Well here is the skinny. Every server hosing service has several levels of service....some of which is the amount of storage, bandwidth and memory. Since we started out small, we had a small level of service....now we are bigger. We now have a little more than two years of data that we keep...some of which is relevant as in the total pilot hours, and some isn't like historical bids. But we can't have one without the other.
The only part in this process that I wasn't happy about is that our service host provider gave us no warning that we were nearing some hard limits. Had they done that, we could have upgraded the site without a service interruption. As it was, we were notified that we had exceeded our level of service and suspended the account because of the overage. It seem rather obvious that a notification a week or two ago would have eliminated the entire problem.
Now then, although we don't have a donation page per se, and donations earmarked for MFC have been processed though RTMM. And we thank those that have made donations. In the future you will see a donation link on MFC which will directly go to our linked PayPal account. It is our intention then to disclose the donations (amounts only) and the expenses of operating the website. For now I can tell you that the direct operational costs are a little over $400 per year. I am sure in the coming years we will have to increase costs by adding additional security. But that is down the road for now. I hope this gives you the insight you requested.
Henry
