- Joined
- Feb 2, 2003
- Messages
- 3,002
- Reaction score
- 428
- Points
- 83
- Age
- 44
- Location
- Adelaide
- Website
- www.justcommodores.com.au
- Members Ride
- BYD Atto 3 / RAV4 Hybrid
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
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:
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:
Any donation beyond $30 and over will get as listed above plus the following:
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
Please note email addresses and personal web hosting are no longer available, if you have any suggestions on what can be done by all means sing out.
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 [email protected] 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
Please note email addresses and personal web hosting are no longer available, if you have any suggestions on what can be done by all means sing out.
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