Please consider donating

vauge · 05-03-08, 10:03 AM

I am not in the habit of asking or requesting for donations. Some would say (like the IRS) that this forum is my hobby. I should pay for it. Right? I am a man of modest means and luckily this community has always pulled through allowing me to only add a few bucks here and there when needed. Anyway, for the last 4 years, we have always been ahead of the game. We currently have $9.03 in the bank for funds. We need $450 a month to pay for the server and all associated costs. Click on the Costs to get an understanding how we are doing this month and for a complete breakdown of costs vs donations. If the bar is in the green - consider waiting for the next month.

As many know, I am a straight shooter. We are not in this for the money. We just need to sustain. Upon request, I will be more than happy to provide you with our receipts and money flow offline.

Thank you for being a member of Debate Politics! Now back to our regularly scheduled discussion.

donc · 05-03-08, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by vauge

I am not in the habit of asking or requesting for donations. Some would say (like the IRS) that this forum is my hobby. I should pay for it. Right? I am a man of modest means and luckily this community has always pulled through allowing me to only add a few bucks here and there when needed. Anyway, for the last 4 years, we have always been ahead of the game. We currently have $9.03 in the bank for funds. We need $450 a month to pay for the server and all associated costs. Click on the Costs to get an understanding how we are doing this month and for a complete breakdown of costs vs donations. If the bar is in the green - consider waiting for the next month.

As many know, I am a straight shooter. We are not in this for the money. We just need to sustain. Upon request, I will be more than happy to provide you with our receipts and money flow offline.

Thank you for being a member of Debate Politics! Now back to our regularly scheduled discussion.

Be glad too, where?

Tashah · 05-03-08, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by donc

Be glad too, where?

Here is the DP link for donating online via PayPal...

Donations

donc · 05-03-08, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Tashah

Here is the DP link for donating online via PayPal...

Donations

I found it Tashah,if it was a snake it would have bit me.

rivrrat · 05-03-08, 01:33 PM

I certainly don't mind donating again, but I am curious about the $450/month. I really think you could find a server that's half that price. As someone who pays for a server herself, I understand the costs, but $450 is A LOT. IMO, you're getting ripped off. I have a dedicated server and host dozens of sites on it for less than half that amount.

Tashah · 05-03-08, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by donc

I found it Tashah, if it was a snake it would have bit me.

No problem at all donc. Either way, I'm happy you found it

Tashah · 05-03-08, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by rivrrat

I certainly don't mind donating again, but I am curious about the $450/month. I really think you could find a server that's half that price. As someone who pays for a server herself, I understand the costs, but $450 is A LOT. IMO, you're getting ripped off. I have a dedicated server and host dozens of sites on it for less than half that amount.

I also have a dedicated server, but I host nothing on the scale or complexity of Debate Politics. You can always PM vauge. He can itemize the DP server costs and provide a clearer picture of the server-side services rendered. He would also be interested at looking into any comparable server host you could recommend

rivrrat · 05-03-08, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Tashah

I also have a dedicated server, but I host nothing on the scale or complexity of Debate Politics. You can always PM vauge. He can itemize the DP server costs and provide a clearer picture of the server-side services rendered. He would also be interested at looking into any comparable server host you could recommend

I host more than one site that's bigger than this one. Most of the sites are download sites with large files that get 10000's of downloads a month. A forum doesn't use near the bandwith as a full on website does - especially one that hosts large files for download. The forums on my server don't *touch* the websites when it comes to bandwith, never have. Plus, I pay for the server, not the sites I host. I could have one site or 500 - simple to complex... the price would be the same.

And I did PM vauge, he didn't respond so I posted here.

Anywho.. I've just had dedicated servers for years, and would never consider one that costs as much as $450/month. I've always found them much cheaper than that. I had two dedicated servers at one point for less than that a month.

1069 · 05-03-08, 02:04 PM

Dang. $450 a month's almost as much as I pay for rent.
Well, not really, but I pay one and a half times that much.
Vauge must be rolling in clover.

vauge · 05-03-08, 02:20 PM

The truth of the matter is that it does not cost us $450 a month.

Our server is actually a little under $300. If we can find a managed server comparable - we are not opposed to switching. I just checked our server link in the costs page and noticed that the prices went *down* 30 bucks! Here is the package we use. Hrrm... I think I need to chat with them again.

We have always shot high to allow a buffer for the yearly fees, bank a month or two in advance, and possibly allow for gifts/promotions etc. It hasn't failed that someone offline would give a large donation to keep us afloat a few months at a time. However, one of those large offline donors is no longer a member.