Bob, I got it today and thank you.
For folks info who don't read this thread regularly, I list all the donor receipts each night, along with a summary of the fund drive status, in my daily summary at about 11:45 pm.
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Bob, I got it today and thank you.
For folks info who don't read this thread regularly, I list all the donor receipts each night, along with a summary of the fund drive status, in my daily summary at about 11:45 pm.
Day 13 Cumulative Donations: 58
Target number of donations: 66
Members: 2,274
Views of this thread: 4,000+
Nov. 13
Odyssey (US cash from Canada!)
Cheeseandbeans (chk)
Waterspyder (chk)
UCanoe_2 (chk)
Coldfeet
Only 8 more donations needed. Let's finish! How about you many longtime members out there who surely remember the profound struggles of this site to stay alive.
Target number of donations: 66
Members: 2,274
Views of this thread: 4,000+
Nov. 13
Odyssey (US cash from Canada!)
Cheeseandbeans (chk)
Waterspyder (chk)
UCanoe_2 (chk)
Coldfeet
Only 8 more donations needed. Let's finish! How about you many longtime members out there who surely remember the profound struggles of this site to stay alive.
Day 14 Cumulative Donations: 59
Target number of donations: 66
Members: 2,275
Views of this thread: 4,000++
Nov. 14
Jdeerfoot (chk)
Only 7 more donations needed. C'mon, let's finish!
Target number of donations: 66
Members: 2,275
Views of this thread: 4,000++
Nov. 14
Jdeerfoot (chk)
Only 7 more donations needed. C'mon, let's finish!
Day 15 Cumulative Donations: 61
Target number of donations: 66
Members: 2,275
Views of this thread: 4,000+++
Nov. 15
Will Derness (chk)
Alsg
Only 5 more donations needed. C'mon, folks, almost there!
Target number of donations: 66
Members: 2,275
Views of this thread: 4,000+++
Nov. 15
Will Derness (chk)
Alsg
Only 5 more donations needed. C'mon, folks, almost there!
I can’t believe with over 2,000 subscribers that it is taking this long for people to step up. This forum has no advertising popping up and it’s purely about canoeing.
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Hard to believe.
Well, there is that old saying I heard in a local diner..."What's the difference between a canoeist and a canoe? Canoes tip."
Paypal sent. Not much but I hope it helps a little.
I am one of the many who do not post (35 posts in the last 10 years) and if I can do it, so can the rest of you who visit here.
Ya, I should have done it sooner.
I am one of the many who do not post (35 posts in the last 10 years) and if I can do it, so can the rest of you who visit here.
Ya, I should have done it sooner.
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Thanks Rob. I personally appreciate your donation, especially because you’re an infrequent poster. It shows that you value the site. I don’t know what you mean by “not much,” but just think if 500 infrequent (or even frequent) posters donated just $10.00. That would total $5,000, which would solidify the site for years to come. It would also demonstrate to Glenn that we appreciate and value all the work he does on our behalf.
Good on ya!
Thanks for your donation and words, Rob.
I'd just like to point out what should be obvious: The site's fixed expenses—software licenses, webhosting fees, domain name fees, service fees—are the same whether or not anyone posts. To maintain a site just for readers costs the same as it does for readers/posters. In addition, most of the daily work I do is the same whether members or guests are posting or just reading.
Everyone can see how many members, guests and robots are on the site at any given time from the Members menu. The guests (readers only) usually outnumber the members (who may just be reading, too, although they also have the privilege to post) by four or five times.
As an old time analogy, magazines, newspapers, radio and TV shows all have fixed and variable production costs even though people only read or view them and don't post on them.
The bottom line is, if a site cannot financially survive, it will shut down for posters and readers alike. Both for current folks and future folks, all the archives, all our learning and lore, all our efforts . . . will be forever gone.
Glenn
Working on a donation, it's taking forever to get US Dollars transferred to PayPal so that both you and me can avoid outrageous fx / cc fees.
I suspect that my donation will only reduce your "need 5 more" by 0.6 (something better than nothing!)
Working on a donation, it's taking forever to get US Dollars transferred to PayPal so that both you and me can avoid outrageous fx / cc fees.
I suspect that my donation will only reduce your "need 5 more" by 0.6 (something better than nothing!)
Thanks, recped. You know what the voyageurs, Wayne Gretzky and the banks say: 6/10 of a Canadian is worth one American.
It might be simpler for Canadians to just send paper cash. Odyssey sent a U.S. bill, which I assume he got at a Canadian bank. You could also send me Canadian bills, which I assume I can deposit after a currency translation into the mighty ("too big to fail") Bank of America.
Day 16 Cumulative Donations: 62
Target number of donations: 66
Members: 2,275
Views of this thread: 4,000++++
Nov. 16
Rob H
Only 4 more donations needed!
Target number of donations: 66
Members: 2,275
Views of this thread: 4,000++++
Nov. 16
Rob H
Only 4 more donations needed!
Day 17 Cumulative Donations: 64
Target number of donations: 66
Members: 2,277
Views of this thread: 5,000+
Nov. 17
SouthernKevlar (chk)
Recped
Only 2 more donations needed! Easy-peasy.
Target number of donations: 66
Members: 2,277
Views of this thread: 5,000+
Nov. 17
SouthernKevlar (chk)
Recped
Only 2 more donations needed! Easy-peasy.
Glenn, is it possible to have a private conversation with you re: the fund drive?
Thanks, Nomad
Thanks, Nomad
Sure, anytime
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