Quincy,
Alex is right on this one. On the one hand, it's considered professional courtesy to allow emergency discussions on one site for the purpose of resurrecting another. It's not out of bounds to discuss server status, configuration or migration issues, including systems, costs to migrate, availability, etc. Sometimes, with systems down, there's no other practicable way for parties to communicate when under "critical failure" status.
On the other hand, the fund-raising clearly crossed the line. It was unseemly, and inappropriate. I tried to stay out of that part, but I should have spoken up. Alex was right to be troubled by it. I'm sorry, Alex, for that part of it.
The good news? The crisis is past, the migration over. Maybe the best outcome of all this would be an end to sphere-bashing on external sites. After all, every member, yes, every member over there owes Alex a big thank you. Without the Sphere, that site might be down for the count.
Thanks,
Bill
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