Good evening,
Firstly, I hope that everyone has had a fantastic start to 2010!
Secondly, I would like to personally thank the management team, Neonwizard, Jimbob and Tassie for their continued support in the day to day operations of this helpdesk. It’s a little hard to believe as we enter February 2010 that we moved this setup on the 14th of May 2007. These 3 managers have dedicated countless hours to this helpdesk not only assisting members but in managing member registrations, queries and the odd community problem / problem member.
So why the big post?Over the past 18 months Yvonne Adele, the individual behind the more commonly known Ms Megabyte, has positioned herself as a national & international identity following a different trend, Creative Thinking. Her latest ventures are Ideas Culture –
http://www.ideasculture.com – and her personal website and blog located at
http://www.yvonneadele.comAs Yvonne moves deeper into these areas she has decided to close down the Ms Megabyte profile, including the website which was recently taken offline and to follow, this helpdesk.
When presented with this ultimatum , the management team unanimously agreed that this community has been running for too long and provides too much support for its members to see it shutdown. To enable this however we not only require the management staff to continue their invaluable assistance, but there is now a financial component for providing the helpdesk hosting (where it lives on the internet) and the domain name (the address of our helpdesk)
Helpdesk HostingMuch to my appreciation, before even being asked all managers offered to contribute to the community financially in addition to their ongoing day to day assistance. I believe these three people provide an invaluable contribution already and asking this in addition is not appropriate.
There was the suggestion that we request small financial contributions from the regular members who were able to contribute, but I believe one of the key items with this forum is that it’s completely free with no advertising.
With these options in mind, I have offered the services of my own business, SilverDimension -
http://www.silverdimension.com.au - to providing hosting of the helpdesk to the community free of charge.
SilverDimension has provided hosting for Ms Megabyte / Yvonne Adele and her associated websites for almost 4 years and would like to ensure that the community continues to experience the reliability which we have seen during this time.
Helpdesk NameWith the removal of Ms Megabyte, that leaves us with a search for a new name! Not only will the new name be required for the name of the helpdesk, but a new address will be registered to be the new website location of the helpdesk.
The managers have decided that the best way to choose a new name is to allow all members to be involved in re-naming our site! We will be creating a simple registration form over the next two weeks which once posted will enable you to submit your own suggestions for our new name.
Once this process is completed management will chose 3 names which will be put to a poll of the community. Once the final name has been chosen, we will be re-branding the helpdesk, choosing a new layout and changing our domain name over the next two months.
At this stage, this is just a notice that these changes are all coming to a computer screen near you!
Keep your eye on the forums for the registration form / polls over the coming weeks and please feel free to ask any questions you have in this thread.
