Every time I look at this thread, I'm amazed yet again. I have absolutely no doubt that EN World is the best online community on the internet. Frankly, I've never seen anything like this response, and I'm completely taken aback.
I'm off to bed now, since it's 5am. I'm glad to say that I am going to bed unworried - a big change from just a few short hours ago.
Just so you know what's going on, we've easily covered the debt, we *may* spend some of it upgrading the actual server, and we've covered hosting fees for the immediate future. Also covered are ENnies shipping fees (which have been outstanding since before Gen Con) and the cost of making the awards themselves. Simply put, we've gotten EN World (and me, thank god!) out of debt!
In the morning, the folks at Expeditious Retreat Press will be making a payment to Cyberstreet. We'll pay them about $2000 for now - the debt plus a couple of months' hosting, which gives us breathing space to work out exactly what we're going to to longterm.
So, thank you from the bottom of my heart! You don't know how much of a relief it is to go, in a few short hours, from "How will I ever pay this off?" to "Let's see how many months in advance we can pay!".
G'night all! I'll see you tomorrow!
