Keeping " myArmoury " solvent ! -- myArmoury.com

Patrick Kelly · Posted: Tue 04 Aug, 2009 3:03 pm Post subject:

I'll give a +1 to Greysons comments. While I don't spend a lot of time on the internet anymore I do appreciate its value. Some of us remember first getting together on something called the Highlander Sword Shoppers Guide, that would later become Sword Forum. (hard to believe that's been over ten years) I personally was recovering from a severe injury that put me on the professional sidelines for four or five months and it was great to have the ability to converse with other people of like mind while being relatively inactive. When we created myArmoury as an interactive website it gave me a big creative outlet, something I was in dire need of at the time and I'm very happy to see it still around as a good resource.

The real benefit of this website isn't the fact that it gave me the opportunity to play with a lot of cool stuff, but rather the people I met along the way: makers like Peter Johnsson, Vince Evans and the folks at Albion and Arms & Armor, as well as people like Nathan, Nate Bell, Aaron Schnatterly, Greyson himself and a host of other people who have enriched my journey as a sword enthusiast. We're all very different people but found a common ground in our hobby and myArmoury served as a direct conduit for that. The interest in things medieval also attached me to my wife of twentyfive years as well as my best friend, Greg Griggs. While the later two didn't happen because of myArmoury I wouldn't have met the rest if I hadn't been involved here.

Kudos to the staff and may myArmoury still be thriving years from now.

Greyson Brown · Posted: Tue 04 Aug, 2009 3:27 pm Post subject:

Another way that this site is great as that it lets me go back and double check myself. Vincent was kind enough to point out that I gave him credit for something he did not do. I should have double checked my saved PM's before posting, as it was actually Jean Le-Palud who helped me get the document that I mentioned. Jean: I was not trying to deny you the credit you deserve. I'm sorry. Vincent: thank you again for catching my mistake.

-Grey

P.S. The event occurred several years ago, so I am going to use weak memory as an excuse! Razz

Maurizio D'Angelo · Posted: Tue 04 Aug, 2009 4:45 pm Post subject:

Maurizio D'Angelo · Posted: Tue 04 Aug, 2009 6:15 pm Post subject:

Jean Thibodeau · Posted: Tue 04 Aug, 2009 6:43 pm Post subject:

Maurizio D'Angelo · Posted: Tue 04 Aug, 2009 7:02 pm Post subject:

Thanks, Jean
My English is just school. Help me with a translator.
In a p.m. a kind friend told me the meaning.
The slang with the translators sometimes give strange results.
I do not say what it means in Italian, but it is really strange. Eek!

For Nathan, i joking of course. Wink

Maurizio

R D Moore · Posted: Wed 05 Aug, 2009 8:19 am Post subject:

Jean Thibodeau · Posted: Wed 05 Aug, 2009 8:38 am Post subject:

Addison C. de Lisle · Posted: Wed 05 Aug, 2009 9:18 am Post subject:

You don't even need to have PayPal yourself in order to send a donation to myArmoury with PayPal. All you need is a credit or debit card, and you can use that to send money to a PayPal account.

Jean Thibodeau · Posted: Wed 05 Aug, 2009 9:27 am Post subject:

Jean Thibodeau · Posted: Thu 06 Aug, 2009 9:23 am Post subject:

Well, getting back to the donating thing. Wink

The activity seems to have slowed down a bit and I guess the Topic is due for a bump but it does seem encouraging that I see at least a few donations every day.

I also think that the industry professionals get a lot out of this site as almost all of them I would never have heard of if not for discussions here between members and formal and informal reviews.

The Industry Professionals Forum is really great for their P.R. and for us to see the work of both established makers and new makers trying to get know ! Sort of a " SO YOU THINK YOU CAN MAKE SWORDS " sort of thing ( Although one could substitute scabbards, polearms, armour etc .... ).

Anyway, business is difficult these days but makers should also consider making a small or larger donation if they can afford it ! Although, I think that if this resource wasn't available difficult times would be even harder !

Again, no " arm twisting " involved here I'm just saying to makers and to everybody else that even a small donation will be very helpful if enough people give a small amount it really adds up.

In general of the thousands of members it's around the same 50 to 100 people who contribute most of the funds, and this is somewhat understandable, as these same donors are generally those who are the most active in posting here or who spend a lot of time reading posts and the other content here, so they have more of a stake in keeping the site going and also don't want to let Nathan carry all the financial load.

So if 100 members each give $50 we get $5000, but if 500 members give $10 we get the same amount and also much more participation in helping the site and also it's also encouraging if more people care enough to make a small donation.

Matthew G.M. Korenkiewicz · Posted: Thu 06 Aug, 2009 9:55 am Post subject:

Mr. T ... Could we have another number, like the amount myArmoury needs to keep
solvent ? or perhaps how far from that number myArmoury is ? maybe if not in $$$,
maybe in perentages ? or did I miss it when I've been reading these posts ?

( Something tells me I should probably use the search engine ... B-) ... )

Of course, if its none of my business, I most certainly understand !

Jean Thibodeau · Posted: Thu 06 Aug, 2009 10:10 am Post subject:

Russ Ellis · Industry Professional

Bryce Felperin · Posted: Thu 06 Aug, 2009 6:00 pm Post subject:

Alright the guilt got to me...I dropped down some money for the site and of course PayPal screwed up when trying to set up my account with my new email...I really hate PayPal...but it went through so Nathan has some more of my money to keep the site up and I feel better for doing so. ;-)

Getting married in less than ten days so I couldn't give much...even though I just got a trust check the other day for 10 grand. Unfortunately it's gone mostly to the wife for our "house fund"...but some did go to the site. :-) Don't tell her though. ;-)

Jean Thibodeau · Posted: Thu 06 Aug, 2009 6:59 pm Post subject:

M. Eversberg II · Posted: Fri 07 Aug, 2009 7:17 am Post subject:

I might have some extra grant cash left over this semester, as one of my courses don't require a book -- I'll see about it then. In November :/

M.

Michael Mann · Posted: Fri 07 Aug, 2009 8:39 am Post subject:

Thanks for a fantastically friendly and informative site!

I'm proud to join your ranks :-)

m

Jean Thibodeau · Posted: Fri 07 Aug, 2009 8:52 am Post subject:

Jean Thibodeau · Posted: Fri 07 Aug, 2009 11:25 am Post subject:

Well at this post we are at $805 Cool

Not too bad considering that this Fund drive started only a few days ago but it does seem to have stalled a bit today.

Not too far from $1000 and a bit shy of 1/3 to the objective.

Last year we did get way past the objective, and although it would be nice to do this again, and it does give some breathing room in case of unexpected expenses meeting the objective or close to it just covers the hosting costs plus a " bit " I think.

It may be harder to get to the objective this year as people who could afford to give large donations may be only able to give a small one, so this is why I'm really putting emphasis on getting more people to donate rather than depending on larger donations by only a small number of people.

Gee ! I almost sound like one of those " TELETHON " hosts ....... ARGGGGGG ! ( Send Money or little Timmy will never again ................. or whatever ! Razz

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