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Buygold ..Thanks for asking !..Now please hear my response

Posted by Fullgoldcrown @ 17:33 on July 21, 2014  

When we decided to try a Pay site for Rambus after he posted his charts at Goldtent  for many months

We had no idea what would happen . It was an experiment amongst 3 completely inexperienced neophytes

The amount of bandwidth required for the basic set up was miniscule compared to That used by Goldtent

which had archives dating back for several years and 2 million hits a month

Audept and I were just tooling around on the server with no real idea what would come of it

It was just an experiment and we knew there would be no  detriment or influence on the server

So we just went ahead

Hindsight is 20 20 and If we knew what we were about to create would be a permanent site

we would have (should have) broadcast our intentions immediately..

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For the first year nothing much really happened…we had maybe 25 members if that

We had a forum that went unused and the amount of bandwidth was negligible

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NOW ….I never asked for reimbursement for many monthly fees charged by the 2  host sites

Host Monster in the early years and Lunarpages over the years

for things such as monitoring and licencing fees and domain fees …these were just charged to my card

monthly…one was $9,95 a month another was like $119 every 3 months..I never kept track of all that

and the tentathon never paid for all of that..(with the exception of the latest server migration where they charged it all up front

and in one package)..

…so net net I personally paid probably about $ 400 to 500 over a period of the first 4 years of the tent

No problem..no concern…my choice

I felt this more than compensated for the miniscule bandwith for Rambus Year One Plus

And at that point it was not certain we would even be viable or continue

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Yes we set up Rambus on the same server as Goldtent…and we didn’t feel it necessary to discuss it

…We felt It was just an experiment and did not interfere with anybody and didn’t cost

anybody  …we had very little action for over a year….. maybe 25 members .

Then all of a sudden after Rambus made a great call the place stated growing exponentially

because Jim Sinclair joined the site and started promoting Rambus at his seminars

That’s when I sent the infamous email to Todd (and inadvertently to wanka)

The intent was to tell him we will pay our portion of the server costs

Of course we would let you all know what and why,,,but you found out this way instead !

My bad ..

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Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 10:26 PM
To: goldtentadmin@groups.live.com
Subject: RE: International
We got to be careful here re Rambus Just you and I know its on the GT serverI think we should pay any increase from Rambus accountdo you think it will be ok to keep this version of word press

and just go with 2 more Gigs ?

or would the new server perhaps be better…even if more expensive

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Obviously we were growing  suddenly and were wanting to take responsibility

for our % usage

…the bottom line is Nobody ever paid a red cent for the Rambus portion of the server

when we migrated last May the usage was still about 50:50

but we paid $2200 and the tentathon paid $840 (unused portion from the Jan 2013 donations)

We paid more than our share …and rightly so

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in May this year we paid the whole server fee in the expectation it would pay for the whole year

May 2014 to May 2015 for both sites

…We of course fully expected the tent to continue and  theserver  fees  were to be paid 100% by Rambus Chartology

even though  % usage was about 75% Rambus to 25% Goldtent  by then

there was to be NO tentathon to cover this !

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Wanka and I discussed this and he insisted we find out the exact server usage and pay accordingly

I agreed…. but then Todd and I discussed it and decided we would cover 100%

so I paid it all…. $3000  ( to be reimbursed by Rambus)

Now of course You have no use for the old server but May thru July Goldtent had the server usage .

So lets summarize here

1…For 1 year plus we developed the Rambus Site and had a miniscule portion of the server usage

2…The site started to use a lot more of the server AND at the same time Goldtent was Increasing server usage

so we migrated to a new server ..at that point the usage was 50 50 ..Rambus Chartology paid $2200 and there was a credit

from the previous period (paid for by the Jan 2013 tentathon) which covered the Balance…so Rambus paid More that 50%

3…Rambus Chartology paid forward the whole server fee for May 2014 to May 2015…of which Goldtent used only 2 months

before being migrated to the oasis

Where is the robbery in all this …

Nowhere that’s where

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Its kind of ironic isn’t it…this site is filled with Conservatives who abhor Obama and the Libtards who think

For Profit Enterprises are evil…(Communists in effect)

I of course share this view

BUT now Rambus Chartology is receiving the same attitude !!

sheesh

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We worked very hard and still do to make the site interesting and useful and we get paid for our work

NOBODY here has paid a red cent towards the portions of the server we used

We used a common server during the experimental stage and when the experiment was successful

We openly  paid MORE than our fair share ! (yes OPENLY…obviously from that email our intention was to pay)

Wanka never once during this whole migration process questioned our integrity and intentions

He and Audept and I all worked hand in hand with Lunarpages to achieve a smooth migration

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The real reason for the Oasis superceeding the Tent is simple

At some point Audept had a Falling out with Wanka ..

Wanka asked him to do some basic server maintainance and repair

but effectively Audept resigned..and the tent was left with NO webmaster..an untenable situation

I tried to mediate but with limited results

To this day I do not know what the Falling out was all about..but at this point it doesn’t matter

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And there you have it Buygold

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The net result is You all have a wonderful new site..many old valued members have returned…the site is revitalized

It will thrive I am sure under your guidance with Wanka and Floridagold and Ipso facto

and I am happy to be an Author with no other responsabilities .

That is why I am here posting…that and also to answer any questions about the Evil Pay Site known as Rambus Chartology

I REALLY HATE HAVING TO DEFEND MYSELF FROM THESE ATTACKS

BUT I CANNOT SIT BY AND ABIDE THIS

I HAVE PUT MY HEART AND SOULIN TO THIS PLACE AND NEVER EVER  ENVISINED THIS

I HAVE MET HUNDREDS OF MEMBERS IN PERSON AT MEETINGS AT OUR INN

I HAVE SPENt COUNTLESS HOURS KEEPING THE SIDEBAR WELL STOCKED WITH INTERESTING INFORMATION

THnE I FOUND MY TIME CONSUMED WITH A New PROJECT AND LEFT THE TENT IN GOOD HANDS

ONLY TO WATCH IT DETERIORATE TO A SHELL OF ITS FORMER GLORY YEARS as the Gold bear grinds on and on

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AS FAR AS RAMBUS CHARTOLOGY

WHAT STARTED AS A SIMPLE EXPERIMENT GREW INTO A PROFITABLE VENTURE

WE ARE PAYING OUR INCOME TAXES AND HAVE PAID OUR WAY ALL ALONG

In hindsight If We had known we were a viable entity WE would have had  a separate server day one

Hindsite is 20 20 !

I know some will still question our integrity and others (many have already contacted me) will see this was a misunderstanding amongst

basically good folks…

 

I note that Ment17 is back…wow what a resilient fellow he is

I believe he said it best in a post here yesterday…When you point the finger at somebody there are 3 more fingers pointing back at your heart

All the best

See you at the Oasis

Fullgoldcrown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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