I mentioned in the dating ads an idea I had about fund raising and taking the pressure off Todd. I estimated that budget at $500 a month for a yearly total of $6000 and Todd has said I'm in the ball park. I'd like some feed back on it if it does or doesn't make sense to you members. I have a gut feeling 5 guys would contribute $12 a month for a total of $720, 20 folks at $10 a month for $2400, 30 at $5 a month $1800, 40 at a toonie a month $960, and hopefully 50 at a loonie a month would be $600. This totals up to $6480 with a 145 people participating which might be a stretch. Personally I like to see goals set high but achievable. Another suggestion I'd make is to put by their profile if they are CP supporters but no need to show whether they contribute a dollar or a hundred. Think it would be a good feeling for each supporter. Swag and other donations would just be a nice bonus then.
Secondly if we did something like this I would suggest that we give every 6 months or so unless you can set up something monthly otherwise many of us forget after a couple months.
As I said in the other posting I would like to see this site go along smoothly with our only problems dealing with politics and religion.
I like your ideas. Many sites post the "site donor" beside the member's name, and I like seeing that.
The politics and religion issue has been well taken care of here I'd say, I know from talking to people, it has been a very positive move banning discussion of either topic. I'm sure there are members who wish it could be discussed, members who couldn't care either way, and members who are glad it's gone. I'm just thankful that the cooperation with the ban has worked so well, with virtually no attempts to skirt the ban.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
If this came to be I'd be glad to remove the ads. Do you guys find the eBay ads useful? They are more relevant to the site. The don't generate much for the site though ($24 last month).
I mentioned in the dating ads an idea I had about fund raising and taking the pressure off Todd. I estimated that budget at $500 a month for a yearly total of $6000 and Todd has said I'm in the ball park. I'd like some feed back on it if it does or doesn't make sense to you members. I have a gut feeling 5 guys would contribute $12 a month for a total of $720, 20 folks at $10 a month for $2400, 30 at $5 a month $1800, 40 at a toonie a month $960, and hopefully 50 at a loonie a month would be $600. This totals up to $6480 with a 145 people participating which might be a stretch. Personally I like to see goals set high but achievable. Another suggestion I'd make is to put by their profile if they are CP supporters but no need to show whether they contribute a dollar or a hundred. Think it would be a good feeling for each supporter. Swag and other donations would just be a nice bonus then.
Secondly if we did something like this I would suggest that we give every 6 months or so unless you can set up something monthly otherwise many of us forget after a couple months.
As I said in the other posting I would like to see this site go along smoothly with our only problems dealing with politics and religion.
great idea . sign me up most coffee drinkers here spend 30-40 monthly for gut rot . Why not charge up Cdn Poncho?
When I see Jerel's proposal that says 5 guys could give $12 a month that seems ridiculously low, both dollar wise and the number of donors. I can't think of a month gone by in the past many years where I didn't waste $12 on something useless. I bet very few of us couldn't scrape up $12 each month for this place if push came to shove.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
I mentioned in the dating ads an idea I had about fund raising and taking the pressure off Todd. I estimated that budget at $500 a month for a yearly total of $6000 and Todd has said I'm in the ball park. I'd like some feed back on it if it does or doesn't make sense to you members. I have a gut feeling 5 guys would contribute $12 a month for a total of $720, 20 folks at $10 a month for $2400, 30 at $5 a month $1800, 40 at a toonie a month $960, and hopefully 50 at a loonie a month would be $600. This totals up to $6480 with a 145 people participating which might be a stretch. Personally I like to see goals set high but achievable. Another suggestion I'd make is to put by their profile if they are CP supporters but no need to show whether they contribute a dollar or a hundred. Think it would be a good feeling for each supporter. Swag and other donations would just be a nice bonus then.
Secondly if we did something like this I would suggest that we give every 6 months or so unless you can set up something monthly otherwise many of us forget after a couple months.
As I said in the other posting I would like to see this site go along smoothly with our only problems dealing with politics and religion.
great idea . sign me up most coffee drinkers here spend 30-40 monthly for gut rot . Why not charge up Cdn Poncho?
not a coffee drinker (bad guts) so I could see the amount past over as a donation. Tims only sees hot chocolate money from me on Sunday when I meet the family
great idea . sign me up most coffee drinkers here spend 30-40 monthly for gut rot . Why not charge up Cdn Poncho?
not a coffee drinker (bad guts) so I could see the amount past over as a donation. Tims only sees hot chocolate money from me on Sunday when I meet the family
I would be in for this as well. I am a hot chocolate guy as well. Like the idea of the donor thing.
Make it easy to send funds. Do not just use only PayPal....I could send money orders, visa , cash, etransfer but not PayPal...and I would be happy to so.
just my thoughts yearly would be the way to go, a month is like a week these days. i dont post anywhere near as much as i would like to as i am not good on the computer and when my adault children visit i dont want to bother them to help me.i agree with others i dont have paypal and other forms of payment would help.
Lots of good ideas however keep in mind there are quite a few limits to what this forum software can do. As for other methods of payement for site support, I accept cheques and Interac e-transfers. If anyone want's to pay by these methods send me a PM and I'll provide the details.
I'll wait until the dust settles and go with the flow.
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'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
I drink coffee, tea, beer, wine, cider, spirits, water, but do not drink pop (soda) as it's a sugar bomb and worse for your health than any of the previously mentioned beverages. Paypal is actually very easy to use and you don't have to set up an account with them to use it. I don't have a paypal account but have used it to make 1-time credit card payments many times and have never had a problem. I also have a credit card with a ridiculously low limit that I just use for online purchases - that way if anybody scams me it won't take long to reach the credit limit and get flagged by the bank. It has already paid off for me a couple of years ago when somebody scammed my number and tried to do some large online purchases.
What were we talking about again??
Oh yeah, what Darryl says... whatever Todd thinks is reasonable I will go with...
I only see the ebay ads. I don't have any problem with that. It seems to me a couple years ago, I was fed up with the dating ads and found a way to opp out of them.
I appreciate everything you do Todd. I also frequent 2 door post. It is related, right?