Thread: Member Donations for Site Maintenance & Hosting Costs

This is getting way more complicated than it needs to be, reminds me of that scene from Monty Python, "Life of Brian"



If the vast sums of money we send as donation buys the guys working on it a pizza and some beer occasionally, well, so be it, I'd do it anyway in ways of thanks.

At the least, one of the members who work on the site in that aspect should be able to get a quote and know what the yearly costs are going to be, as well as a fund for upgrades and Emergencies...if we exceed that fund, the powers that be can say we're going to hold off on the donations for awhile.

No. Big. Deal.

Next steps would be to get an approximate cost for the year, a list of known upgrades needed, with a contingency fund for emergencies, and let the members donate, once the target has been reached - let's come back for another discussion on how to proceed.

Let's face it - if the site is not going to be reliable, membership will dwindle as people go elsewhere more and more, and frankly, the knowledge and the straight razor central theme of this site in unparalleled essentially - most other sites are DE/SE focussed with a fringe for straights, if any.

As Nike says, lets "Just Do it"!