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DG · Site Admin Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Posts: 5525

My appeal for donations has produced an apparent zero response, (if you have donated and I have missed it, I apologise - please let me know) and on that basis and my current financial position I am unable to sustain the costs of this message board further. At this point I should say that I am not interested in moving the board to a new host or similar suggestions at the present time.

This leaves me with two options – simply close the message board down at some point soon, which I am seriously considering. Or generate some income to support it sufficiently. Consequently, and for the immediate future and with much regret, I have decided to trial making posting rights access to the QPR Discussion Forum available to registered members who make some form of donation only. This is similar to the system employed by many message board sites where rather than have a subscription to the site as a whole, which I would prefer not to do, posting rights to one area of the site are restricted to those who donate only.

This will not affect any existing members who can post there at present, but anyone who cannot and wishes to in the future, including all new registered members, must make a donation via PayPal or similar before they are enabled to do so. Of course, any of the hundreds of existing, frequent posters who use this board are welcome to also donate - even a quid or two will help.

The access to the board is now summarised below

Read messages in all forums:
Guests/anyone

Post messages in all but QPR Discussion Forum:
Registered members only

Post messages in QPR Discussion Forum:
Existing enabled posters. New posters who make a donation. (new posters must make at least one post in the General forum before they will be admitted to Discussion)

Please Note: - all existing message board rules still apply.

Donation information here: http://qprdot.org/viewtopic.php?t=7197
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Tunga · Level 1 dot.orger Joined: 03 Feb 2007 Posts: 290

Can I ask roughly what the bandwidth usage is for the site?

wrinklyhoop · Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 11:56 am Post subject:

Hi Drew - check your Paypal!!
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patrickqpr · Joined: 03 Aug 2007 Posts: 93

Hi Drew

Really hope you can keep the site going. Helps keep us R's who are abroad up to date with all things QPR.

Just sent you a donation via Paypal.

cheers

Patrick

BetaCam · Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 6:37 pm Post subject:

Just sent you a donation DG. Keep up the good work Very Happy

DG · Site Admin Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Posts: 5525

Brilliant. Huge thanks to all. 18 paypal donations so far! Fantastic and secures hosting for at least the next few months.

Thanks so much folks. Genuinely much appreciated.
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Wegerle · Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 1:07 pm Post subject:

Just sent a donation.

Keep u the good work! Smile

wrinklyhoop · Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 6:48 pm Post subject:

Hi Drew - check your Paypal!!
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DG · Site Admin Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Posts: 5525

Cheers guys - much appreciated. Big man hug thanks. Smile

Drew
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Dedders · Joined: 14 Apr 2011 Posts: 68 Location: Ashford

Check your paypal account DG, thanks for the continued efforts mate - top forum
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DG · Site Admin Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Posts: 5525

Big Thanks Dedders!

and to the others who have recently donated. Smile

Cheers.
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