Meet Your DwS Admin Team

To begin, we would like to thank everybody who has served on the board and helped technically with DwS.  Without their tireless efforts, DwS would not be where it is today.

And now, I would like to introduce your new DwS admin team:

- blackpaw
- Katy M
- Avatar
- Chili Gentilly

And yours truly, DH1.

Additionally, we have two admin "trainees", Agent 99 and fogharty.  Our current plan is to have 6 month rotations for people on the admin team proper, to help limit workload and burnout.

In terms of responsibilities, DH1, blackpaw, Katy M and Avatar are available for tech duties.  Katy M additonally has the all important financial oversight bossy hat, and will sign off on any authorized expenditures and financial reports.

Bios for all admin team members will be posted soon.  A big thank you to all who've agreed to help with DwS oversight.  We've already had our first admin team meeting and posted our monthly financials, and made important decisions regarding site finances.  We all look frward to continuing to serve the DwS community.

Regards,
The DwS Admin Team

Our first financial statement is available

Our first site financial statement is available on DwS, in the DwS Zone, "Official Announcements".  Please review and enjoy!


Regards,
DH1 and the DwS Admin Team

Avatar uploads are FIXED

VALIDATED this time.  Enjoy!

Management Announcement

Until a new management structure is agreed to by the user community and put into place, the following group is responsible for managing DwS:

• DH1
• Mr. Brightside
• Blackpaw

Please email them through the site with any concerns you have, or email the following address:

team @ drivewesaid dot com

Status Updates from Last Night's Upgrades

Last night's service updates were largely successful, but we are still have issues with avatar updates.  We will schedule another brief outage later this weekend and should have the problem resolved in the next couple of days.

I should also point out that highlights have been fixed for approximately 48 hrs, as was noted in other outlets.

Current work towards a new organizational structure

Work is being done towards a temporary organizational structure with oversight, and the voting and empaneling of a new board.  On the following threads in "The DwS Zone," discussions are ongoing:

• Call for Suggested Board Members
• The Way We Were, Are, and Might Be - The Requests for the Management Meta Discussion
• Requests for the Management

Please join the discussion and give your $0.02.  All are welcome.

A Statement from DH1

Given that a statement has been issued by other parties on this blog, I feel compelled to set the record straight a bit concerning the events over the last couple of days.

First and foremost, it is important to remember that DwS has been in continuous operation for just over six years now.  We have already exceeded the lifespan of the vast majority of free forum sites, and we are not disappearing anytime soon.  We've stood the test of time, and will have a new board up and running shortly.

I have ZERO desire to become the site's maximum leader.  Unfortunately, fate and the hosting company forced a critical juncture where things had to be done or the site could have been down for a much longer period.  Combined with direct abuse from a former board member who was originally the holder of the new account that was going to pay for the site, and who crudely used epithets while informing me he allowed it to lapse, this left me with no alternative but to assume control of the site until the hosting could be moved and a new board put in place.

AC, wily and anybody else are more than welcome to contact me directly and discuss things as adults.  Other DwS members are strongly encouraged to join the board and become a part of the process, and a part of the site's future.  The sooner I can have the community take things over, the happier I will be.

I would like to personally apologize for our disruption in service, and I am taking steps with the hosting company to ensure this will NEVER happen again. 

I will also be happy to essentially open the books to the community, so you can see transparently and directly what our hosting costs are, who our hosting company is, and any other information that might be germane.  As to the more personality driven elements in regards to what has transpired, I will discuss that as little as possible, and keep such discussions on the site itself.

In closing, I invite you all back to enjoy the site, and more importantly, to become a part of the process.  Thank you for your attention.

Regards,

DH

A Statement From aclipscomb and wilyone (edited)

After repeated attempts over the past three years to get DH to cooperate with granting shared administrative control, DH has now decided to assert his exclusive ownership of the site, and has informed the Board that they are summarily dismissed as of last night.

Our long-term goal had always been to set up a self-perpetuating volunteer Board to keep the finances and running of the site separate from the whims and circumstances of one person. This will no longer be the case.

We are currently UP, but a server move is imminent

Our hosting company is making us change physical servers. It should result in a minor service glitch, but we will do the move late at night.

We will keep you informed of the exact timing. It will take place prior to 8/1.

Thank you in advance for your patience.