@bbedward said:

I don't feel bad for invision, it's their job after all and theyve been paid reliably for many years at this point. Kathy I feel bad for she has a lot going on but she insists she wants to help, and myself I also have a lot going on (new baby) but I have no problem taking over I just need the data dump. I run like 5 bajillion projects on the side already so no problem to take one more.

I figure they are beholden to certain things when a board owner passes away and they are liable if a transfer doesn’t go well. That also doesn’t answer the question, would funding ease the transfer? I don’t want anything in return, just to ease the burden.

@bbedward said:

I don't feel bad for invision, it's their job after all and theyve been paid reliably for many years at this point. Kathy I feel bad for she has a lot going on but she insists she wants to help, and myself I also have a lot going on (new baby) but I have no problem taking over I just need the data dump. I run like 5 bajillion projects on the side already so no problem to take one more.

I appreciate you shouldering this load. Please post if there is a way the rest of us can help. As goofy as it sounds, I enjoy the spectrum of opinions on this board, no matter how dysfunctional it may get in some threads. I have no plans to migrate to another board. It's this or nothing for me.

If invision helps down the line the history could probably be merged in

@ibleedbrown said:

I imagine this is an outside the box hassle for them, as it probably is for you, Steve and Kathy.

Is there value in pooling money to renew before the deadline for the sake of continuity? Then you have another year to sort out the 1s and 0s.

I don't feel bad for invision, it's their job after all and theyve been paid reliably for many years at this point. Kathy I feel bad for she has a lot going on but she insists she wants to help, and myself I also have a lot going on (new baby) but I have no problem taking over I just need the data dump. I run like 5 bajillion projects on the side already so no problem to take one more.

@bbedward said:

Even if it goes past the date of the renewal relapse, we can still bring the board back. I'm pretty confident we'll get the database dump from invision eventually - they just arent being very responsive about it.

I imagine this is an outside the box hassle for them, as it probably is for you, Steve and Kathy.

Is there value in pooling money to renew before the deadline for the sake of continuity? Then you have another year to sort out the 1s and 0s.

@texasag1969 said:

So where are we on this and what was the name of that alternative Browns message Board in case this just can't be saved?

Trying to get invision to respond to requests for the data, Kathy has to get her estate paperwork and things. Hopefully happens, I'll keep harassing invision about it they didnt respond to the first inquiries from her

@texasag1969 said:

So where are we on this and what was the name of that alternative Browns message Board in case this just can't be saved?

DawgTalkers

@syd said:

if it was on your ass then you would know where it was

My wife is on my ass all the time, but that didn't work.?

@texasag1969 said:

So where are we on this and what was the name of that alternative Browns message Board in case this just can't be saved?

if it was on your ass then you would know where it was

@bbedward said:

I just need access to the code/hosting, whatever that is - invision community credentials to login. As well as ownership of the domain (thebrownsboard.com) - I would want to preserve the history, accounts, and data and not start something new

All that is understandable. I think that code is our biggest obstacle right now BB; BUT it might not be if someone actually speaks to Jim or Marc at InVision. I'll call Steve again tomorrow morning and ask him to call you.

@westside-steve said:

BB you can do whatever you like. As I've explained before the actual bronze board that we are talking about doing the we are in right now is part of a package deal with in vision. Part of their fee is hosting. If you'd like to put something up on your site similar to the screenshot you posted that's great. Anyone who keeps the format we are using now will need to talk to the people at Invision and will be issued a verification code.

That code died with stan. Kathy has no idea what it is I have no idea what it is zombo has no idea what it is. Best wishes WSS

I just need access to the code/hosting, whatever that is - invision community credentials to login. As well as ownership of the domain (thebrownsboard.com) - I would want to preserve the history, accounts, and data and not start something new

@gator said:

What's the timeframe? End of 2026? Later? Sooner?

I'm not exactly sure. It's already September Maybe november? I at least wanted this out here early enough that anybody that wants to move forward with envision could contact the people they wanted to bring along.

@bbedward said:

Here's a discourse instance with a theme I started awhile ago when this talk originally started, in the age of AI it was a lot easier to refine it. The data is fake, I'd have to look at invision data migration - there is something for discourse pre-existing specifically for importing invision boards into it.

BB you can do whatever you like. As I've explained before the actual bronze board that we are talking about doing the we are in right now is part of a package deal with in vision. Part of their fee is hosting. If you'd like to put something up on your site similar to the screenshot you posted that's great. Anyone who keeps the format we are using now will need to talk to the people at Invision and will be issued a verification code.

That code died with stan. Kathy has no idea what it is I have no idea what it is zombo has no idea what it is. Best wishes WSS

Here's a discourse instance with a theme I started awhile ago when this talk originally started, in the age of AI it was a lot easier to refine it. The data is fake, I'd have to look at invision data migration - there is something for discourse pre-existing specifically for importing invision boards into it.

Go @bbedward , I hope it works out

@bbedward said:

Yea I'm willing to but why would it have to begin with a new name?

What I would want is

• Ownership of the domain

• Access to invision stuff so I can export the data

And my plan would be to

• Migrate the data into Discourse (or something else but I think it's the best option)

• Host it on my own infrastructure/servers

I'd have to do some testing with the invision migration to see how that would play out

steve. bedward said this last time you threatened to shut this place down,WTF dude

What I would want is

• Ownership of the domain

• Access to invision stuff so I can export the data

And my plan would be to

• Migrate the data into Discourse (or something else but I think it's the best option)

• Host it on my own infrastructure/servers

I'd have to do some testing with the invision migration to see how that would play out