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For the last few days I haven't been able to access the forum a home... or anywhere actually. It comes up with a page similar to the ones that are 'domain for sale'.
Apparently some other members noticed this as well, any idea what happened?
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I beleive the domain name forgot to get re-registered.
The other page that was shown would have been from a domain advertising company - buy buy old domains.
I assume the owners of AFF have been able to re-register the domain and put everything back to normal :)
(this is my guess - maybe the owner or a mod will fill us in?)
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To the powers to be:
Is there money required to run this site, if so we would need an advertising sponsor
or a request for a donation from those who would be willing to donate.
Can you give us an idea
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Yes thanks To Greg and his generosity we have this site.
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Jayburd
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yes I heard he runs it out of his own pocket... about time we helped out, no?
Julian

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Feel free to check out my photos here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lewinsrail/
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Would not hurt to have a self add where it says something like "If you would like to make a donation to the running of this site Please deposit your donation in account !@#$ %^& *()_ at !@#$ bank" Just a thought, and one that I have no doubt would not offend anyone and would get a steady trickle of donations. As people were feeling flush.
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Jayburd
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or have a PO box address to send cheques to, probably better for people who think it might be a scam (new members etc.)
Julian

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Feel free to check out my photos here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lewinsrail/
And my birding antics here: http://worthtwointhebushbirding.blogspot.com.au/
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Ray_223,
I checked it the first day the site was down and the domain wasn't available for purchase.
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ikhom wrote:Ray_223,
I checked it the first day the site was down and the domain wasn't available for purchase.
Hi ikhom,

I'm no expert - but I believe some of those spammy sites auto register expired domains - so I'd assume it was probably only available for a few minutes and then snapped up.
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Pete Sara
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all i got was an error site not available, no domian crap what so ever, its all fixed now , it wasnt gregs fault aka pageo0044 clerical error at the other end, if we all chipped in we could run a comp with prizes or something or just help greg pay for the up keep , just a thought.....pete we could even sell t shirts with i survived the finch forum crash of 2010 :lol:
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