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One week from the end of the month, and we are at 28 % of the donations needed to fund the board for the month. We still need ~180 dollars for this month, and I believe we missed the goal last month too. While I don't think the board is in any danger of going down if we miss to goal, the money for costs does have to come from somewhere, and believe mostly the money not collected from donations comes out of Vauge's pockets.
Running this board is not cheap. The software is not cheap, and hosting it is very much not cheap. Using the time it took us to go from 1.5 million posts to 2 million posts, I estimate we get on average about 2k posts per day here. Right now there are 200 users(even) viewing the board. That is a whole lot of bandwidth.
No one should feel obligated to donate. However, for those who can, it is a very nice thing to do. In an effort to encourage people to donate, and to give those who cannot a chance to help participate in the process, I think it is time to do another avatar for donation drive. How it works is this way:
If you cannot afford to donate cash, you offer up control of your avatar space for a month.
If you can donate, you donate 10 dollars or more, pick from the list of people offering avatar space, and choose an avatar for them to display for a month. The Admins on the board can confirm donations if that is needed by anyone.
I will maintain a list here in the first post of those whose avatar space is available, so please post here or PM me if your avatar is available for this. Also, post here or contact the person whose avatar space you choose to buy. We have had alot of fun with this in the past, and I think it is a great way to raise money for the board.
Remember, all avatars must still conform with board rules.
Avatar space available:
Your Star(25 for sig and avatar)
DrunkenAsparagus
Jetboogieman
MaggieD
MakeoutHobo
Southern Belle
Digsbe(sig available too)
RightInNYC(will donate 20 for a 10 $ donation)
TheGirlNextDoor
youknowwho
Redress
Independent_Thinker2002(Who needs a shorter name)
Megaprogman
RosieS
BDBoop(sig included for plat donation)
soccerboy22(sig included for plat donation)
American
CriticalThought
Deuce(he has no avatar, be the first to give him one)
Aunt Spiker
Demon of Light
Avatars claimed
Spud_Meister(11-05)
Donated for avatars, thank you
Liblady
megaprogman
Independent_Thinker2002(50$)
MaggieD(50$)
Redress
Mellie
TheGirlNextDoor(platinum)
Running this board is not cheap. The software is not cheap, and hosting it is very much not cheap. Using the time it took us to go from 1.5 million posts to 2 million posts, I estimate we get on average about 2k posts per day here. Right now there are 200 users(even) viewing the board. That is a whole lot of bandwidth.
No one should feel obligated to donate. However, for those who can, it is a very nice thing to do. In an effort to encourage people to donate, and to give those who cannot a chance to help participate in the process, I think it is time to do another avatar for donation drive. How it works is this way:
If you cannot afford to donate cash, you offer up control of your avatar space for a month.
If you can donate, you donate 10 dollars or more, pick from the list of people offering avatar space, and choose an avatar for them to display for a month. The Admins on the board can confirm donations if that is needed by anyone.
I will maintain a list here in the first post of those whose avatar space is available, so please post here or PM me if your avatar is available for this. Also, post here or contact the person whose avatar space you choose to buy. We have had alot of fun with this in the past, and I think it is a great way to raise money for the board.
Remember, all avatars must still conform with board rules.
Avatar space available:
Your Star(25 for sig and avatar)
DrunkenAsparagus
Jetboogieman
MaggieD
MakeoutHobo
Southern Belle
Digsbe(sig available too)
RightInNYC(will donate 20 for a 10 $ donation)
TheGirlNextDoor
youknowwho
Redress
Independent_Thinker2002(Who needs a shorter name)
Megaprogman
RosieS
BDBoop(sig included for plat donation)
soccerboy22(sig included for plat donation)
American
CriticalThought
Deuce(he has no avatar, be the first to give him one)
Aunt Spiker
Demon of Light
Avatars claimed
Spud_Meister(11-05)
Donated for avatars, thank you
Liblady
megaprogman
Independent_Thinker2002(50$)
MaggieD(50$)
Redress
Mellie
TheGirlNextDoor(platinum)
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