As I wrote three months ago, OrangePolitics is overdue for a software upgrade. 5 years ago, you donated $1,000 to help move the site from WordPress to Drupal, and I think it was well worth the effort! Unfortunately, the software of the site has not seen a major update since that time. We need professional help again to upgrade the site from Drupal 5 to version 6 or 7, which will also allow us to move to cheaper web hosting. (I currently pay $35/month, but it could be a low as $10/month if we move the site.)
With the state of our local media ecosystem, OrangePolitics will only become more essential. And as Jeff wrote, we have added some great features such as live tweeting local government meetings and our own online candidate forums along with the always-informative blogging of your fellow community activists.
We're very grateful to the 15 people who already donated $500 last fall, and hope that a few more people can step up and get us the rest of the way to $800.
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Woo hoo!
Wow you really stepped up this week, OP Community! Thanks to Michelle Johnson, Suzanne Haff, Mark Marcoplos, Earl McKee, Erin Crouse, Sally Greene, Terri Buckner, Steve Dear, Lynn Hayes, and Loren Hintz we have now raised $500 more toward taking care of this web site, for a toal of $1,000!Any contributions that aren't needed for the software update and web site migration will be put toward future hosting costs, so it's all needed. Thanks again to all of you for your support, both moral and financial. It means a lot to us.