***Update***
Huge shout out to Mike@EcoPowerParts for making this transition as smooth as possible (and putting up with some bonehead stuff from me). The domain as been officially transferred and now I just need to do the cut over tomorrow into this weekend. This includes a massive database migration not including almost 10 years worth of data such as pictures (half of which are bpd1151's!!!) not to mention the actual software platform the forum runs on. So far my test migrations have been successful as I have a copy of the site stood up and running. I will be keeping the hosting the same to keep a smooth transition but will be looking at updating the hosting platform in the future.
Thank you for EVERYONES patience while the cut over happens this weekend.
***Update***
Quote from: SM105K on May 14, 2020, 03:04:03 PM
Have you been thinking about new moderators and what to do with vendors?
Since before the hand off, vendors haven't paid to promote their products.
Would you consider a policy of transparency between both the vendors and customers? I know Lee from Ortiz Performance posted about this, and it was a welcome sight that a vendor would post this.
I think this could be helpful for new members/owners to warm them from predatory companies like LMS and Sierra Sierra India.
There has been a lot of things to consider and I am slowly working my through what all needs to be done. I will have answers to these questions fairly soon. I have had people reaching out to me to offer assistance in moderating.
I agree with Lee @ Ortiz Performance in being transparent while not giving up IP and I appreciate their candidness.
Also since this is a community forum, I would love idea's on what everyone thinks would be beneficial here? I am open to suggestions on what the community would like to get out of this.
I will be setting up a forum supporter option like shoforum. The hosting of this site is not free and does consume effort, time, and money.