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Donations? Yes please!
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 5:49 pm
by Doug
If anyone has a $20 burning a hole in their pocket, now would be a good time to set it afire. We could use some cash for the site. We are about to hit bandwidth critical mass again and I need to increase it. We are currently set at 55gigs a month, which is an extraordinary amount of traffic for a simple message board like this. We are at almost 3400 registered users now (with untold non-registered viewers) with only 20 or so actively renewing members (and a good handful of lifers of course, a really generous few of whom hold multiple lifer status').
It is surprising to me that we have so much traffic here but so few donate. I don’t mean to guilt anyone into donating, but if you do enjoy the site and find value in it, then donating to support it is the right thing to do. We are not wholly supported by a larger entity and have been able to remain ad-free for several years, but every month it gets harder to find the money to keep it going. Asking for money is a task I abhor and usually end up dipping into my own pocket when needed.
So if you can do it, please donate! If we get enough, I'll purchase a new R1200R and send pics to you all. Just kidding.
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:28 pm
by OU812
Really people, just send $20, and enjoy guilt-free!
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:35 pm
by awagnon
Make it simple for me. Where do I send the $$$ ?
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:41 pm
by awagnon
I think I answered my own question after reading the membership section. Some of us are a little slow.
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:45 pm
by NoRRmad
Click here, follow the instructions.
http://r1150r.org/contact.html
Donations
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:04 pm
by Hawk
I just paid $40 plus shipping for the Clymer BMW manual; a $20 donation seems pretty inexpensive for the knowledge here.
I browsed here heavily before I bought my first BMW on 9/11; wonderful site, nite folks, so I joined to support.
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:29 pm
by tor1150r
Small price for the info (and entertainment) I get on this board.
Just cha-chinged my card.
Lorne S
Re: Donations
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:15 pm
by taosports
Hawk wrote:I just paid $40 plus shipping for the Clymer BMW manual; a $20 donation seems pretty inexpensive for the knowledge here.
Excellent point Hawk. Welcome to the board.
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:40 pm
by OU812
I could not imagine life without it.
Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 4:22 pm
by mcollect
Doug
Thanks for asking, otherwise I might have never gotten around to signing up for life.
Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:07 pm
by frbank6
I've learned a lot here and really appreciate those here who take time to help others out, so my $20 is on the way!
Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 11:16 pm
by Greybeard
A wealth of knowledge and experience here and I do appreciate it all.
I'm in!
Send some Money
Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 11:23 pm
by orbea54
Thanks for the site. Just sent some money
Kevin
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 7:47 am
by jm1515
Just 'sentenced' to my second 'Life' term...to be served concurrently (I think)....
Thanks, Doug....
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:17 am
by OU812
I see the bandwidth ran out one day early.
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:03 am
by R4R&R
Loot sent. Thanks Doug!
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 12:05 pm
by reef
Money on the way,and site worth every penny,I'll say.Thanks Mark
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:02 pm
by Gordium7
Done. This is a really great site.
Its sooooo worth it.
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 3:51 pm
by dgates
Donation made...
Thanks for this site!
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:59 pm
by dwayne
Seriouly, donate. Become a Lifer, I DID! And since moving to the R1150R.net diet I have lost 40 lbs, I'm now taller, I can drop a bike much faster, and I bitch less about &%#$% oil checking ritual we must perform on these bikes. I even think most of my hair has since grown back...including places I didn't want it to...nose clippers anyone?
