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Royal Courts Ning: ♥ 2015 Fundraiser ♥ August 1st

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Thanks to the following, we're off to a great start!!

Sofia von Essen
Julia Auditore
Lady Leena Fandango
Lady Bluebird of Orkney
Curtis
Claire-Sophie de Rocoulle
Serenek Timeless
Aldo Stern
Stephanie Mesler
Aldo Stern
Lorsagne de Sade
Alessandra di Fiorentino-Conti
Lady Hartfield

ETA: To keep things simple, I'll post the list of new supporters once a week. I'll do my best to get the badges to you within 24 hours

Royal Courts Ning: ♥ 2015 Fundraiser ♥ August 1st

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Unfortunately as an Openspace sim it probably couldn't handle the traffic as I'm hoping for a crowd )

We could use the Petit Trianon or I can ask Skye about one of her chateaux.

Royal Courts Ning: ♥ 2015 Fundraiser ♥ August 1st

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I think Mid-June is early enough.

I really wouldn't worry about the plans for other communities (it's like herding cats). If you like the date, post it in Events with more information TBA and reserve the spot. That way others can work around it )

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But maybe this is also a good time to look at reorganizing the entire concept here and adpating to the reality that the market this site serves has changed?

I agree that it's a good time, Aldo. It's actually a bit overdue (because of the wait for Ning 3.0) but better late than never.

The general philosophy of the site has always been inclusive:

• Though there were a lot of "courts', communities were always welcome (hey I'm from the Duch de Coeur!) which proved to be a good thing as "courts" are currently on the downswing of the cycle.
• People from other grids are also welcome although you do have to have a Second Life account to be able to register. That's for administrative purposes, to avoid spammers. and it's pretty effective. Right now it's a manual process and I don't see another viable alternative given our current technological constraints. If anyone has other ideas, I'd love to hear them.

Site Branding is a Challenge:

Obviously the site name "Royal Courts of Second Life" has connotations that aren't so inclusive. Unfortunately, we can't change the Name or the Link unless we migrate the site. Moving to another platform would give us this opportunity.

If we stay put, we could do things like changing the banner and note/comment/guideline text etc.

Should this site perhaps include more emphasis on other grids besides SL? Should there be separate sections for those other girds (which also might help promote their use?) and perhaps special "reporters" or "editors" assigned to solicit and collect information from other grids?

We can easily set up Groups and/or Discussion Categories for different grids. I do find the Ning 2.0 group functionality to be a bit lacking but it's the best we can do on this platform.

Love the idea of special reporters and/or editors!!

Royal Courts Ning: ♥ 2015 Fundraiser ♥ August 1st

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I'm really going to show my age here by admitting that I've actually programmed a PDP-11/10. I'm sure I still have my Assembler Instruction Card around here somewhere (just in case!!).

You would toggle in the instructions andthen save them on a ticker tape. Unfortunately feeding the ticker tape back into the machine usually caused it to break destroying your program )

Ahhhh ... the good old days!!

Royal Courts Ning: ♥ 2015 Fundraiser ♥ August 1st

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A Decades Ball sounds wonderful!

As far as the time frame goes, July 21st is the deadline for the annual renewal soa decision with-regard-to site direction has to be made before then.

Royal Courts Ning: ♥ 2015 Fundraiser ♥ August 1st

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Personally, I don't believe that people going to opensim for historical rp makes for much ofa reduction in the SL historical rp numbers (if any at all).

Having said that, we've had people here on RC from other grids and will continue to do so. Way back when, Events use to be limited to SL only but haven't been for a while now.

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Hi Mercury

If we don't raise enough for an annual subscription, I will switch to the monthly plan. Since we didn't do any fundraising last year I missed the chance to gage site interest as it relates to donations but I'm still not worried about it this year. We'll see how it goes.

We're very fortunate to have a core of dedicated members who continue to enjoy their time here. What I would REALLY like to do (as mentioned above) is to upgrade the site by moving us to another platform. I think we deserve the latest & greatest!!

So I'm actually hoping that we will exceed expectations allowing us to make the move.

I'd like to open up the site to a broader community more "VirtualWorldHistorical Communities" than "Royal Courts of Second Life" but I haven't been pushing this aspect because I was waiting for the Ning 3.0 transfer. Now that we know that's probably not going to happen it's time to start looking at a new strategy.

Interesting times for sure!!

Royal Courts Ning: ♥ 2015 Fundraiser ♥ August 1st

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THOUGHTS ON FUNDRAISING: Where do we go from here?

Back in 2013 we did a lot of brainstorming with regard to fundraising for this site and we were hoping that with the introduction of Ning 3.0 some of the ideas could be implemented to run automatically. Unfortunately Ning 3.0 never panned out so our plans were shelved.

I definitely look back fondly on the days when Ning was free!!

Right now it's costing us approximately $25 usd a month to keep this site running. I did some research and much to my chagrin found out that was actually cheap. I would love to move us over to another platform that is state-of-the-art but it's going to cost us around $50 usd a month (i.e. double what we are paying now).

I don't know how much longer Ning is going to be around. First they were bought out by GLAM MEDIA, then they were bought out by MODE SOCIAL. Neither of these companies seem to be concerned with "the little guy" which we definitely are. I have started archiving our information so that it is safe just in case they fold without warning.

I do have an alternative platform in mind but what's stopping me is the price. I don't know that this community can sustain the cost and though I'm willing to volunteer my time I'm not willing to pick up the bill.

All this to say, if you have any fundraising ideas I'd love to hear them.

From my point of view, I can't take on anything more that is manually intensive. Automated is good!

Put your thinking caps on and let's see what we can come up with!!

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DearRoyal Court Courtiers

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Royal Courts of Second Life

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Celebrating it's Sixth Anniversary this September!!

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As many will remember, to keep the site going we must pay an annual subscription to NING and the next renewal date is July 21, 2015.

As we did not hold a Fundraiser last year, your support is especially appreciated for 2015.

The Basic package is still the best (and cheapest)one for us to subscribe to. The cost will be $300 which is approximately L$76,500.

RC SUPPORTERS:

I have created a new category, RC Supporters 2015 that comes with the traditional HeartBadge which is attached to your profile picture. Anyone that donates over L$250 will be added to this category as a "Thank You" for helping to keep this site up and running.

Donations are now being accepted inworld at the Petit Trianon .Look for the big Royal Courts sign and "Pay it" to donate.

RC SPONSORS:

An individual that donates over L$5000 is considered a Sponsor as well as a Supporter. Sponsor Logos are l isted alphabeticallyon Main Page in the Sponsors Section with link to a webpage of their choice.

Please provide me with a logo that is 200px x 100px and a link. Note that the link is restricted to pages/sites that are PG in nature.

I will be happy to make ONE change to the Sponsor information in the FIRST WEEK of its posting. After that there will be a L$1000 charge per change.

Many thanksyour support, it really is appreciated!!

Tatiana

P.S. Please note that the old RC Supporters 2013 category has been discontinued. A final "Thank you" toits 77 members

updated by @tatiana-dokuchic: 23 Nov 2016 03:52:38PM