OK, I don't generally do this, but here are the results of the fund drive so far. Each year, we look to have donations to offset the price of the forum and to pay Ruben a little something to reward him for being the support for the board. Support entails a lot of things including handling malware protection, spammers, continually updating the look for the board, being around to answer questions, moving questions from one thread to another and, most importantly, keeping the board on the correct version.
Not sure if everyone was aware but AC was generally behind by at least three versions. It was part of the reason the board got hacked twice. Once tons of emails were stolen. The other time, the whole board was lost. My guess is that only the older users such as Wendell would remember.
There are only two ways to set up donations on the forum. To leave it open so that you can donate from $1.00 to whatever, say $200; or you can set a fixed price. We have never left it open because one or two people would probably get generous and send in way too much. So, it is set on $50. The goal is $350 to cover the hosting of the board along with the secure domain name and paying Ruben with what is left over.
Currently, 11 people have donated. That is $550 meaning Ruben will so far get $200. I hope we can get him a little more.
There are seven more days in the month. I very much appreciate the 11 who have donated so far, but there are far more users on the board. Please do not get me wrong. The board is super helpful and it is worth it to me even if I weren't reimbursed.
Thanks.
