Patrons
Operating Costs
It costs ~$50 a month to host Ropewiki. Ropewiki contributors are welcome to support the site by paying for a month of hosting. Contact David Angel to become a patron. (Max patronage per person is currently two months per year, non-commercial.)
Developers
Luca Chiarabini implemented much of the site functionality:
- Contributor Scores
- GPX conversion, PDF creation, KML display
- Waterflow Analysis
- RopeWiki Explorer
- External kml and site integrations
Michelle Nilles: Maintains the code listed above, implements new UI features, as well as implements site reliability changes.
Hereward Cooper: Maintains docker infra, observability, db functionality, and is a general backend site-ninja.
Fredrik Farnstrom: Assisted in migrating the code listed above to a more maintainable and collaborative situation.
Much of the base systems were designed by Benjamin Pelletier
Google Maps API is provided through donation from Michelle Nilles
Windows hosting for site logic and conversions is provided through donation from David Angel
Ropewiki servers are maintained by David Angel and hosted in San Francisco at Digital Ocean and were paid for by the folks listed below.
Patrons
| 2015 | David Angel | ||
| 2016 | David Angel | ||
| July | 2017 | Alex Aligo | |
| August | 2017 | Amanda Craft | |
| September | 2017 | Jesse Houser | In honor of Luca Chiarabini |
| October | 2017 | Dave Red | 808 Canyons - Hawaii canyon exploration project |
| November | 2017 | Ron Lebfrom | Exploration videos and documentation |
| December | 2017 | Carlos Ortega Lopez | |
| January | 2018 | Tiffanie Lin | Thank you David, Ben, and Luca for maintaining Ropewiki and continuing the spirit of sharing and collaboration. |
| February | 2018 | Tiffanie Lin | |
| March | 2018 | Michelle Nilles | |
| April | 2018 | Christian Lupercio | |
| May | 2018 | Oscar and Barbara Zamudio | |
| June | 2018 | Oscar and Barbara Zamudio | |
| July | 2018 | Oscar and Barbara Zamudio | |
| August | 2018 | Itaru Hiromi | |
| September | 2018 | Obdulia Garcia | |
| October | 2018 | Obdulia Garcia | |
| November | 2018 | Christian Lupercio | |
| December | 2018 | Christian Lupercio | |
| January - August | 2019 | David Angel | |
| September | 2019 | Christian Lupercio | |
| October - December | 2019 | David Angel | |
| January - June | 2020 | David Angel | |
| July - August | 2020 | Andrew Wimmer | |
| September - October | 2020 | Willie Hunt | |
| November - December | 2020 | Todd Kolberg | |
| January | 2021 | Anh Phan | |
| February - March | 2021 | John Bowling | |
| April | 2021 | Kevin F | |
| May | 2021 | Kevin Gilbert | |
| June - July | 2021 | Dean Kirchner | |
| August | 2021 | Jesse Donohue | |
| September | 2021 | Janice Muscio | |
| October | 2021 | Herve Mazoyer | |
| 2022 | David Angel | ||
| January - June | 2023 | David Angel | |
| July-August | 2023 | Group B - The Mountaineers, Canyoneering Course Graduates | |
| Sept-October | 2023 | Keith Hoffman and Jill Daugherty | |
| November-December | 2023 | Mike Cook | |
| April-May | 2024 | Mike Cook | |
| June-July | 2024 | Keith Hoffman and Jill Daugherty |
The ropewiki.com domain name is donated by Benjamin Pelletier
