Fund Raising Season 2021-2022
- Thread starter Sean Engle
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I support the site financially! EYO has been worth far more to me than any other for my sailing endeavours.
Thank You Sean I own Hull #137 Ericson 35-2 here in San Diego - this website has already yielded a free complete set of Portlights for me!!Oh no....a another year has passed!
Welcome to Fund Raising Season 2021-2022! Each year we come to the owners to ask them considering supporting the site and chipping in to help pay the expenses of running and maintaining it. EricsonYachts.org is not a commercial site, does not charge for the information it disseminates, nor does it depend on third party advertising to pay it's bills. Since 2004 we have made a single annual request for donations, and typically these, in number, have been sufficient to cover the cost of the URL, hosting, software and other associated costs that keep this site running. Those wishing to support the site can do so via the Donations Policy Page:
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In this, our second year of the COVID pandemic, we move into our 21st Year on the web as the leading source for information and community on the Ericson Yacht line. In the last two years, we managed to move from our old vBulletin platform over to this new Xenforo platform, and it appears to be running in a healthy and stable manner. We also managed this summer to team with the Greater Irvine Chamber of Commerce to provide Certificates of Origin for all Ericson Hulls on demand. These certificates are used when an owner wishes to move to the boat to a foreign port and requires documentation showing the hull was constructed in the United States and thus avoid excessive import taxes, etc. Additional information on this new service may be found here:
Need an Ericson Certificate of Origin?
Now Available! Over the years we have had numerous owners come to us asking for assistance in obtaining a Certificate of Origin (COO) for their Ericson hull. Certificates of Origin are most commonly used in the importation of an object into another country; in order to establish the origin of...
This year we also got rid of our 'internet roommates', moved to a dedicated server and had Elastic Search installed. Elastic Search is a separate search engine which will index our entire database, and allow for easier searches and locating of information. Our move to a dedicated server was one of the requirements to set this product up and get the plug in working (the plug in will actually provide you an advanced search window to utilize). The other requirement will be increased diskspace for the indexes and associated items. That, and since our migration, traffic and new memberships have grown considerably (about 15%, which is considerable for us); so we need to upgrade for additional disk space as we are starting to run out of room, etc.
The other issue is that the Elastic Search engine and it's parameters are command-line driven (in Unix, I think) and I have to take some time to sit down and go through it to get it configured. All this said, once these additional space requirements are resolved and I get past my next Architectural Record Exam (for my license - I am half way through them as of this writing) at the end of month, I will dedicate some time to resolving this. Hopefully by this spring we'll have the new search engine in place and running and you guys can tell me what you think.
Anyhow, I hope that everyone (and your families) are healthy and happy. This last year has in many ways been even more trying than 2020, and I am hopeful that moving forward things will begin to improve, etc. Best wishes to you all - and thanks again for your continued support of EricsonYachts.org!
Happy Holidays!
//sse
Please accept my donation as I get much useful info from the ericson website!! Steve in San Diego
saphira36
Member II
Hey! I represent that remark! Don't know that I appreciate you calling me out.
Small donation made, thank you so much!
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Done!Hey! I represent that remark! Don't know that I appreciate you calling me out.
Small donation made, thank you so much!
Yep! Thanks for another great year, Sean.
Bob
I think I responded to your email separately, but will add a comment here for others to see on this question.
Right now we only do the two methods. We started using PayPal years ago, it's been pretty effective so that's why we never expanded to anything else. Plus, like everything else on the internet, with fewer avenues used, come fewer opportunities for hackers and scamsters/dirt-bag people to try and get at us.
So, right now we're sticking with what we have for the time being (thanks for asking though!)...
//sse
What, no drones dropping bags of cash onto your front yard?
(Now, *that* would be a sight.... )
(Now, *that* would be a sight.... )
Heh heh...no. I'll be going through the donations and getting back to everyone in the next few days (aka - this week). I've been pretty much living in my study, studying for the 29th...What, no drones dropping bags of cash onto your front yard?
(Now, *that* would be a sight.... )
Bepi
E27 Roxanne
Thank you for the reply Sean, I get your reasoning. I would like to fly a drone to you with piles of cash but you'll have to settle for a check in the mail. Thank you for everything you do, and thank you to every contributor, I would be walking in circles if not for this website.
And thank you for participating in the site - it could not be done without owners doing so!
And we're done! Fund Raising 2021-2022 is now complete! 
A huge Thank You to everyone who contributed to the site, it's very much appreciated, and the site could not continue without support such as that you've provided. I would like to point out that this year we heard from new folks from ID and KS as well as a host of other locations nearer the coasts and Great Lakes - which is really interesting - so welcome to all of you guys as well. It's always interesting to see where everyone is located - all over the US and Canada...it's a nice family.
I'll be sending out individual acknowledgements next week, as I am tied down at the moment studying for this test next Wednesday (12/29).
Happy Holidays to all of you - please stay healthy and get your shots if you've not already done so!
//sse
A huge Thank You to everyone who contributed to the site, it's very much appreciated, and the site could not continue without support such as that you've provided. I would like to point out that this year we heard from new folks from ID and KS as well as a host of other locations nearer the coasts and Great Lakes - which is really interesting - so welcome to all of you guys as well. It's always interesting to see where everyone is located - all over the US and Canada...it's a nice family.
I'll be sending out individual acknowledgements next week, as I am tied down at the moment studying for this test next Wednesday (12/29).
Happy Holidays to all of you - please stay healthy and get your shots if you've not already done so!
//sse
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