Support Royal Courts Ning Site - Target Met - Thanks!!!
General Discussion
May 8, 2010Donation Total: L$3700 - US$13.70Donors: Bebe Begonia, Satoharu Nakamura, Summer Serendipity, Fiorino Pera, Myron VerneWe're off to a great start. Thanks!!
Hello Everyone
As you may have heard, starting July 2010 Ning will no longer provide free sites. After reviewing the Ning Pricing Plans and some discussion here at Life after Ning?Ning free pages closing down there seems to be a consensus to go with the Ning Plus Plan.
Ning Plus will cost us $199.95 a year (or $19.95 a month). Given that there are currently 247 members, I think it is reasonable to assume that we can raise the annual fee. If so, we won't have to worry about fundraising for another year. This will be approximately L$54,200. I propose that we do not collect more than this amount asone year in advance seems like a good milestone. If we do not collect enough money by July, I propose we go on a monthly basis even though it will cost us 16% more. Sound good?
I have setup a donation box at the Coeur Fairgrounds . Look for the big Royal Courts sign & Pay it to donate!
Many thanks!
Tatiana
FinalTotal : L$55,050=US$199.95 (depending on exchange rate of the day)
Donors
May 8, 2010: Bebe Begonia, Satoharu Nakamura, Summer Serendipity, Fiorino Pera, Myron Verne
May 9, 2010: Jojo Deed, Mikk Graves,Ephe Luik, Bre Coba, Peachez Preiss, CapabilityTodd Elswit, Spike Clemenceau, OFlaherty Dreadlow, Breeze Underwood, Fletch Kidd, Serenek Timeless, Stormy Lorakeet, Walter Gedenspire, Candace Ducatillon, Daquan Mongrain
May 10, 2010: Jerit Weiser, Pekel Panacek, Leary Macpherson
May 11 & 12, 2010: wuzz Illyar, MariaLouisa Muircastle, Anu Papp, Charles Bamboo, Trasgo Beaumont, Mandy Razorfen
May 13, 2010: West Lyvingstone, MariaAntonia Barenhaut, MarieJosette Laville, SkyeRyder Varriale, Bedrich Panacek, TatianaDokuchic Varriale
I have disabled the donation box as we now have enough funds for a one year subscription starting in July 2010.
Many thanks for all of your generosity & support. It is truly appreciated!
Tatiana
Dear Courtiers of the Royal Courts
The Duch de Coeur is a friendly and romantic land inspired by historical France during The Age of Enlightenment (17th-19th centuries).
The Duch de Coeur would like to extend an invitation to you to join our role-play.
We've built a thriving communityand now with the release of RPS 3.0 we are embarking on new role-play adventures.
It's a great time to get in on the action and we do hope that you will be interested in joining us!
To start your RPin the Duchsee Duch de Coeur - RPS Getting Started .
Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions that will help you to get started.
Tatiana, Duchesse de Provence
Skye, Duchesse de Coeur
Bedrich, Duc de Coeur
Thank you to everyone for their comments & support! I have started a new thread with information about donations at: Support Royal Courts Ning Site so please take a look.
My experience is that Ning is easy to administer and really reliable which counts for a lot. People have taken to it well and the community is growing and having fun
Off the top of my head I would go with the Ning Plus plan ($19.95 per month). We will not be able to upload Videos or Music but it's $30 cheaper a month than the Ning Pro ($49.95 per month).We have until July to sign up.It would be great if a fundraiser could raise $199.95. Not only would we save16% but we wouldn't have to worry about funds for a whole year. Given that we currently have 244 members, that's $0.81 per member which I would think is quite realistic.What does everyone else think?
)The new pricing model will be out soon and I'm very hopeful that, with your support, we can work something out which will allow us to continue here.Thanks!!