NSXCB Finances and web server costs

[forumadmin]

Hello everyone,

I want to let you all know, that this forum site relies on contributions to pay for the web hosting. It's run non profit, all the contribution money goes into the hosting costs. In the past there was more contributions coming in each year, than the annual costs. However, for the past few years, practically nothing has been coming in contributions, and so the savings have been used to pay the costs. We are in a situation where there are a few months left in the account, to pay for the hosting.

I don't own an NSX anymore. Haven't done so since 2009. It matters to me not one bit, if this site continues to operate or not. When the finances have run out, the site will close.

Regards,
Forumadmin

[mutley]

What are the annual running costs in total?

[NSX 2000]

Hello everyone,

I want to let you all know, that this forum site relies on contributions to pay for the web hosting. It's run non profit, all the contribution money goes into the hosting costs. In the past there was more contributions coming in each year, than the annual costs. However, for the past few years, practically nothing has been coming in contributions, and so the savings have been used to pay the costs. We are in a situation where there are a few months left in the account, to pay for the hosting.

I don't own an NSX anymore. Haven't done so since 2009. It matters to me not one bit, if this site continues to operate or not. When the finances have run out, the site will close.

Regards,
Forumadmin

Hi Forumadmin, hope Switzerland is treating you well, a few of us drove back through Switzerland on Friday after we had been in Imola. I think some of the locals might of found our exhausts a bit annoying.
Main question is how much does it cost to host this website per month or per year.
Is it possible to move it to another host with out losing all the data, as there is so much information on this website//forum.
Regards
Paul

[forumadmin]

The site costs $55 per month. There is basic hosting plus backup service. The costs do seem to have gone up over the years.

This year so far there has been $110 in contributions, last year there was $160 in total. There is $240 on the account.

[forumadmin]

The site can be moved somewhere else, but it still needs paying for. I actually would not mind at all, if someone else were to host it, and I can transfer the site, and database to someone else to run, as I have no interest in doing so anymore.

[goldtop]

I didn't know this. Sadly, I think the lack of traffic here means that there's not a lot of point in saving the site as an on-going forum. I hate Facebook for info-rich resources, too.

Is it feasible to put the database into some other searchable form? Even if it's read-only? This, of course, requires a motivated and savvy person.

(I'm out of my depth on SQL and PHP.)

[NSXGB]

I prefer the forum as a usable database for info. FB & WhatsApp groups don't do it for me.
What you say maybe makes sense, are we flogging a dead horse in trying to keep the forum alive?
Just throwing an idea out there, but is there any mileage in joining / merging the forum with another JDM platform, like S2k or even Prime for instance?

[sorepaws]

Do we have figures on the bandwidth usage? If it is low usage then a cloud based service would be a viable option, this would also have the benefit of always using the latest version and any enhancements.
Last years income would indicate there are only 10 people interested in the forum, the original agreement with the OC was that every member would contribute to the forum, with the "break away" of the OC, they have retained the money that would have gone to maintain the forum.

[sorepaws]

@Forumadmin is there a method to contact you in a more interactive way?