Brewerfan is going to need to raise some funds later this summer. We currently have Gold (ad-free service) through September 11. Our last renewal was in February, 2007, for $933. Technically, that paid for six months. However, Brewerfan was given an extra six months for committing to an early Yuku migration, which happened on August 1, 2007. Additionally, Yuku didn't charge anything for any board until February, 2008. At that time, $59 left over in Brewerfan's ezBoard Community Chest was applied, buying twelve more days. The board has also gotten three days of credit for Yuku downtime. We've gotten a lot of mileage out of that six month renewal. Currently, Brewerfan is carried over on ezBoard's pricing system. In the winter of 2007, we would have been quoted the $933 renewal price based on past usage, then charged a flat rate for the six months (that really turned into nineteen months). In September, we'll be converted to Yuku's large board pricing system. That system will have us purchasing ad-free page views in advance, kind of like a prepaid phone card. If board usage remains similar or increases gradually, I think we'll probably need between 7.5 and 8 million ad-free page views to get us through a year. That's a rough guesstimate, though. A big usage spike could change that. However, Brewerfan's ad-free page views have been pretty consistent since the start of the season. My guess is that in comparison to ezBoard's flat rate, and based on the above estimated page views, Brewerfan should be paying no more than $3.50 to $4.15 per day. That compares to the $5 per day that we were technically charged by ezBoard for the 2007 six month renewal. (All the free months were a one-time thing, of course.) With all this talk about ad-free page views, I should define the term. Yuku serves ads only to thread pages. Those would be the views we're paying for. We're not charged for members viewing the main board page, thread lists in the forums, the Community Profile, Community Calendar, using search pages, writing posts, using the preview function, etc. It should also be noted that the ads members do see on the boards come from Brewerfan. We're talking about avoiding ads served by Yuku. LambeauLeap is also on Yuku's large board pricing system. Toby's board (not affiliated with Brewerfan/LambeauLeap) is on Yuku's small board pricing system: it's charged a flat rate of six dollars a month. The nice thing about LambeauLeap's situation is that during the past few months, while the board's been pretty quiet, it's been quite a bit cheaper than it would have been under the small board system. That board has cost $14 to run since January 29th, and current funds will probably hold it at least through the beginning of training camp. (There are 16,800 ad-free page views left. It's been so cheap that mods have covered the $14.) Of course, I think Peavey and those involved would be happy to see that board kick back into action and cost some money. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif One thing that will help Brewerfan starting in September and will help LambeauLeap right now would be if members purchased Yuku Supporter. Boards aren't charged for Yuku Supporters' page views. You have to remember to be logged in, of course, for Yuku to know not to charge us. In addition to boards not being charged for Yuku Supporter page views, members receive some benefits outlined in the link a couple sentences above.