I read Kristen's original offer as if we were sharing the server with the other fangeek sites, but, we would be the only php site on the server, so (I'm so non-tech) I took that to mean that the MySQL connection issue isn't an issue for other fangeek sites, just for Buffistas.

Am I even close to understanding?

You're spot on. The NB.com board is from UBB, which isn't PHP.

Wait -- how much do we have to pay upfront? That's the only question I have wrt money.

And on the other client front, I'll be honest. Yes, we host 9 other sites. Some of them are paying clients. Some of them are filled with NSYNC slash. None of them use PHP or MySQL. Most of them are small sites that somehow relate to some fandom. There's one corporate site for the company I work with that should it vanish off the face of the fucking earth and no one was ever able to find our number to call here ever again, well, I wouldn't be sad. I might do the dance of the seven veils.

Anyway, I'm not saying "let's all pass out root access like it's condoms at Micky's on Thursday night". I'm saying, pick one person who knows what they're doing that I can work with. That person will have the ability to make changes and inform me of said changes.

ETA: Jesse, I'd need two months and the setup fee upfront. So, depending on whether or not you do the year long contract, that's either going to be $500 or $650.

Kristen, thanks for the info, and thanks to Steven for the renewed offer. We'll have plenty to consider before Thursday.

Well, the more memory makes the server faster and to my way of thinking, a faster server processes queries faster which leaves connections open for a shorter span of time which allows for less overlap of connections used.

That makes sense to me.

Forgive me for not reading all the posts. You all rock for working so hard on all this. Jesse, please put something up in Press if you need to collect some more $$.

I agree that we are getting a great deal of cooperation and help, particularly when compared with other homes we have shared.

Now to see how many refreshes I have to use to read the 300+ posts in Angel now that I have finally seen the episode!

Jesse, I'd need two months and the setup fee upfront. So, depending on whether or not you do the year long contract, that's either going to be $500 or $650.

We can do that.

I know I don't understand all the technical ins and outs, but sticking with FG, at least for the time being, sounds like a good plan to me. Before we switch (if we do), I'd love it if we could find some clients of the other hosts that are like us to talk to. I don't want us to be bouncing around from one more or less unsuitable host to another.

As long as the extra $150 isn't insurmountable, I (who have neither a technical opinion, nor any technical knowledge) would rather that if we go with IH, we do not go with the option that commits us for the year. I think I would rather we do this:

Also, on the commitment front, with a higher setup fee [$250 as opposed to $100], we can do a month-to-month agreement. I would, however, want to change the TOS to add in a 60-day notice requirement of cancellation.

...provided, if we were unhappy, and needed to leave, we wouldn't be screwing FanGeek & their clients, in the process, somehow.

Kristen? Monique? If we went with 60-day notice, what would happen to you, in the event we had to leave? Would we be leaving you, your sites, and your clients high and dry?

The extra set-up fee and 60 day notice instead of a year commitment relieves a lot of my worries. I'm on board with this if the techies think it good.

I really am very confident we'll be able to afford a year at $2400 without doing anything crazy. Really very confident.

Again, I have to say I agree with this. I don't have the technical know how to even understand how to make a decision, but I don't the money has to be a huge factor in that decision.

Just a clarification on my suggestion of a donate button. I suggested it as more of a convienence to gather funds passively for building a renewal and operating fund after our initial outlay for the upgrade/move/whatever.