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Re: August donation drive results... sortof.

Post by Trogdor » Thu Sep 14, 2006 7:57 pm

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Re: August donation drive results... sortof.

Post by Vardaen » Fri Sep 22, 2006 8:02 pm

I have not forgot you Donation Drivers! I will be getting you items shortly. I applogize for the delay.

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August:
Wayloss - Maha 2 Awarded
Trogdor - Maha 2 Awarded
Bitom - Maha 2 Awarded
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Where the hell is our money?

Post by Bitom » Tue Dec 18, 2012 10:53 pm

I'm sure some of you have been wondering that, even if nobody's come right out and asked it.

But first some background for the new members:

For the past 6 years or so, we have asked you guys to open your wallets and help us get a UPS to keep the site from going down every time the power blips at Brennor's house.

We've done various donation drives (Some of them in this thread: Before I was responsible for terrible banner art, I made an avatar for a new player named Trogdor who donated more than anyone else one month.)

In addition to the donation drives there have been the auctions and raffles at Brencon, where awesome people (most notable MV and JP69) have donated things to be auctioned off.

Over that time, you have donated about $675 above and beyond the costs for the various Brencons. A little over a year ago, Bren announced that the goal for the UPS had been met.

So where's the UPS?

Well, first of all, understand that the UPS we are looking at costs $1100. So just because the goal has been met doesn't mean it's paid for. Bren has always expected to throw money at it. But we did meet the goal, and B does have enough money set aside to buy it.

The problem is: the one we want isn't available anymore. It's discontinued. The new version has all the same features and costs about the same, but it won't run off of a normal house-power plug (Not even the 240V dryer plug) Getting an electrician in to add the necessary plug adds another $300 or so to the price tag, which puts us back out of range.

But there is good news: The lease terms on the old one that we like will start coming up soon, so they should start hitting the used market, where we can buy them cheaper, replace the batteries, and be good to go.

Alternately, we can try to raise that extra $300.

if you want to donate more: http://brennor.dyndns.org/rpg/index.php?name=Treasury

As a side-note: The business-class internet connection that Bren uses to keep us running (As well as do his job, watch Netflix, and surf for porn) costs him about 3 times what a normal household high-speed connection does, not to mention the increased electrical bill for running the servers. The other admins have been trying to convince him to take part of that out of the donation money, but he's been fairly devoted to keeping it as a UPS fund.

If he starts getting a significant flow of donations, It'll be easier to convince him to use some. Just sayin'

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Re: Where the hell is our money?

Post by Hayabusa » Tue Dec 18, 2012 10:59 pm

I'll see if I can donate a bit after christmas but not before.

Some game-rewards would be nice too. ;)
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Re: Where the hell is our money?

Post by TetNak » Tue Dec 18, 2012 11:00 pm

I agree 1000%.

If you have a few extra bucks to spare each month, I'm sure Bren would appreciate it. He spends his own money to help us run this site just because he wants to.

With how many people we have, I think we could easily cover some of the expenses he has without donating too much each.

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Re: Where the hell is our money?

Post by TetNak » Tue Dec 18, 2012 11:04 pm

I will also note, 'Who donated this month,' is not working. I donated last month, but nothing ever showed. Just an FYI (Last time I looked, Your Account isn't showing donations either.
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Re: Where the hell is our money?

Post by Vardaen » Tue Dec 18, 2012 11:10 pm

So if you figure Brennor's Internet costs are about 3 times as much as a normal connection, and one third of his internet is dedicated to the site (1/3 Work, 1/3 His Personal Family Stuff and Porn of course), the cost to cover this should be someplace around 50$ a month, easily met by a few bucks from folks.

At this point with the UPS Goal being what it is, extra BrenCon Donations should begin to be put toward this cost. So if you can give, give, if you can only give at BrenCon, give a lot at BrenCon.

(Talk for BrenCon this year with the Admins will have us going without a Tent reducing the cost dramatically).
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Re: Where the hell is our money?

Post by Hayabusa » Tue Dec 18, 2012 11:12 pm

TetNak wrote:I will also note, 'Who donated this month,' is not working. I donated last month, but nothing ever showed. Just an FYI (Last time I looked, Your Account isn't showing donations either.
My account actually shows one I did. But that one's only from back in '09.
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Re: Where the hell is our money?

Post by TetNak » Tue Dec 18, 2012 11:14 pm

Hayabusa wrote:
TetNak wrote:I will also note, 'Who donated this month,' is not working. I donated last month, but nothing ever showed. Just an FYI (Last time I looked, Your Account isn't showing donations either.
My account actually shows one I did. But that one's only from back in '09.
When Bit and Bren did some work a few weeks ago, I believe this got changed somehow.

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