[Upstage-list] new student developers, new hosting, and LGM exhibition

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hi everyone,
we are well into 2016 now and there is plenty of activity with UpStage :)

*AUT Team*
Recently we welcomed new members onto the AUT UpStage team: Keenen
Leyson and Minju Park join existing team members Jing (Kelvin) Han,
Joshua Kartono and William Stokes (who will finish their time with us at
the end of this semester). In their first developer blog update
<http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?p=6538> for the year, they outline the
roles that each team member is taking. Just before Easter they make
their proposal presentation and now they are getting on with the work of
researching and developing the new UpStage. (If you are interested in
getting involved with this work, please join the developers' email list
<https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/upstage-list> and
introduce yourself).

*UpStage at LGM*
The 2016 Libre Graphics Meeting <http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2016/>
takes place in London in mid-April, and UpStage features in the
accompanying exhibition <http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?p=6545>, which has
the theme "Other Dimensions". If you are in London, you can catch the
exhibition at the University of Westminster's London Gallery West, until
the end of May.

*Hosting*
In March, our long-standing server hosting sponsorship with CityLink
<http://citylink.co.nz/> came to an end. CityLink has generously
supported the project with free server hosting and traffic since
December 2004, and we extend heartfelt thanks to CityLink and the staff
members who we have dealt with over the years. In the last weeks, Paul
has researched and discussed the options for new server hosts and we
have opted for VPS hosting with Digital Ocean. Now Paul is completing
the process of transferring the website, our UpStage server instances
and various other bits and pieces from the old server to the new.

This means that for the first time in the project's 15 year history we
are committed to an ongoing monthly cost; it's a very small cost (US$10
per month), but as the project currently has no income we are reliant on
donations. if you happen to be in a position to contribute any amount,
please consider making a dontation
<http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=278>.
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**Open Walkthrough: 10 May*
The next open walkthrough - and the first on the new server - will be on
10 May; the time will be announced soon.

we looking forward to seeing you online soon,
helen & vicki :)
-- 
vicki smith & helen varley jamieson
UpStage
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www.upstage.org.nz