Hi, everyone! As some of you may know, the Synfig's website is hosted by TuxFamily (http://tuxfamily.org). TuxFamily is a non-profit organization and they are providing their services for Synfig and other open-source projects for free. Now they need some support. Recently we have got message from tuxfamily founders, I forwarding it to our mailing list now (see below). Of course, we are going to support them by donating from the money collected for synfig development. But if someone wants to make a personal donation and support this great organization that providing home for many-many free software projects, please go ahead - donate and spread a word! Thank you! K.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Version française en dessous. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear TuxFamily friends, This year, TuxFamily will be celebrating its 12 birthday. A great year : a year of changes ! Since the re-opening in 2005, Our family never stopped growing. Today, almost 3000 users and 2400 projects are registred on our services. TuxFamily's success seems to be real and we will try to continue improving our service as hard as we can so it can be as good as you need high avalibity, new services (like git, mercurial and cron jobs this past year)... This success is great but not as free as you can imagine. A free hosting service, run by a non profit organization has to be supported by donations in order to stay alive and keep growing. For example, our Web servers are becoming too old and a bit rusty. Their load increases every week and will become critical in a few months. We have to replace them as soon as possible to keep our services as fast as they should be. This is the reason why TuxFamily.org is now starting a donation campaign. We have to buy some new hardware[0] and the estimated bill is around 4000 euros. With more than 3000 users and the tremendous number of visitors using our hosted websites, this has to be possible ! To make your donation, please visit http://donation.tuxfamily.org/ We also ask you to relay this fundraiser on your website, your blog, your mailing lists, your news websites, on any media available to make sure that every cent that can reach us will be collected. We are also looking for people willing to give a bit of their time. For example[1], we need some artworks for our donation campaign / donate button. Last but not least, the whole TuxFamily.org team always enjoys some feedbacks or bug reports on our hosting services. Please feel free to contact us ! Thank you in advance for your kind generosity and for your time. TuxFamily staff. [0] Our hardware needs : http://faq.tuxfamily.org/HardwareNeeds/En [1] How to help TuxFamily.org : http://faq.tuxfamily.org/Donation/En ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Chers amis de la TuxFamily, Cette année, TuxFamily.org fêtera ses 12 ans. Un bel âge : l'âge des grands changements ! Depuis la réouverture en 2005, la TuxFamily n'a cessé de s'agrandir : aujourd'hui, ce sont près de 3000 utilisateurs et 2400 projets hébergés, un chiffre en constante progression. Le succès de TuxFamily.org ne semble donc pas démenti, et nous continuons à essayer de vous fournir le meilleur service possible : haute disponibilité, nouvelles fonctionnalités (git, mercurial et cron l'an passé)... Ce succès a un coût. Hébergeur gratuit, géré par une association de bénévoles, TuxFamily.org dépend entièrement des dons pour l'entretien et l'achat des serveurs. Ainsi, nos serveurs Web se font aujourd'hui vieillissants : leur charge ne cesse d'augmenter et deviendra rapidement critique ; et leur remplacement serait nécessaire pour rendre nos services (encore) plus rapides. C'est pourquoi TuxFamily.org fait aujourd'hui appel à votre solidarité financière. Pour réaliser les investissements nécessaires[0], nous aurions besoin de 4000 EUR. Avec 3000 utilisateurs et les centaines de milliers de personnes qui visitent chaque jour les sites de nos hébergés, cet objectif est à portée de main ! Pour donner vous-même, rendez-vous sur : http://donation.tuxfamily.org/ Nous comptons aussi et surtout sur vous pour relayer cet appel, sur votre site Web, votre blog, vos listes de diffusion, vos sites d'actualités préférés... C'est un petit geste que nous apprécierions à sa juste valeur. Nous sommes aussi à la recherche de gens prêts à donner un coup de main[1]. Nous apprécierions particulièrement l'aide de graphistes pour réaliser bannière et bouton d'appel aux dons, à mettre sur vos sites ! Enfin, l'équipe de TuxFamily.org apprécie toujours les retours, positifs ou critiques, sur nos services. N'hésitez pas à nous en toucher un mot ! On vous remercie d'avance pour votre générosité et votre gentillesse. L'équipe de TuxFamily.org [0] Nos besoins matériels : http://faq.tuxfamily.org/HardwareNeeds/Fr [1] Comment aider TuxFamily.org : http://faq.tuxfamily.org/Donation/Fr -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBNca0/P0BDenJQcb4RAn7LAJ9TdCyeUQjCS8WbNsU/CM4tgM7OdgCdF9/9 egizLpNFQdBOeC7DqwOFHDU= =Bfse -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- http://morevnaproject.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Synfig-user mailing list Synfig-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/synfig-user
