Donation time

[Brian the Automator]

Quite a while has passed since we last asked for donations (Jan 21 2007), but it seems that finally our time is about up. The renewal date for Yuku is upon us (Friday of this week), and we are in a pretty big deficit (i.e., negative money) for paying for our message board. In the past, ezBoard had a "community chest" feature, in which people could pay directly to the community chest, and once a certain threshhold was reached, I "paid the bill" and all was merry for another year.

 

Yuku doesn't have this feature, so what we're reduced to now is collecting the funds via PayPal and then negotiating with Yuku for a price. Casey's done a fair bit of legwork on this, and the way to best pull this together is collect the funds over a short period (such as this week), and then work with Yuku to get the best negotiated price.

 

So, I would ask that if you feel that you use brewerfan.net a bit (either posting or lurking), send some money via PayPal to webmaster@brewerfan.net ... There is also the current $50 per month cost of the "main site", as well as server costs for the "new site" ($50 every 3 months). Obviously, this is a community-driven site, so any assistance that you feel comfortable giving will keep Brewerfan.net going until hopefully at least Mat Gamel is our starting third baseman http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

 

Thanks,

Brian

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

Just sent something out Brian...Thank You so much for this awesome site. It keeps me sane out here in SoCal.

 

Let's all pony up folks!!!

[And That]

What you're trying to say is...

 

IT'S BIG BOY TIME.

[bklynbrewcrew]

Thanks Brian and staff for all the great work you do keeping this site running. I sent some money out and encourage everyone who can afford to do so to do the same.

[pitchleague]

I'll have to do it when I get home from work but, yeah, no problem. Any recommended amount?

 

Last time, you guys closed it out before I had a chance to make a submission so hopefully it will still be open by this evening.

[Brian the Automator]

I'll have to do it when I get home from work but, yeah, no problem. Any recommended amount?

I don't want to recommend an amount, because some people are only able to give X many dollars depending on how things are going for them right now, and how much they feel the site's worth to them.

 

Of the 9 donations received so far, we've ranged from $12.50 to $200.00 (wow!). The median seems to be $25.00.

[ttsather]

This is different from being a "Yuku Supporter", yes?

[hawing]

Yes, it is different from being a Yuku supporter.

 

Think of this "donation time" as the annual rent being due to Yuku. The reason we haven't owed since January 2007 is because of the deal Yuku offered Brewerfan when Brian agreed to have the board migrated from ezboard to Yuku last year.

 

This is not to say that being a Yuku supporter doesn't also help, but that's not brewerfan-specific.

 

(I'm sure Brian and/or 1992casey will fine tune my explanation if necessary)

[Pedro]

Done.

 

If we need more $$, I'd be happy to do a little fund-raising auction with some memorabilia items from my collection.

[BrewCrewForever]

Can I please send you a check Brian? I don't have paypal.

[TheCrew07]

The little community chest thing doesn't work for this? Where we can donate directly to the board account? Or was that gone with ezboard? Or am I confusing something else? I'm ashamed to admit I dont' have a paypal account but I'll figure it out after the Packer game.

[bullox]

Done and done. Lets keep a good thing going.

[DonMoney4Mgr]

I don't have paypal. I need to send a check. Who do I send it to, and what address?

[jazzytrav]

How long will this be kept open for donations? Can I donate at any time in the near future, or is it more of a "today or tomorrow" sort of thing?

[Gobias Industries]

Brian could you PM me your address so I can send you a check.

[foamboy1]

Brian...if you still have my email, send me your address. Otherwise, PM me. To whom do I make the check?

[Brian the Automator]

To each of you who've expressed interest in the non-Paypal route, I've just sent you each PM's.

 

THANK YOU for your support.

[ewizabeff]

I haven't paid for something with Paypal in years. dang, that was easy.

[JohnBriggs12]

Done. Well worth it.

[madbad2000]

I'm in...I urge everyone to send whatever they can. We all know this site is worth it!

[olsonnet]

have any of the powers that be looked into getting a self-hosted solution instead of pretty much being extorted by yuku. export the database, use a software package like vB or phpbb and host it somewhere else for much, much less, while having total control.

[Brewer Fever]

I peruse this site far too often not to pay it back somehow. Brian please PM me the details as to get a check out to you as soon as possible.

[H4P]

Done. If it's going slow, give us a nudge. I can probably dig a little deeper if need be and I'm sure others can as well.

 

Thanks.

[Thurston Fluff]

My paypal says it went to brewerfan.com is that the right place? Just wanted to make sure I got it right.

[hawing]

Seeing brewerfan.com is correct, in this particular case. Your donation is not going to the loser who began squatting on that URL years ago. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif