To the Collective Membership,
It is my responsibility to inform you all of the following events and their implications.
1 - On or about August 1, 2013 we lost contact with MesmerEyes, the founder of the Collective. We have attempted to contact him in every means possible and have been unable to do so. It appears, for all intents and purposes, that he has passed on. We have to assume that he is no longer with us because of his health issues over the years. This assumption hurts very much, but at this point in time we have no other explanation for what has followed since that point in time. Due to MesmerEyes passing, it falls to myself and ASG to take over the reigns of the Collective to keep it alive.
2 - On December 22, 2013 the Collective site was shut down. This was completely unexpected and we were not fully prepared for this event. With the possible passing of MesmerEyes, the Admin of the Collective, myself and ASG, were in the process of setting up a new domain and hosting for the Collective to be in service by February 20th, 2014 when the current expiration date of the Collective Domain is to expire.
3 - Upon contacting Dreamhost, it was made clear to us that we cannot access MesmerEyes' Dreamhost account and as such we did not have the ability to see what was going on exactly. After going through an involved process, Dreamhost reactivated MesmerEyes' account and we found that the account had been suspended.
4 - Due to the suspension there is a charge we are currently needing to pay. To keep the Collective active until January 14th, 2014 will require the Admin to pay $450 to Dreamhost ASAP.
5 - After due consideration, the Collective Admin have decided to ask for a donation drive to be able to pay this amount and gain us some needed time to make a server and site move as follows:
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If you can assist the Collective, please go to https://gifts.dreamhost.com/ and please purchase a card there for whatever you might wish to. Please note! The maximum per card is $100 US but it can be for any amount. After doing so you will receive a code which can be PMed to myself. Upon the collection of the amount we need I will end this donation drive. GOAL MET WITH THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT7 - With regards to our hosting, we are the process of negotiations which will, we believe, benefit the Collective. Details of this arrangement will be released when these negotiations are completed and finalized. All I will say at this time is that it will secure the Collective for the foreseeable future.
8 - Arrangements are being made that should myself or ASG pass on, the Collective will be handed to trusted Moderators to maintain the site going forward. This will avoid such incidents as the one we faced on December 22, 2013.
9 - If there are comments about what the Admin have decided to do, you can comment in this thread:
http://www.hypnopics-collective.net/smf_forum/index.php?topic=20339While we have gone through a crisis, there is every indication that we will come out of this a stronger site in many ways.
Thank you for your help and being part of the Collective.
Tera
Admin
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