[IMC-Tech] Re: [UCIMC-Finance] Fwd: Purchase Confirmation

[dan blah]

On 8/9/06, Jay Schubert <jay.schubert at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dan,
>
> I'd like to start by saying that I really appreciate the work you and the
> tech group do and I don't mean any disrespect, because I know that we do
> what we can with what we have and there aren't quite enough people in tech
> these days to get it all done.  Also, I think that offering free web hosting
> to working groups and the community organizations that members belong to is
> great.
>
> Unfortunately, the reasons that we chose to buy hosting from a third party
> have been persistent over the past year and have been getting considerably
> worse recently.  As you may know, we run a homegrown application which is
> critical to our operation, and if it doesn't work, we end up with as many as
> seven to ten volunteers who can't work during their weekly shift.  There
> have been many instances recently when this has occurred, though we could
> still access the internet from our room.  Also, when I've explained my
> concerns to the tech list about the inconvenience presented by bouncing
> apache every hour and and received a response indicating that it would be
> this way indefinitely, coupled with the slow performance and regular
> unavailability of our (and the IMC's) web site, it was a choice we had to
> make so that our working group could continue to function effectively.
>
> Believe me when I say, I would much rather use an IMC resource than pay a
> third party for the same thing, which is why we have only committed to one
> year of hosting.  However, so far the new web host has proven to not be the
> same thing; in fact our application runs significantly faster in its new
> environment.  I really do hope that when our contract expires with
> ipowerweb, chambana.net will be in better shape and that we can comfortably
> migrate back to it.
>
> Respectfully,
>
> - Jay
>

i completely understand and thank you for the kind words.  i just
wanted to be sure that b2p understood that if imsahp/chambana.net is
down from this point on, more than likely it is an insight problem.
this means that no one in the building will be able to get out to the
internet (b2p's off site host included).

>
>
>
>
> On 8/9/06, dan blah <dan.blah at gmail.com> wrote:
> > the b2p site is not locally hosted... lol.  this seems kind of silly
> > with the chambana.net server getting fixed.  if the imc internet goes
> > down then b2p site is unreachable while being hosted somewhere else as
> > opposed to being hosted locally it should always be available unless a
> > switch somewhere goes bad.  not to mention the $100 bucks a year it
> > costs.
> > On 8/9/06, Jay Schubert < jay.schubert at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Finance,
> > >
> > > This weekend, I am going to be submitting this invoice for
> reimbursement.
> > > Unfortunately the company refuses to send paper invoices, so this email
> is
> > > all I've got.  I'm planning on printing it out and submitting it via the
> > > finance mail box.  Please let me know whether there will be any problem
> with
> > > this.
> > >
> > > thanks - Jay
> > >
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > From: order at ipowerweb.com < order at ipowerweb.com>
> > > Date: Aug 5, 2006 4:29 PM
> > > Subject: Purchase Confirmation
> > > To: jay.schubert at gmail.com
> > >
> > > Dear Jay,
> > >
> > > Thank you for your purchase!  This message is to inform you that your
> order
> > > has been received and will be processed shortly.
> > >
> > > Your account is being processed for $95.40, for a 12 month term.  You
> will
> > > receive an account setup confirmation within the next 24 hours with
> > > instructions on how to access your account.  If you have any questions
> > > regarding this invoice, please feel free to contact us at
> > > order at ipowerweb.com.  We appreciate your business and look forward to a
> > > great relationship!
> > >
> > > Thank You,
> > >
> > > The iPowerWeb Team
> > >
> > >
> > > ORDER SUMMARY
> > > -------------
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Web Hosting............. $95.40
> > > Setup................... $0.00
> > > Domain Transfer......... $0.00
> > > Sales Date.............. 08/05/2006 14:29:33
> > > Domain.................. books2prisoners.org
> > >
> > > Total Price............. $95.40
> > > Card Type............... Visa
> > >
> > > Business Name............books to prisoners
> > > First Name.............. Jay
> > > Last Name............... Schubert
> > > Street Address.......... 6 Willowbrook Court
> > > City.................... Champign
> > > State................... IL
> > > Zip Code................ 61820
> > > Country................. US
> > > Phone Number............ 2177217419
> > > Fax......................
> > > Email Address........... jay.schubert at gmail.com
> > > Password................ unix1111
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jay
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > IMC-Fundraising mailing list
> > > IMC-Fundraising at lists.ucimc.org
> > >
> http://lists.chambana.net/cgi-bin/listinfo/imc-fundraising
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Daniel
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Jay


-- 
Daniel