On balance, it seems as though there is little energy for keeping this site going, on or off Ning. One person very generously offered to pay the whole first year's fee - but in my view without a lot of work to build energy and communication this would not be worth it.

So the site will be closing when charging comes in. However I will set up a google list which we can use for basic communication, and post details here.

Nick

I certainly don't think Ning's charge is reasonable for what it offers. However, since the HPC and political situations are still in flux, it might be wiser to retain the network for a while if it could be moved to another (free or reasonably priced) provider.

I'm not sure we need this anymore, so long as the main www.allianceforcandp.org site is kept, and Janet's very useful blog.

Rose Whiteley

I do find this to be a useful site to gather the resources and info but I agree that £200 a year is above and beyond. We could consider a move to Posterous - http://posterous.com/ - it's free and for the next two weeks is offering a selection of tools to import content from sites like Ning. I personally find it much easier to use than Ning but I don't have the time to offer to execute the move across. Continue