Donations to JC

[Darren]

Hey there All,
As you know Just Commodores isn't getting any smaller and since the beginning it has been pretty well coming straight out of my own pocket - not that I've ever complained nor did I ever expect it to grow as much as it has.

Whilst this isn't and hasn't been a huge problem, like all of us I have other things happening in my life which will happen to all of us at some point if not already and understandably these must take priority ie mortgages.

I will say it right here and now, JC will not be closing, moving offshore or whatever else happens these days no matter what the circumstances might be, this has been proven by what happened recently with the prior dodgy hosting company. I can personally guarantee We are here for the long haul and hope to be around for many more years to come.

Sponsors are a huge help when it comes to paying the monthly / yearly bills and I wish to thank each and everyone for their support.

With that out of the way a run down on costs are as follows at the very minimum, there are likely to be things I have forgotten but it covers the bulk of it I would think

• Web hosting - Dedicated VPS ~$2100 pa, once we head onto our own dedicated box (which isn't very far off, in fact only months away) this will be at a minimum of $3600 pa for hosting and the server itself in the ballpark figure of around $2000 - $5000 depending on configuration, this is expected to last around the 2 - 3 year mark before requiring upgrading to something bigger and better.
• Software ie vBulletin and other associated plugins - ~$200 pa
• Domains - ~$90 pa for .com and .com.au which includes the live development domain and nameserver domains.

To get to the whole point of this thread what we are after are donations of some description to help with costs and to aid further development of the site and events fully paid for by JC should funds permit.

With the above said we don't expect you to get nothing in return, so here's what you get;

At present current members or as I like to call them 'Registered - Full Members' of 3 months and with a minimum of 20 posts have the following abilities:

• 25meg in attachments.
• 100 Private messages (PM's).
• Profile pictures can be a maximum of 100x100 pixels and up to 64kb in size.
• Avatar pictures can be a maximum of 100x100 pixels and up to 20kb in size.
• No signature images nor animations are permitted.

With any donation of $20 will not only give you a warm fuzzy feeling that you're helping the site but give you the following:

• 50meg in attachments.
• 1000 Private messages (PM's).
• Profile pictures can be a maximum of 300x300 pixels and up to 150kb in size.
• Avatar pictures can be a maximum of 200x100 pixels and up to 120kb in size.
• Signature images can be uploaded and be animated to your hearts content.

Any donation beyond $30 and over will get as listed above plus the following:

• Your very own membername@justcommodores.com.au email address, to start off with 50meg space although once we move to our own dedicated this will be much higher, exact figure is unknown. You can make use as you would your 'normal' ISP account through Outlook, Thunderbird etc basically any mail application which supports POP3 / SMTP services and/or if you wish there is webmail available.
• Alternatively to the above you may elect an email alias instead which simply forwards to a preferred destination ie hotmail, yahoo or ISP email address.
• 25MB Web space ie username.justcommodores.com.au which can be used for anything legal, promoting your car, hobbies, heck skies the limit really.

How do you contribute? Easy by clicking on the 'Donate' button sitting up in the navigation bar or by clicking here

If you don't feel comfortable in using PayPal you can also contribute through bank transfer, details are as follows:

BSB - 923-100
Account Name - Darren Keech
Account Number - 15506464
Bank - ING Direct

If electing direct deposit if you could include your member name this will make the process much easier, also feel free to chuck me a quick PM with the receipt number.

Once the donation has been confirmed your usergroup will be promoted with a few PM's flying backward and forwards to get the extra's all setup.

If there is something you would like to see that isn't listed above let me know and I'll let you know whether it's doable or not.

I think it goes without saying but I wish to thank you all in advance, it's been a rough patch the past month but I feel we are right back on top of things! Suffice to say the last backup I have is no more than 30 minutes old

Cheers
Darren and the whole JC Crew

[dijm8]

sounds good darren hopefully i can donate sumthing soon, just another thing can we get JC stickers :P lol

edit: dnt worry bout da stickers :P jcclub is doing it

[VZTHUNDER]

thats a hell good deal for 20 buks
u might wanna raise the price for that
and have like smaller packs
like a 20 dollar pack which is half of what u propose which could be a 40 dollar pack
and a 10 dollar pack which is a quarter of the 40

[Darren]

I'm all for that, there was a bloke that contacted me a while back about stickers, can't even remember the fella's name now.

I see this being very possible though, once some are organised of course.

[NORTI]

Do we get a title under our name or colours or something to show we is special?? lol

I suppose cool sigs will be a giveaway huh? lol

Ill PM you about DD rather than paypal hun, I think this site has saved me more than $20 so its a no-brainer for me!

[minux]

About time you posted this Darren

There are also a few other perks possibly which won't be named until later.

[Darren]

After running through some sums I have just made a quick change to my original post, anyone who has already contacted me for details will get the original $20 deal

Thanks for all your support guys and yes as mentioned by Craig this purely a testing ground so there is more to come, we can't let all the cats out of the bag at once can we.

The custom name is easy fixed although as some or a lot of you have them in place they may not want it changed to say 'Donating Member', I'll leave that decision to you guys to decide.

And yes you can have a pretty colour on your name, just name the colour and I'll get onto it. As you suggested it Dannii I'll leave the colour choice to you, other than red and orange, do I need explain why not those colours?

Edit: Just noticed a couple of quick things, with the username.justcommodores.com.au this can't start with numbers or include symbols ie _ ( * ^ etc etc.

[HoZy]

Spoken to Darren ^_^ All things go lol

[pow3rslave]

is the mail account pop/imap so i can hook it up through a mail client, or is it webmail only?

[hakhawk]

You can make use as you would your 'normal' ISP account through Outlook, Thunderbird etc basically any mail application which supports POP3 / SMTP services and/or if you wish there is webmail available.

that what you're after?

[Wagon_Wheel]

Hmmm sounds differnent, im all for it.
Mate just forwarded this link to me and i was under the impression that we HAD to pay for it.
But after reading that i completly understand, i will most probly contribute in a few weeks, as i have a $400 fine to pay before october and also saving for bathurst booze money and camp site and petrol to get there and what not..... so im bit tight at the moment.
Id be more than happy to contribute, as i spend a lot of time on jc, and i know there are quite a few other forums out there similar but jc feels like home to me
Good work on it and im glad that everythings back on track now

[Darren]

lol nah purely optional, I can understand not everyone can afford to chip in anything, there are no doubt many of us who have to splash money elsewhere which always comes first.

Thanks for all your support so far guys, I am slowly slogging through the list and will get to each and everyone.

[Darren]

As per the announcement made yesterday I will keep this post up to date as well.

The site is moving tomorrow night (21st September) from around 11pm.

All we can do is hope everything goes well and rest assure I'll be doing a complete backup

As for the hosting costs they have just doubled in one day. But hey it's all for a good cause On the bright side we have 4 times the amount of bandwidth which going by my calculations we have never touched half of that.

I will take this opportunity to say if you have made a donation and haven't heard a single thing back from me please drop me a PM and I'll chase it up.

Thanks everyone!

Cheers
Darren

[roby02]

im all for it but is it a one of payment or quarterly type of thing
(not being stingy) just like to know
also saw someone mention stickers that would be a great idea as would lanyards
im with a few bike (motor) forums and these are available (usually with payment of membership) or sold seperately so thought would throw my two cents in

[joshoVT]

I'm new but the site looks great so I'm all for helping out you guys cover the costs... I'll donate next pay

Also, I never realised how much the hosting/server cost!

[azzfox]

I diddnt mind donating a little bit. the way I see it, it could have just been money spent on grog or something useless. this way I save some brain cells but help with hosting costs at the same time

btw, payment should clear tomorrow.

[roby02]

done done and done
you should get it shortly thanks robert

[Darren]

Just moved you to the correct group.

I've been fairly flat chat lately so if anyone has missed out probably best to send me a PM or email.

I have a few PM's to go through which I'll get to hopefully tonight or sometime over the next few days.

Thanks guys!

[Joey_21]

hows the donations goin i reckon u shouls set up like a bar or somthing sayn how much money has been donated jus a suggestion cheers

[Darren]

Hosting costs, yeh tell me about it, I nearly fell over backwards when I got the price.

I had thought of a bar but not having a single graphical design bone in my body makes it a touch difficult.

[Joey_21]

a few guys on here will be able 2 do it i reckon il make a new thread or u can?

[DANNY8]

Just transferred over a bit of coin via bank deposit. You should have it within 48hrs (I'll PM u the details). It's the least I can do considering JC has helped me heaps, and coz I wanna change my sig pic!

Am I the first person to donate for 2008?

[NORTI]

lol we might need a sitkowned thread

[bluecar]

If you don't feel comfortable in using PayPal you can also contribute through bank transfer, details are as follows:

Haven't had trouble with paypal on ebay but don't you need the email address of the recipent to get into action?

One way or the other, happy to donate 30 bucks. Do it paypal if I know the account to pay into. Is it a per annum thing?

[Darren]

If you use the donate link from memory that should be all filled in.

It's purely once off or whenever you feel the need