Excuse me, could I see some ID?

My involvement in running the actual recitals is almost zero. Sometimes something goes wrong and occasionally I add in a new feature. Anyone with a little PHP skill could do this.

When I wrote this program I set it up specifically so that someone other than me could be the administrator. By splitting it up over 3 people we have already removed much of the risk.

Ditto - (almost 0) - monica (publish), cooper (stats) and ddh (cover) do the real work.

The recital is fresh and popular at the moment but it will have a lifespan and if somebody involved goes awol for whatever reason (sorry about my above post - one bottle on wine too many) it's an opportunity for a facelift and new perspectives - it's a bit of fun and perhaps we take it too seriously at times...

Okay, let me get this straight. I came up with the idea but do absolutely nothing..(never have). Mahlzeit wrote the program but also claims to do nothing (anymore). LaValse provides the server but he too claims to do zero. I guess that only leaves one person (the lovely Monica) who spends several hours per recital doing all the input and administrative duties.

Well, I'm glad she says she likes doing the work because she must be doing a LOT of it as nobody else seems to be doing anything...(so they claim!).

In any event, EVERYONES work and input is greatly appreciated and my fears seem to be diminished knowing that Mahlzeits program is so user friendly that anyone can run it....(unless of course he were to take off with it and demand a ransom for it)! Should I worry about that too?, I mean if you think about it, it would be a great way to make a quick buck and it's not like we can say the program is not worth the ransom money. hmmm. (note to self, never piss off Mahlzet).

Then again, what if LaValse were to start charging us for the server. It's not like we can say it's not worth it!. hmmm, (note to self, never piss off LaValse either).

And what about all the work monica does. Who's gonna want to do all that?. It's not not we can say keep doing the work woman or else!..hmmm, (note to self, never piss off monica either).

I worry a lot.

Excellent advice, for many reasons.

I do like that mahlzeit has spread things across three administrators; that does in fact minimize the risk.

For the foreseeable future, I think the recital will proceed smoothly. The only potential snag I can realistically imagine is if I had to be out of town for some recital day and incapable of administering it. In such a case I would know about it ahead of time and recruit a volunteer to sub in for me.

There are other unrealistic snags I can think of... I'm into post-apocalyptic literature so, like hunky, I worry a lot, too--about flu pandemics; Ebola or other biological warfare pandemics; EMP events; asteroid hits; global warming; zombie attacks. You name it; I've read a book about it. But we will have bigger things to worry about than the AB forum recital in these cases.

The recital software is actually built to withstand zombie attacks.

LOL - a kind of hacker software I presume?

Cathy

Darn, Matt, I just knew it! You are a superb programmer!

This thread has turned out to be an excellent read for many reasons!

As the brand new AB Forum Recital account, I must say that I am tremendously relieved to hear that I am safe from zombie attacks.

Thanks to BB Player for his assistance in approving this account without getting my alter ego into sockpuppet trouble.

All future recital announcements and threads will be issued henceforth from this account, which will most conspicuously lack an avatar.

And I got my first sock report a few seconds ago:

A user from the IP xxx.xxx.xxx.xx has logged in to the following accounts: Monica K., AB Forum Recital.

Let's see you get that account up to 10,000 posts!

And thanks again for managing the recitals!

Awww, that's easy! Just sprinkle some salt on it! But seriously, I really enjoyed participating in the recital, and listening to others' submissions. In fact, I'm still in the process of downloading them. Thanks, Monica, and all the rest, for volunteering your time and skills to make it happen. This pianonewb appreciates it.

Just wondering....

How much disk space and how much bandwidth does the recital consume monthly?

Are you referring to space and bandwidth on the Piano World server or on the server where the recital files are stored?

If the former, very little. No more than any other thread.

If the latter, the most recent recital was 256 MB. I'd expect bandwidth usage is high when the recitals are first posted then tapering off to next to nothing in a few weeks.

I was wondering about the server where the recital files are stored. 256 MB of disk space is not much. the question is the bandwidth, that can get expensive.

Monica the AB forum avatar is perfect. No more confusion. Not a big issue but a tiny one that makes an "A" an "A+".