Plans for TRUSLER.net:

Services:
   At present, TRUSLER.net provides basic membership, a membership list, and a bulletin board service for events and questions.
    In the future, TRUSLER.net hopes to provide an enhanced form of membership (TRUSLER.net PLUS), which will allow members to have their own email address  at the trusler.net domain, and keep a homepage here as well.  Currently, PLUS membership is limited, and only email forwarding is available.
    The geneology database system has yet to be implemented.  Work is expected to begin after the server is moved to Ottawa.
    As TRUSLER.net matures, it is hoped that as many services as possible can be automated, such as membership administration, geneological forms and queries, etc.

Infrastructure:
    At present, TRUSLER.net is hosted by WIPC in Florida.  By the end of February, the site will move to a server in Ottawa, via Bell Canada's ADSL service.  TRUSLER.net will have about 1.1Mbps of bandwidth, which is equavalent to about 3/4 of a T1 line.  This will allow TRUSLER.net to set up its own mail server, and expand to a much greater number of POP3 mail boxes.

Other Intentions and Domains:
    It has already been pointed out that the domain trusler.net does not serve the needs of all Trus(s)lers equally.  Therefore, it is the intention of TRUSLER.net to acquire the trussler.net domain as well, pending a) availability, b) the server move and c) financial viability.
    It is inevitable that name collisions will occur where two members desire the same user name (in fact, one occurred early on).  Therefore, TRUSLER.net may aquire the trusler.nom and trussler.nom domains as well, pending on the same factors.
    The acquisition of more domains may only assure that more email addresses become available, but not necessarily www addresses.  This might be determined by Bell's ADSL capabilities.


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TRUSLER.net is adminstrated by Ross Trusler (ross@trusler.net).  Feel free to contact him for any inquiries.