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Thanks go out again to:
Alexandrine-Josephine de Fiennes
Lady Olivia Daniela Chapman
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Idohavea few ideas forsharing the cost of the site more equitably. I've actually been mulling them over for a few years now - lol.
Whatever is implement has to be mostly automated otherwise it won't be practical from a moderation point of view. With the release of NING 3.0 (we will probably be able to upgrade late summer or early fall) a finer level of automated control will become available. The most obvious use for this would be restriction of Marketplace posting. I think that it is only fair that people who use this site for business advertising help to support it. Many merchants already do but we could still generate some extra revenue from those that don't.
Finding the correct balance for user fees is a challenge and I had always hoped that it wouldn't be necessary but unfortunately it looks like it's going to be. This site has been able to operate because of the generosity of a small percentage of its user base and it looks like the time has come to make some adjustments. As someone pointed out, people use this site as if it's free but actually someone else is just paying the way for them.
Right now we have raised enough money for six months (at the higher monthly rate of $30) so we still have time to make some changes. We'll see how it goes.
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Merci Beaucoup!
Aldo Stern
Donatien A. F. Marquis de Sade
Maria Carolina of Austria
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With 10 days left to go Total Collected $47,724 Remaining $28,776 Individual Contributors 41 (which matches our total Individual Contributors from last year).
Many thanks to:
Stormy Panacek
Aphrodite Macbain
Mme de Giroux
Charles Bamboo
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As of Saturday morning Total Collected $42,324 Remaining $34,176
Our thanks go out to:
Trasgo Beaumont
Serenek Timeless
Sepp Bogart
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For July 3, 2013 our thanks go to:
Ephe Luik
Lady Olivia Daniela Chapman
Merry Chase
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((Overhears Mercury talking to Summer and enjoys his melodious voice & eloquent words)) 
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There are 15 days left until the deadline, and not everyone slaps the donation board as soon as the fundraiser begins.
Yes, you said something similar this time last year, Stormy.
Since the money for this subscription comes out of my bank account, I have a different perspective and I wish that every member would indeed SLAP THE DONATION BOARD AS SOON AS THE FUNDRAISER BEGINS, especially since it takes about a week for me to convert the Linden Dollars and transfer them tothat bankaccount. It would also save me from making contingency plans, like paying on a monthly basis which will cost us 20% more over the year.
I also have a different perspectivefrom watching the pattern of donations over the last twoyears. Typically at this point in timea few additional people make contributions but the remainder (which is quitelarge)is made up by people contributing multiple times. If it wasn't for this dedicated group this site wouldn'tbe able to continue.
Last year therate of individual contributors was at5.7%.Say thatonly half the registered members are actually active and we double that, it still only gives us an individual contribution rate of11.4%.
I would love to be able to share the financial burden across a larger group and will continue to look for ways to do so.
I don't think that anyone can have much of an argument againstsharing thecost of maintaining this site more evenly.