On Fri, 10 Feb 2017, at 10:25 AM, Rich Mellor wrote: > Taking account of my ongoing health issues, I have been considering what > would be best for the QL Wiki and other community projects which I > currently run (such as the Z88 forums, the ZX80/ZX81 forums and the > Sinclair QL GitHub). > > Looking at what happened with World of Spectrum when Marjin was unable > to continue with the site, it is important to consider the long term > viability and what should happen if I (for example) were to walk under a > bus tomorrow. My health issues also mean that I no longer have the time > or energy to continue in the way that I have been. > > My family would not really know what to do with the forums - and would > not continue to pay for the hosting. There is also not really anyone > else involved in the administration of the site. I also think that the > QL Wiki is itself a barrier to people being involved, as there are > certain people out there who cannot see beyond the fact that it was set > up by me initially and is hosted on my server - so seem to think that it > is my duty to update it! > > After deliberation, I think the answer is to set up a non-profit > organisation (Sinclair World ?) which could then own these resources and > be responsible for their maintenance, improvement and upkeep. It would > take some fund raising to set up the organisation, as well as willing > hands to set everything up and create the necessary constitution, > book-keeping etc to keep it viable. > > What do others think - and who are the willing hands? > I wonder if we could get van/rob interested in this as part of qlforum activities.
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