by Fallen Angel on 08/07/2010 04:28 PM

We have had a couple new donators in the last couple months. So this is just a thank you to those who have been donating! I have update the totals for those interested.

by NightLo on 06/07/2010 12:42 PM

Dear all,

Obvisouly I owe you all a formal introduction...as I never imagine myself being nominated as one of the site administrators...knowing myself who is mostly passive, I really cannot help contribute much apart from regular finance support! Yet new role demands more contribution, so finally I find some courage to take up more responsibilities!

First of all, I would like to collect opinions on how to improve the site...e.g. what do you want to add? what would you want to delete..such and such, just come forward to my lj account and leave comment, though I may not reply as soon as possible, but it is my habit to check at least once a day...so please don't be shy and leave words @nightlo.livejournal.com!

by Fallen Angel on 05/07/2010 04:46 PM

I went ahead and donated the $45 needed to make our 6 month payment. No one else stepped up to the plate on this one.

I want to thank NightLo and Cress for being such dedicated users of the site. I am making them both admins, with full site privileges, as part of my thanks for helping so much with donations.

I went back through the paypal donations for the last year. We have had a total of $613 dollars donated. Of that amount, NightLo and Cress have donated $505, Thats more than 80% of our donations for the year. So a huge thank you to both of them for keeping this site going the last year. Without them I am quite sure I would have grown fed up and closed the site.

I honestly don't visit the site much anymore, I am busy with work and other projects and essentially let the site run itself, our current admins usually let me know when there is a big problem and I can look into it.

After looking at the donation history, I can say I am honestly embarrassed that for the number of users, members, and authors that use and visit this site EVERYDAY, no one, no one is willing to step up and help with the costs of running it.

50,000 users
2,000 authors

And only 2 of them are donating? TWO?

Embarrassing

At this point, if your not willing to support the site, leave. Take your stories, your bookmarks, your reading time, to some other site. At least with you gone, the operating cost would go down for those users who actually want to support the site. If it were not for the commitment that NightLo and Cress have shown this site, I would close it right now. That is exactly how annoyed I am with everyone.

I do not want to hear, that you don't have money. No one does. I don't want to hear you don't have a credit card. I offered my address at one point to those that would email me wanting to donate. You know how many did? ZERO. So I don't want to hear one excuse. If even a FRACTION of the authors, or members all just donated a damn dollar, this site could run for years. Instead the same 2 people donate over and over and over again so you can use this site. And am damned annoyed.

So much so that I am not sure why I am still typing this.

by Fallen Angel on 05/05/2010 01:48 PM

We have gotten donations of $120 and $80 respectively (THANK YOU NightLo and Cress!!!).

So please help out! we only need $45 more by the 7th, thats FRIDAY, and we meet our goal. Otherwise we will need $100 by next month! Please chip in!

Goal: $300
Current: $255

by Fallen Angel on 05/03/2010 12:04 PM

Current: $55
Goal: $300

Needed: $245


Edit: NightLo is putting forward 6months worth of donations...

Proposed amount needed: $125

Edit: Cress is willing to put forward $80

Proposed amount needed $45

Even with these proposed donations, we need $45 more by May 7th, which is when the bill is due. If the amount is not donated by that time, $55 will be deducted, and we will have another month to come up with the $300

Currently we have not had any new donations, and we have just $55 in the paypal account.