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beemerich
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Hi Anton,
No, I'm not overly keen on MSN, either. However, given the option of having the plug pulled on this board with no warning (Monday morning meetings are always a good time for making decisions) it just seemed like a way of keeping in contact until we could sort something out. I'm all for a fully supported, independently hosted option but, like you say, its not so simple.
Oh, and yes, I'm happy to chip in financially by way of subs, too.
Rich
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'02 RS plus 2002tii, 3.0Si, 3.0S, the list goes on. Me, too far gone to help...
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Total Posts: 34 | Joined Nov. 2003 | Posted on: 6:37 am on May 23, 2004 | IP
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Venturello
RS Meister
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Guys, wait on trevor, give him some time - I am sure he will work out something from the options we have told him (and his own). I for one sent him a suggestion also to host the site on an account I have for personal US in a very large internet provider, but I am sure he will decide on what is best for the site.
Regards all, and my respect and thanks for the suggestions - I am with you all on this, lets try to keep this board going. Trevor has done a great job, THANKS!!!
Juan Miguel Venturello
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2003 R1150RS Euro spec - 6500 miles. Fixed now!! :) :)
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Total Posts: 223 | Joined April 2003 | Posted on: 7:05 am on May 23, 2004 | IP
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RC
RS Fan
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Count me in on any help that I can give!
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Flyinon2
Dark Blue/Frost Blue
04 R1150RS
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Total Posts: 44 | Joined Sep. 2003 | Posted on: 9:46 am on May 23, 2004 | IP
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breyfogle
RS Fan
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1) WRT BMWSportTouring: Nice site that I read and post to periodically, but I'd prefer to maintain our separate RS identify if at all possible.
2) While I don't know anything about maintaining a web based board such as this, a quick search found myikonboard.com (I'm sure there a many similar web companies) that are in the business of hosting web sites and bulliten boards such as this one. Costs range from free and up depending on the support options and size. An advantage of myikonboard.com should be that the config software, database files, etc that make up a customized website should be directly transferrable to the new host with a minimum amount of new configuration work by the administrator.
3) It may be necessary to do something quickly, if temporarily, just to keep the site alive, even if there may be a better long term arrangement later.
4) If a rehosted board can not be free, monetary contributions should be voluntary, perhaps shared by a small group for the general benefit of everyone. There certainly seems to be no shortage of those (including myself) that would be willing to contribute.
5) Please avoild MSN !!!
Once again, this is one of the sites I find myself reading daily. It is focused, informative, civilized and not to big. Well worth saving.
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breyfogle
Lomita (L.A.) California
'88 K75s & '94 R11RS
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Total Posts: 44 | Joined June 2003 | Posted on: 9:54 am on May 23, 2004 | IP
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Left Coast Leaner
RS Fan
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Please add my name to those who both think this board is fantastic and deserves to live on, and are willing to contribute financially.
Thanks. Rob
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Total Posts: 41 | Joined Sep. 2003 | Posted on: 11:07 am on May 23, 2004 | IP
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tw 
Administrator
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A couple of people have offered to help out, I'll follow up with them.
I want to avoid Yahoo/MSN etc.
If employees.org goes down suddenly before the announced deadline of May 31, make sure you look at
www.krakar.co.uk/rrs/rrs.html regularly and I'll keep that up to date with the status.
I'm sure we can solve this and be up and running somewhere else within a week or so.
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Trevor, Pacific Blue R1150RS
Reading, UK
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Total Posts: 470 | Joined Oct. 2001 | Posted on: 1:32 pm on May 23, 2004 | IP
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dboy
RS Fan
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That link does not seem to work for me at this time.
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Dan
San Antonio, TX
'02 Pacific Blue R1150RS
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Total Posts: 25 | Joined Oct. 2003 | Posted on: 3:06 pm on May 23, 2004 | IP
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RayUpton
RS Meister
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The link needs the http at the front...
http://www.krakar.co.uk/rrs/rrs.html
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Ray Upton
R1150RS
Reading UK
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Total Posts: 107 | Joined May 2002 | Posted on: 3:13 pm on May 23, 2004 | IP
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midknightbmw
RS Fan
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This is the only board worth its salt as far as our bikes are concerned, we need to keep it going. Hopefully all previous info will transfer to the new host.
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rubbin' ain't ridin'!
"arrest me red" '95 R1100RSL
midknightbmw
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Total Posts: 33 | Joined Aug. 2002 | Posted on: 5:26 pm on May 23, 2004 | IP
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Hartill
Newbie
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I have been reading the posts on this site for some time and finally registered today so I can post. I have found a lot of good information here and like the others would gladly contribute $ to keep it going, if necessary.
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Gerry Hartill
2002 R1150RS
1982 Yamaha Seca 650
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Total Posts: 2 | Joined May 2004 | Posted on: 8:39 pm on May 23, 2004 | IP
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jimstinnett
RS Neophyte
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I have a web site hosted by ipowerweb.com , for about 9.00 USD per month I have 400mb of space, the abilty to host discussion boards etc.
I can temporarily host this board if you like, with a little creativity we could just get another domain registration or something and host the board there.
See: http://colevalley.net/v-web/bulletin/bb/viewtopic.php?t=2
that I installed yesterday.
Let me know, and I will set you up to get it going over there.
Some small contribtions from the guys might help if the bandwidth requirements are excessive.
But let's see
jim stinnett
email me at jimstinnett@sbcglobal.net
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Jim Stinnett
'94 R1100RS, '98 VTR1000
http://moto-rama.com
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Total Posts: 10 | Joined Sep. 2003 | Posted on: 9:48 pm on May 23, 2004 | IP
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Dee Duble Yuh
RS Fan
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Jim, Anton and one or two others have made constructive suggestions. Here's another:
http://www.bikersoracle.com/
This is a site specifically for one-make/model clubs like this, so they have lots of experience of running the software, collecting (voluntary) donations etc. etc.
Send your requirements by e-mail to: muppet@hondavfrclub.org
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Dee Duble Yuh
Sunny Wales, UK
'01 R1150RS
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Total Posts: 22 | Joined April 2004 | Posted on: 1:37 am on May 24, 2004 | IP
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anton
RS Fahrer
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>... with a little creativity we could just get another domain registration or something ...
Wherever the board ends up, it can have (free) the http://www.bmw-rs.com that I registered.
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Anton Largiader
'94 R1100RS, '93 R100PD, '94 K75RT
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Total Posts: 53 | Joined July 2002 | Posted on: 3:36 am on May 24, 2004 | IP
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Raul Rodriguez
RS Fan
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Count me in !! $$ (I can send with paypal), It will be great to meet you all guys in a new site. I owe you all many many thanks and lots and lots of learning.
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raulr@memoria1.com
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Total Posts: 40 | Joined Mar. 2003 | Posted on: 11:02 pm on May 24, 2004 | IP
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BMW K
RS Neophyte
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Anton, nice work on the URL!
Side note, I will gladly chip in to help keep this board alive. Having been to the BMWSport-Touring site I have noted that they may be knowledgable, but some of them have an attitude that just isn't friendly.
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STFU and ride.
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Total Posts: 9 | Joined May 2004 | Posted on: 8:16 am on May 25, 2004 | IP
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tallman
RS Meister
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This is a great site. 
I hope there is a solution.
I'd chip in too!
Hackers (not sidecarists)
suck.
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'96 R1100RSL "Quickbeam"
Tallahassee
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Total Posts: 105 | Joined Dec. 2002 | Posted on: 2:34 pm on May 25, 2004 | IP
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Lorazepam
RS Fahrer
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I love this site, and will miss it dearly if it fails to find a new home. If there is anything I can do to help I would be happy to do so.
Please let us know in advance if possible, as to the location of it's replacement.
I wish everyone the best and thank them for the wealth of knowledge that is passed here on a regular basis.
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Total Posts: 54 | Joined Mar. 2004 | Posted on: 4:40 pm on May 25, 2004 | IP
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tw
Administrator
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Update...
I'm pursuing the suggestion of hosting on http://www.bikersoracle.com. They seem pretty helpful, and the hosting would be free but with donations solicited, so I'd hope that people who have said they're willing to cough up would do so.
They're not sure yet if they can convert our current data - but IB219 is so old, I'll be a bit surprised if anyone can convert it - even the later versions of IB don't do it !
More as it happens...
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Trevor, Pacific Blue R1150RS
Reading, UK
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Total Posts: 470 | Joined Oct. 2001 | Posted on: 3:54 am on May 26, 2004 | IP
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Pep27
RS Meister
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Quote: from tw on 3:54 am on May 26, 2004
Update...
I'm pursuing the suggestion of hosting on http://www.bikersoracle.com. They seem pretty helpful, and the hosting would be free but with donations solicited, so I'd hope that people who have said they're willing to cough up would do so.
They're not sure yet if they can convert our current data - but IB219 is so old, I'll be a bit surprised if anyone can convert it - even the later versions of IB don't do it !
More as it happens...
That's IB219 "Beta" ;^D...
Well, I always try to look on the bright side, so let's view this as an oportunity... Even if we have to start from scratch, we'll probably end up with some cool new features out of the deal... Good goin' Trevor...
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'94 R11RS/'00 K12LT/'03 Ram 1500 4x4
http://homepage.mac.com/pep27/PhotoAlbum1.html
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Total Posts: 105 | Joined Mar. 2002 | Posted on: 4:54 am on May 26, 2004 | IP
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Venturello
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Cool trevor, thanks!
One suggestion: even if it is not possible to convert the current data, could you at least have it linked in as a static set of web pages, which we could search through? That way the wealth of info available would not be 'lost' 
(or at least send me a copy of the db!!  )
Thanks for all, and I am sure to contribute if they are able to help.
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2003 R1150RS Euro spec - 6500 miles. Fixed now!! :) :)
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BMW R1150RS and R1100RS
IMPORTANT: THIS BOARD WILL CLOSE !
