[TUHS] TUHS: Maintenance, Succession and Funding

[Clem Cole via TUHS]

Simply thank you.  As a community you have done something that is wonderful.

Clem

Sent from a handheld expect more typos than usual


On Fri, Apr 17, 2026 at 8:17 PM Warren Toomey via TUHS <tuhs at tuhs.org>
wrote:

> Hi all, I'm going to turn 60 in May and I've been running (and paying for)
> the TUHS server since I was about 30 :-)
>
> I've also retired from work and now live a life full of horse-related
> activities -- my wife rides, I'm just the ground crew and pooh collector.
>
> Hitting 60 has made me realise that we need to have some form of
> succession plan for TUHS for when I'm no longer able to keep maintaining
> the system. To that end, over the past year I've picked a few of the
> people on the TUHS list to help with the general management of the server,
> Minnie. The "TUHS team" are:
>
>   Clem Cole, Dan Cross, David Arnold, Greg Lehey, Kevin Bowling,
>   Larry McVoy, Matt G, Thalia Archibald, Raul.Warner Losh and Will Senn
>
> The TUHS team also forms the basis of the succession plan: they have the
> authority to make changes on the TUHS server, based on consensus within
> the team. And, if/when I'm not able to keep doing things, the TUHS team
> will continue with the care and feeding of Minnie.
>
> Also, now that I no longer have a salary, I've decided that it's time to
> allow others to help out with the yearly funding of the TUHS server. It's
> about US$1000 for the Linode plan that we are using. So, after 30 years,
> I'm finally announcing this GoFundMe plan for the TUHS service:
>
> https://gofund.me/7cc603ea3
>
> Once we hit the yearly target, I'll turn off further contributions:
> I am only after enough to keep the server up and running.
>
> So that's where we are. I hope you've been happy with the TUHS work
> over the past 30 years, and I'm keen to see it continue indefinitely :-)
>
> Cheers, Warren
>