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I'd be happy to pay an annual subscription for this group, (I think it's the only one I would do that for). Gareth > Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:10:04 -0700 > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > From: violet@missviolet.com > Subject: support donations (was Re: future of Looper's Delight (long) > > Jim wrote: > >One thing I"ve wondered about that you didn't reference unless I missed it > >but I gather Kim was paying for the hosting/domain as a labor of love. > >Are you going to need help from the community in maintaining that expense? > >I know the shirts were to generate some capital for that and though I've > >not yet purchased I'm going to. If need be I would chip in to the site > >costs. > > That's an important question and I'm glad you brought it up. > > Yes, Kim was paying out of his pocket as a labor of love, and I will need > help now. For years we've had ads on our sites (which pay peanuts and > don't even begin to cover cost) and Kim has Paypal buttons on Looper's > Delight. > > However, all of those things were in Kim's name and I can't access them, so > I'm going to have to scramble to try to get those changed over to my > accounts. (Google AdSense required us to lump all of our ad accounts under > one primary account, so I can't even access proceeds the Google ads on MY > site are bringing in right now.) > > The t-shirts are a labor of love as well. Zazzle requires a minimum > mark-up and it's only something like $2.00/shirt. We left that at the > minimum, because the shirts are already a bit expensive (we went with them > because of the higher quality) and we didn't want people not to be able to > afford them, so the proceeds we're getting are a drop in the bucket and > won't come close to covering the cost, especially not over the long-term. > > So it is VERY important right now that if anyone wants to donate to help > pay cost of the server/hosting, please go to MY website, > http://undented.com, and donate using the Donate button at the top of the > right-hand column. That goes to a Paypal account that I can access myself. > All of those donations will be used to support the sites. > > The server bill has been overdue for the past week, but the co-lo facility > is working with us and has given us an extension. I've told them I will do > my best to pay on the 1st. > > Violet > xoxox > Get a new e-mail account with Hotmail - Free. Sign-up now. |