[arm-allstar] Web page update and Donations

[Robert Forest]

Thank you all for all that you do. Can't wait to see what's coming.

BTW still wishing for a DMR bridge.

73 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year de K4VL

On Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 12:27 AM "Doug Crompton via ARM-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org wrote:

>  In brief we have added a DONATE link and icon icon on the hamvoip.org web
> page along with much of the following text as latest news.
>
> Many exciting things have happened in 2018 in the HAMVOIP community. We had
> over 100 online updates adding many features, bug fixes, and general
> improvements to the code. There have been over 22,000 downloads of the
> image just this year. We added IRLP, greatly enhanced Supermon, added DNS
> node lookup which greatly enhances the efficiency and timeliness of node
> lookups and before the end of the year we will have all updated users on
> the HAMVOIP registration server with the added advantage of private node
> lookups. Our registration server is built from the ground up to work
> efficiently and will be able to handle the expanding loads as Allstar users
> grow. We now have server presence in Wilmington NC, Dallas TX, Los Angeles
> CA, Denver CO, Chicago IL, and Secaucus, NJ.
>
> Again in 2019 we plan many improvements and updates to the code including a
> brand new channel driver significantly improving the radio interface
> capabilities, support of the PC platform and the Rock64. We will be
> introducing a “Pi farm” located at on of our very high bandwidth data
> centers allowing users to rent space on a Pi and manage it remotely. We
> will be introducing some really significant changes to the code this year
> with a complete rewrite and overhaul scheduled for release. We also have
> many smaller items on our list including the continual updating of the code
> base and a few nagging problems are on the list of things to do such as
> going to non-blocking streaming when using archive audio and Broadcastify
> thus eliminating the annoying hangs when these services stop responding.
> Also fixing the Allstar and Echolink code so audio hangs to not occur
> during connections and fixing the experimental IRLP nodes which never did
> work correctly.
>
> Along with all this we are encountering out of pockets expenses for our
> servers and development which are amounting to about $500 a month or $6000
> a year. I know many of you have asked about donations in the past and we
> decided until we became a firmly established entity we would not accept
> them. The time has now come that we really need some community support to
> meet our goals so we are putting a paypal donation icon on this web page to
> accept donations. We plan to limit donations to the amount required in any
> given year and we will inform you of the current donation totals to date
> from time to time. You can use the donation icon on the web page to take
> you directly to the paypal site or if you prefer you can go to the paypal
> site on your own and use the address -  hvdonate at hamvoip.org  to donate.
>
> HAMVOIP is not a 501c3 organization and due to the new tax laws in most
> filing cases your donation would not be deductible even if we were a
> non-profit.
>
> Thank you for your past and continued support of HAMVOIP. We look forward
> to providing you the best service possible in the coming year. Have a great
> holiday and a very Happy New Year!
>
> The HAMVOIP team
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