It's that time of year - forum fundraiser

Post by **AmBraCol** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:44 am

Well guys, we've finished our first year on the new forum and the bill's coming due soon. Thank you all who gave last year to provide this space where we all can meet and hang out and exchange info, male bovine excrement and general good will. This group of guys is one of the best groups on the 'net and I know that I speak for the other moderators/administrators when I say "Thank you for making this a great place to hang one's @". Anyway, with this e-mail we'll start off the yearly funding drive. Suggested donation is $10 but if you can't chip in that much it's OK. A small percentage of the folks picked up the majority of the cost last year, providing amongst many the funds necessary to provide the bandwidth and storage necessary for the forum to function properly. So if you'd like to chip in to this year's pot here's the info.

You can send a PayPal payment via http://www.paypal.com to webservant@levergunscommunity.com. This is the easiest and most convenient way to send funds - and you don't have to have an account with them to send a donation. Just go to the website above, click on "Send money" and follow the instructions. For all their (many) faults, PayPal is a secure site and I've personally never had a security breach in all the years I've had an account with them.

However, we also recognize that some have objections to using this means of contributions. That's fine. You can send a personal check made out to Paul Moreland to:

Paul Moreland
C/O Mark Moreland
1325 Chestnut Street
Webb City, MO
64870

Last year some folks complained at not getting a chance to chip into the pot. We'll be leaving this thread open for a couple of weeks. On or around January 21 we'll be locking it and allowing it to work its way down the page and out of circulation so you've got two weeks to respond.

Again, thanks for making this the premier leverguns/shooting sports/BS/Politics/Ad infinitum website on the internet!

rjohns94 · Post by **rjohns94** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:39 pm

Paul,

funds sent via Paypal. thanks for all you and hobbie do to make this possible.

mike

Rimfire McNutjob · Post by **Rimfire McNutjob** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:51 pm

Done via Paypal. Thanks for putting up with me.

Borregos · Post by **Borregos** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:06 pm

Paul,
PM'd you about sending a money order.

Tycer · Post by **Tycer** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:09 pm

Rimfire McNutjob wrote:Done via Paypal. Thanks for putting up with me.

Ditto.

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:13 pm

Paul,

I chipped in a bit last year, I can do the same this year. The check will be in the mail by the end of the week.

Joe

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:38 pm

Tycer wrote:
Rimfire McNutjob wrote:Done via Paypal. Thanks for putting up with me.
Ditto.

Me, too............Thanks

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:53 pm

Paypal on the way! Thanks Paul.

Modoc ED · Post by **Modoc ED** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 3:41 pm

On the way via Pay Pal.

Guncase · Post by **Guncase** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 3:43 pm

PayPal sent, Thanks for all your hard work!

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:10 pm

Sent by Pay Pal. Money well spent, thanks for the best forum on the Net!

meanc · Post by **meanc** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:22 pm

Payment sent.

A penny saved is a penny earned, but 1000 of them gets us all this great forum.

Post by **AmBraCol** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:59 pm

A question has been raised as to the funds that were a result of the levergun hunt auctions back in February and August. Those funds were sent to Paco to fund http://www.leverguns.com - the website that gave birth to this forum. Since the demise of the "Old Forum" and the transfer to this new venue, this forum has been funded by voluntary contributions of the members who desire/are able to help provide for the running of the site. The funds raised each January go towards paying the storage and bandwidth needs of the forum itself. The funds raised by the auctions go to fund the hosting of the leverguns.com site - which is a wealth of knowledge that we'd hate to lose like we lost sixgunner.com. We thank each and every one of you who has participated in various ways to keep both the website and the forum up and running. If there are further questions I'll be glad to field them to the best of my ability/knowledge. Just drop me a private message via the forum or an e-mail to

OJ · Post by OJ » Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:22 pm

I tried to send money via PayPal but was told I hac to open an account with them - had bad experience with them in the past.

marlinman93 · Post by **marlinman93** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:33 pm

OJ wrote:I tried to send money via PayPal but was told I hac to open an account with them - had bad experience with them in the past.

Pay-Pal is anti gun.

1886 · Post by **1886** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:09 pm

marlinman93 wrote:
OJ wrote:I tried to send money via PayPal but was told I hac to open an account with them - had bad experience with them in the past.
Pay-Pal is anti gun.

Vall is most correct. M.O. sent instead. 1886.

Post by **AmBraCol** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:15 pm

marlinman93 wrote:Pay-Pal is anti gun.

Indeed it is - along with the vast majority of the folks and companies I work with on a daily basis.

Shasta · Post by **Shasta** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:22 pm

Well, ol' anti-gun Paypal just got used to support guns. Leverguns.com that is!

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:23 pm

Done. Paypal heading your way.

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:17 pm

This is of course tax deductible, right?

Post by **AmBraCol** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:33 pm

TedH wrote:This is of course tax deductible, right?

I wish...

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:19 pm

AmBraCol wrote:
TedH wrote:This is of course tax deductible, right?
I wish...

No you don't. Then Big Brother would want to dictate the content.

OH NO - I turned this one into a political post!!! Hobie's going to kill me!!!

Oh, by the way, I need to learn to read a bit more carefully. Thought you suggested $10 per post, and darn near had "the big one"!

I will go to Pay-Pal and pinch my nose right away (and get the same chuckle that despite their knuckle-head policies, they are supporting firearms!

).

Thanks Paul!!!

Dave B · Post by **Dave B** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:23 am

Paypal sent. Glad to help.
Keep up the great work!
Thanks,

Dave B

gundownunder · Post by **gundownunder** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 3:58 am

Paypal sent. Its in Aussie dollars, hope thats not a problem.

perry owens · Post by **perry owens** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 4:45 am

PayPal sent, with sincere thanks to everyone involved in the administration of this great forum.
Perry Owens

Post by **AmBraCol** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:26 am

Ysabel Kid wrote:
AmBraCol wrote:
TedH wrote:This is of course tax deductible, right?
I wish...
No you don't. Then Big Brother would want to dictate the content.

OH NO - I turned this one into a political post!!! Hobie's going to kill me!!!

Oh, by the way, I need to learn to read a bit more carefully. Thought you suggested $10 per post, and darn near had "the big one"! I will go to Pay-Pal and pinch my nose right away (and get the same chuckle that despite their knuckle-head policies, they are supporting firearms! ).

Thanks Paul!!!

Well, if you INSIST we'll accept the $64,490 - then we'll set up a dedicated server with all the bells and whistles with a terrabyte of space and about 20 gigabytes of RAM and be able to host it even for a few years. THAT would make for one zippy forum with plenty of space for a gallery and everything.

Well, that's if you INSIST on sending us the $10 per post...

Post by **Hobie** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:59 am

Put my contribution in the mail today. Many thanks to Paul for ramrodding this!

O.S.O.K. · Post by **O.S.O.K.** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:59 am

No habbla paypal but a check is on the way to MO

pharmseller · Post by **pharmseller** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 5:34 pm

Shasta wrote:Well, ol' anti-gun Paypal just got used to support guns. Leverguns.com that is!

I like it.
Support sent.
Thanks for the site.

P

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 5:47 pm

Paul,
What is pay-pal? What is a check? What is a money order? Expect a crisp Jackson in the mail--------------------------Sixgun-

***Update*** Paul, sent you crisp Jackson today.---------Sixgun

arjunky · Post by **arjunky** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 6:31 pm

Sent. Thanks for everything.

Byron

WCF3030 · Post by **WCF3030** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 7:04 pm

Done!!

Sonic Boom · Post by **Sonic Boom** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 8:21 pm

Done! Thanks for the great web site.

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:45 pm

AmBraCol wrote: Well, if you INSIST we'll accept the $64,490 - then we'll set up a dedicated server with all the bells and whistles with a terrabyte of space and about 20 gigabytes of RAM and be able to host it even for a few years. THAT would make for one zippy forum with plenty of space for a gallery and everything. Well, that's if you INSIST on sending us the $10 per post...

I knew my big mouth/prolific typing would get me in trouble here one day!

Paul, if I had it to give, it would be worth every cent and more! Thanks!!!

Borregos · Post by **Borregos** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:55 pm

Check (money order) is in the mail

Lastmohecken · Post by **Lastmohecken** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 11:41 pm

I will put a check in mail.

alnitak · Post by **alnitak** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:43 am

Payment sent. Thanks for all the hard work!

OJ · Post by OJ » Fri Jan 09, 2009 6:21 pm

Paul - thanks for all you do - plus, I get to send the message I occasionally got when I was still in my surgical practice -

THE CHECK'S IN THE MAIL

bsaride · Post by **bsaride** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 8:42 pm

Paypal sent. I support guns and prefer the fast payment option using Paypal.

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 12:28 am

Zee cheque eeese een zee mayle. Before the end of the week.

YK, you're a hoot.

Joe

Post by **Old Savage** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:04 am

Send you one out from the office Monday.

ceb · Post by **ceb** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:48 am

Well I said I would last year and then failed to write down the address

, I'll make up for it this year. In the mail today!

Post by **AmBraCol** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 12:28 pm

Thanks to all who have donated so far. We're close to a 1/3 of the way towards what we need - based on paypal contributions alone. Still waiting for the USPS to deliver the "checks in the mail" - I'll update next weekend sometime once I get back from a week long convention. Thanks to all who are helping towards providing a better platform to host the forum on!

Post by **AmBraCol** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:51 pm

Guys - listen up. David Fagan has given me some options to improve the hosting of the site at a lower cost than I'd projected. I'm still studying the options and it will be at least a week before I'll get a chance to finalize things enough to know for sure about the cost. So please hold off for now on any more donations. With what's been pledged in the mail and what's come in via PayPal I believe we may have it covered at this time. So let's let it sit this week and I'll give you an update by Monday, January 19th as to whether we've reached the goal. By that time I should know what's been put in the mail so far and add it to the PayPal and figure out what option we'll be going with. Remember, this is just for hosting the site. The info, software, usernames, passwords, etc will be the same. We're just looking for a more stable/faster environment to run it all on. Thanks for your contributions and assistance in making this the premier leverguns community site on the internet!

Jaguarundi · Post by **Jaguarundi** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 3:21 am

brucew44guns · Post by **brucew44guns** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:06 am

Check in the mail today, HONEST, no bull here!!

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:15 pm