I'm a little confused. If it's $2400 a year, and we assume all the active users donate(~200, IIRC), then aren't we looking at $12/user/year? Not month.

$1680 a year, which is $17/user/month instead of $24. Right?

$17/user/year, I think you mean.

And that's only assuming the 100 most active members give. If every registered member donated $5, we'd be more than paid up for two years.

(And this is a very odd conversation for me to be having right now, since my local NPR is in the middle of a pledge drive, which I wake up to every morning. I keep expecting someone to say "For the next hour, your $120 donation will be worth $240 thanks to the dollar-for-dollar match offered by Mr. and Mrs. VeryRichBuffista. You'll also recieve a Buffista tote bag and our exclusive "Sounds of Buffistas" CD as a thank-you gift.")

Yup, already edited the typo.

And now we look crazy. Cheers!

Man, actually trying to use the board to post something reminds you about the problem, alright.

This is what I do for a living. If we get a dedicated or virtual server, I would volunteer to set up and maintain it. After the initial set-up, the amount of time involved should be minimal.

Sighhhh... Competence is sooo sexy.

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We've gotten away from Cafe Press, but we could tack a few bucks onto each item for the next F2F, etc.

The only person who knows who gives what is Jesse.

Mu-ah-ha-ha!

But seriously, I've said it before and I'll say it again: I really don't think we'll have a problem coming up with $2400 over the next, say, six months. After that it's a little foggier for me.

(And I'm dorkishly excited to be carrying my public radio tote bag today. FYI.)

Hi, I'm 200 posts behind already and not going to read them all. I presume y'all will come up with the best solution. Please post an annoucement when it's said and done and let me know what contribution I can make as an average employed person. If I can kick in more, I shall. Thanks to everyone for their wonderful work on this so very cool board.

If disagreements start being peppered with accusations of "freeloader" or "just cuz you gave money to the server doesn't mean you can run roughshod over everybody else"- then the culture rapidly will take a nosedive into unpleasant divisiveness.

I've been on a board where this happens. The little "site supporter" icon on people's profiles certainly doesn't help matters. As Allyson said, it's really nobody's business who gives how much. There are many Buffistas who seem to be in dire financial straits who I see as absolutely essential to the Buffista community in one way or another.

The little "site supporter" icon on people's profiles certainly doesn't help matters.

Eww.

I think it's fair to say we'd never, not so long as we're recognizably Buffistae, have such an icon here.

One more thing to Kristen, do you foresee yourself hating us, and/or leaving us with your hands in the air, if we stay with IH?

Eh. I appreciate the thought but I don't think that my feelings, whichever way you guys decide, is really germane to the discussion.

"For the next hour, your $120 donation will be worth $240 thanks to the dollar-for-dollar match offered by Mr. and Mrs. VeryRichBuffista. You'll also recieve a Buffista tote bag and our exclusive "Sounds of Buffistas" CD as a thank-you gift."

Who else would tell us what make up to buy??

The first 12 Buffistas who contribute will receive a free gift-sized Photo Finish and an autographed photograph of Joss trapped between two handcuffed women.

And yeah, unless Jesse decides to form an alliance against...well, everyone, I don't forsee a sudden shift in board culture over contributions.