Amiga.org Ownership Resolution

[Pyromania]

I'm just posting a quick message here to get some feedback. I know a few of you have been concerned that you don't know the identity of the owner of Amiga.org. His investment saved the site in 2009 when it could have shut down and it was most appreciated. He only wanted to preserve Amiga.org so its members could go on communicating and enjoying it. I of course helped make that deal happen but since I don't own Amiga.org the buck currently does not stop with me. Any decision I make can be overrided and changed. I spoke with the owner recently and he is willing to transition ownership to me completely. He only needs his investment back with interest. Unfortunately it will take me one to two years to raise the funds to make this happen. You as members could of course help make this happen faster with donations but your not required to do that. The question you have to ask yourself is are you happy with the current situation of not knowing who owns Amiga.org or are you more comfortable with me as the owner. Thanks for your time and now back to your regularly scheduled Amiga program.

Best regards

Bill P

[Pyromania]

He is not the owner. Unfortunately AI does not put money into the Amiga Community. I wish this was not the case but that is how its played out over many years.

[Pyromania]

I removed the duplicate message.

[Pyromania]

How much money we talkin here?

Its more than a few shillings.

[Pyromania]

What incentive exists to raise funds for this endeavor? Getting to know who specifically owns the site seems kind of irrelevant.

Funds are not required to be raised.

[Pyromania]

But you are asking for money. What is the incentive? What will change when you assume ownership?

You will sleep more soundly and softly at night with renewed confidence since you will now know who owns your beloved Amiga.org.

[Pyromania]

Wait, you don't know who owns Amigaworld.net or Amigans.net?

Ronald McDonald?

[Pyromania]

What Im suggesting is controversial but, why not just drop the hosting part of amiga.org and just point the domain at abime.net ? Its a good forum and it has a lot of good amiga projects hosted there.

The decommissioning of Amiga.org is not an option, sorry.

[Pyromania]

Nah... if it was Doomy the site would have been up for sale on eBay, with the usual threat that if nobody buys it he's going to trash it...

Damn, don't give the current owner any new ideas!

[Pyromania]

To those few that think I am the owner of Amga.org I can only say in these tough economic times.

"I Wish!"

He is rich and man would it be nice!

One thing I would not take is his lack of computer skills. He admits he knows almost nothing about computers and has difficultly learning.

[Pyromania]

I have a update for everyone in case you did not listen to Amiga Round Table Episode #53.

http://www.amigaz.org/2012/01/29/art-episode-53-transition-speaks/

The current owner is playing buy and hold for now. Of course I am the Site Admin and will remain in place as will the great moderation team. I'm just reporting this for the sake of transparency. Ownership of the site will not transition to me anytime soon. The moderators on Amiga.org work very hard and deserve your thanks. I really appreciate their help with Amiga.org, they are awesome.