)  This test website will be the basis of the new e-Sword-users.org website.


Unfortunately, I can not work on this full time.  :(

In order of priority, I will be working on:
* The e-Sword Users Foundation;
* e-Sword Documentation;
* The e-Sword-users Website;

e-Sword-users.org: Up, Down, and when it will be up again.

The file-system that GoDaddy servers use, has a limit of 1024 inodes per directory.   e-Sword-users.org has been exceeding that for a number of months.  GoDaddy sent emails requesting that the number of files and directories be reduced to that number.  Those emails were ignored, and hence GoDaddy shut the site down.

The site will be back up, once I have reduced the number of files, and responded via email, to the emails that they have sent.   Inasmuch as I have neither seen those emails, nor currently have access to them, I don't know when I'll be able to respond via email to GoDaddy's emails.

What Should Happen to e-Sword-users.org

From http://e-sword-users.org/users/node/4934

Which of the following should happen to e-Sword-users.org

• Abandon the Website:                                                     6% (  8 votes) 
• Run it as a one person owned and operated website:  28% (40 votes) 
• Incorporate as a for-profit organization:                       3% (  4 votes) 
• Incorporate as a non-profit organization:                    45% (64 votes) 
• Find an organization to adopt it:                                  15% (22 votes) 
• Something else:                                                               3% (4 votes)

Total votes: 142 

From http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eSword/surveys?id=13073779

What should be done with e-Sword-users.org, and the domains it owns?

Abandon the site;	3 votes	3%
Run it as a one person owned and operated website;	28 votes	34%
Incorporate;	25 votes	30%
Find an organization to adopt it;	17 votes	20%
Something else;	8 votes	09%

Total votes: 81

Combined results:

• Abandon the Website:                                                     4.93%   (11 votes) 
• Run it as a one person owned and operated website:  30.49%   (68 votes) 
• Incorporate as a for-profit organization:                        1.79%  (  4 votes) 
• Incorporate as a non-profit organization:                    28.7%     (64 votes) 
• Incorporate:                                                                  11.21%   (25 votes)
• Find an organization to adopt it:                                  17.49%   (39 votes) 
• Something else:                                                               5.38%   (12 votes) 
• Combined Incorporate                                                  41.7%     (93 votes)

Total votes: 223
Votes cast as a percentage of possible votes: 0.8797% 
 
"Combined Incorporate" is the number of votes for "incorporate" from the eSword list poll, plus the number of votes for"incorporate as a non-profit" and "incorporate as a for-profit" in the e-Sword-users poll.

Due to the low number of votes, the results have no statistical significance, or reliability.

Polls: Last Day

The current polls close at midnight 5 April 2011.  I do not know which time zone is used.

From http://e-sword-users.org/users/node/4934/results :

Which of the following should happen to e-Sword-users.org

• Abandon the Website:                                                     7% (  4 votes);
• Run it as a one person owned and operated website:  31% (19 votes);
• Incorporate as a for-profit organization:                       5% (  3 votes);
• Incorporate as a non-profit organization:                    38% (23 votes);
• Find an organization to adopt it:                                  16% (10 votes);
• Something else:                                                               3% ( 2 votes;

Total votes:                                                                 61

Current number of users of e-Sword-users.org:   17949

Percentage of users that have voted:                    0.339851802 %

From http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eSword/surveys?id=13073779:

What should be done with e-Sword-users.org, and the domains it owns?

Abandon the site;	2 votes	3%
Run it as a one person owned and operated website;	20 votes	32%
Incorporate;	18 votes	29%
Find an organization to adopt it;	14 votes	22%
Something else;	8 votes	12%

 

Total Votes:                                                    62

Current Number of List Subscribers:            7348

Percentage of subscribers that have voted:  0.843767011%

Poll Results: 4 Days Later

Poll results on what should happen to e-Sword-users.org.

From http://e-sword-users.org/users/node/4934

Which of the following should happen to e-Sword-users.org

• Abandon the Website:                                14%  (3 votes) 
• Run it as a one person owned and operated website:  23% (5 votes) 
• Incorporate as a for-profit organization     5%  (1 vote) 
• Incorporate as a non-profit organization  36% (8 votes) 
• Find an organization to adopt it:               14%  (3 votes) 
• Something else:                                            9%  (2 votes)

Total votes: 22

From
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eSword/surveys?id=13073779

What should be done with e-Sword-users.org, and the domains it owns?

Abandon the site:	2	03%
Run it as a one person owned and operated website:	20	32%
Incorporate:	18	29%
Find an organization to adopt it:	14	22%
Something else:	8	12%

 Total votes: 62.

In the eSword list, somebody commented that "running it as a one person owner and operated website", could very easily lead to a repeat of the current situation.

Whilst my preference is for a Foundation, I'll go along with the results of the polls.  

Technically, that would be a Charitable Trust, because I am seriously looking at what is required to set up a non-profit organization in New Zealand.