Welcome to the 2013 EY.o Fund Raising!
Every year we host a session of fund raising to help pay for the website. As you may or may not be aware, EY.o is totally non-commercial, and does not provide access for commercial vendors to advertise, nor do we sell, rent or otherwise provide our membership email addresses to outside sources. Instead, each year we come to you, the users of the site, and seek small donations which, in sufficient number, are enough to pay the operating costs of the site (hosting, software, hacks, extras, etc.).
This year has been quite challenging to those of us who manage the site. As you may or may not be aware, the site was hacked on September 10th, 2013 - and the database damaged. As a result, we lost the data from Jan 28th to Sept 10th - but that was all we lost.
Since that time, we have rebuilt the site, moved to a new server, enhanced security and procedures and backup the database on an automatic basis. September 10th will not be repeated. Right now I am working on finishing the archives - which while not damaged, are quite voluminous in size - and the entire collection has to be re-entered, re-cataloged, etc. Since finishing grad school and returning to work, my free time has been quite limited - and I am hopeful that the archives will be finished before the end of this month.
If you are interested in donating to the site, you can go to the donations page - located at the front of the site, under >> EY.o Organization>Donation Policy -- Or, you can just click here:
http://www.ericsonyachts.org/infoexc...onation-Policy
Thanks in advance for your contribution to this site. Thanks very much to those of you who contributed ahead of the season this year. This site would not exist if it were not for owners like you. I look forward to the upcoming year, and send our very best wishes to you and your family for a safe, happy and prosperous 2014!
//sse
Every year we host a session of fund raising to help pay for the website. As you may or may not be aware, EY.o is totally non-commercial, and does not provide access for commercial vendors to advertise, nor do we sell, rent or otherwise provide our membership email addresses to outside sources. Instead, each year we come to you, the users of the site, and seek small donations which, in sufficient number, are enough to pay the operating costs of the site (hosting, software, hacks, extras, etc.).
This year has been quite challenging to those of us who manage the site. As you may or may not be aware, the site was hacked on September 10th, 2013 - and the database damaged. As a result, we lost the data from Jan 28th to Sept 10th - but that was all we lost.
Since that time, we have rebuilt the site, moved to a new server, enhanced security and procedures and backup the database on an automatic basis. September 10th will not be repeated. Right now I am working on finishing the archives - which while not damaged, are quite voluminous in size - and the entire collection has to be re-entered, re-cataloged, etc. Since finishing grad school and returning to work, my free time has been quite limited - and I am hopeful that the archives will be finished before the end of this month.
If you are interested in donating to the site, you can go to the donations page - located at the front of the site, under >> EY.o Organization>Donation Policy -- Or, you can just click here:
http://www.ericsonyachts.org/infoexc...onation-Policy
Thanks in advance for your contribution to this site. Thanks very much to those of you who contributed ahead of the season this year. This site would not exist if it were not for owners like you. I look forward to the upcoming year, and send our very best wishes to you and your family for a safe, happy and prosperous 2014!
//sse
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