Annual server fund drive. -- myArmoury.com

Jean Thibodeau · Posted: Thu 20 Oct, 2016 1:19 pm Post subject:

Another " BUMP ": It's not over until Nathan decides that the yearly fund drive is over ...... so ' I'm sort of like " THE TERMINATOR " I will not stop until my " programming " is changed or someone has me falling into molten steel like in TERMINATOR 2 ...... Mostly joking .... Wink

Note in a recent new Topic about the joys and perils about buying and selling in general for their collection, but there where many comments about how useful having " The Market Place Forum " on this site, and just a reminder about one of the really good reasons why someone should support this site. Wink

Good Topic to have a look at: http://myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?p=315340#315340

Jean Thibodeau · Posted: Mon 24 Oct, 2016 7:55 pm Post subject:

Some donations still trickling in, thanks to those who have continued to donate. Big Grin

So ........... Please Donate ........" OR THE BUNNY GETS IT ".......... Razz

( Disclaimer: No bunnies where hARMED with this " BUMP "......... LOL, sorry couldn't resist a very bad pun Wink

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Jean Thibodeau · Posted: Fri 28 Oct, 2016 4:32 am Post subject:

Thanks again to people who have made some recent donations, I just made another small donation myself to push the amount over the $2,600 line ..... only $380 more to a nice round number of $3,000 which would be close to the average amount raised in previous years: The highest amount was a few years ago and just shy of $4,000.

Like I've written before in previous posts any extra money is a cushion against unexpected expenses and it also gives Nathan some room and cash to enhance the site with an occasional contest prize.

So, this is another " BUMP ", I try to keep these in intervals of at least 3 or 4 days so as to not be too annoying ..... Wink

Also, I do put my money where my mouth is by giving the donation drive another little personal push.

Jean Thibodeau · Posted: Wed 02 Nov, 2016 7:40 am Post subject:

Just anther regular " BUMP " ..... at the moment the Topic has gotten about 2,900 views, but this may be a lot of the same people looking at the posts more than one time to see if there is anything new.

I generally try to also add some motivational stuff, but most of it has already been said in the above posts, but maybe there are still some people who might want to make a donation who haven't seen this Topic before.

In short, to recap: The minimum objective has been achieved, extra money still helps the site in case of unexpected expenses and gives Nathan some cash to have contest(s).

I also think that any extra money does help in keeping Nathan motivated to keep this site active considering the " ENORMOUS " amount of unpaid time he had put into creating and running this site for more than 12 years or so.

If over this " decade plus " he probably earned an hourly wage 1 cent an hour ..... if even that Sad

In addition any money was put back into the site and in actuality he never paid himself a salary and run this site as a business ..... so I consider any extra money raised as a thank you to Nathan, and as a sign of appreciation by people who enjoy the site.

Jean Thibodeau · Posted: Sat 05 Nov, 2016 8:25 am Post subject:

Just an ' It's not over until it's over BUMP " ........ Wink

Keeping it short(er) this time: Donations have stalled again.

Oh, and a note referring back to the early posts on this Topic: Many of the professional makers who get free access to " A FORUM of their own to a built in audience of potential buyers haven't proportionally contributed relative to what they get from exposure on this site ..... Sad

( Except for a very few who did .... thanks ).

Also anyone who has bought or sold on the Marketplace Forum, or might want to sell or buy in the future have access to the same people here and it it in their interest to support the site ....... without this site finding a buyer or a seller it would be more difficult just posting to the general public rather than to people more likely to be interested and willing to pay what some of the collectables are worth !

Dan Howard · Posted: Sat 05 Nov, 2016 4:45 pm Post subject:

It is pretty clear that Nathan's generosity is being taken for granted. It might be time to charge a subscription to the Makers and Manufacturers subforum. No donation = no posting rights. Eg. $10 per year lets you post to any thread in this subforum. $50 per year lets you start a new thread in this subforum.

Julien M · Posted: Sun 06 Nov, 2016 3:22 am Post subject:

All done (Anonymous donation of course - seems to be the default when submitting Happy

). Damn...the pound really has taken a hit vs dollars. Thx for pushing this forward Jean.

Craig Peters · Posted: Sun 06 Nov, 2016 7:13 am Post subject:

Dan Howard · Posted: Sun 06 Nov, 2016 9:53 pm Post subject:

Jean Thibodeau · Posted: Thu 10 Nov, 2016 10:18 am Post subject:

Jean Thibodeau · Posted: Wed 16 Nov, 2016 1:16 pm Post subject:

Just a closing not quite " BUMP " as The amount total statistics is not now showing or being updated, I assume that Nathan considers the yearly donation drive closed ?

Thanks to everyone who made a generous contribution, and even the smallest amounts where generous and appreciated. Big Grin

Just keep in mind that donations and upgrades to membership can be done at any time during the year and that usually some donations do trickle in all year long ..... so anyone motivated to give a donation is invited to do so at all times. Wink

Gregg Sobocinski · Posted: Thu 17 Nov, 2016 6:07 am Post subject:

Thank you for your efforts toward the fund drive, Jean. We really do appreciate it.

And yet another "thanks" to Nathan for creating and maintaining this site.

Not to be overlooked, I really want to recognize how well the moderators keep the discussions respectful. Top notch work!

Thanks for another great year of myArmoury!

Nathan Robinson · myArmoury Admin

Thanks to everyone who participated in this year's donation drive. It really helped a lot. I wasn't able to pay the hosting bill as a single annual payment this year, so I've been paying monthly. This costs more, so it sure was nice that we passed the donation drive goal by a bit. The "annual" rate offer starts in July based on when my contract started, but I just went ahead and used the donation money to pay off the rest of the year's bill through July to get it off my plate.

Cheers to everyone.