Ladies and gentlemen of ogboards.com,
As you know, in January 2012, February of 2013, January of 2015, and April of 2017 we launched our previous fundraising campaigns. The support was overwhelming as the posters of this site generously donated enough in the most recent campaigns to keep us afloat for 3.5 years. Our current operational costs are approximately $1500 per year, made in 4 quarterly payments. In addition, our software is now a few years old, and we we're due for an upgrade, pending appropriate funds. As of the last payment for the upcoming quarter, our coffers are once again dry.
Here’s where we need your help. We obviously know that not every poster will donate, but we hope many of you will contribute. Like PBS we are member supported from Posters Like You. There is no obligation to give and the amount any individual poster gives or doesn’t give will not be public information at any time. This is a strictly voluntary contribution to help defray our hosting costs. We have purposely chosen to refrain from putting advertisements on the site, and we’d prefer to keep this a place built by and supported by WFU fans. If you enjoy the features of the message board and product we are offering, we ask that you help us keep it going. This is not ogboards going public. You will not obtain an ownership stake in the boards for giving, nor will you gain any special benefits or decision-making power aside from being able to select a custom title. We will not treat posters differently or grant them increased leniency in our moderating decisions on account of a contribution.
OGBoards currently has roughly 5,000 members, and just under 2,000 of those are active posters. During our previous campaign, over 100 posters contributed something from as little as $5 up to $250 (with an average of $42). We raised a total of $4,500 dollars. Which was an amazing effort.
We have a PayPal account at ogbpitboss(at)gmail.com (directs to tsy's Fulton Creek Farms account), which you can access to contribute, and a Venmo @tsywake(last 4 of phone# 0523). You are also welcome to mail a physical check if you do not use paypal nor Venmo; PM tsywake for the address. When you do mail the payment, please include your username. If you do choose to give, we recommend a contribution somewhere between $20-$50. You can give more, you can give less, or you can give not at all. Follow your hearts. You will not receive any special benefit. If you do try to extort any special treatment, or pull the "I'm an owner of this board now" card, we reserve the right to out your weaselly ways to the entire community.
When you submit the payment, please include your username so we know who to attribute the Thank You. As an added incentive, if you are an alum, please indicate your year along with your username for a friendly year/decade competition.
If you have any problems working with PayPal or Venmo, please let tsywake or one of the other Mods know via PM. We deeply appreciate any money you choose to give.
Go Deacs!
As you know, in January 2012, February of 2013, January of 2015, and April of 2017 we launched our previous fundraising campaigns. The support was overwhelming as the posters of this site generously donated enough in the most recent campaigns to keep us afloat for 3.5 years. Our current operational costs are approximately $1500 per year, made in 4 quarterly payments. In addition, our software is now a few years old, and we we're due for an upgrade, pending appropriate funds. As of the last payment for the upcoming quarter, our coffers are once again dry.
Here’s where we need your help. We obviously know that not every poster will donate, but we hope many of you will contribute. Like PBS we are member supported from Posters Like You. There is no obligation to give and the amount any individual poster gives or doesn’t give will not be public information at any time. This is a strictly voluntary contribution to help defray our hosting costs. We have purposely chosen to refrain from putting advertisements on the site, and we’d prefer to keep this a place built by and supported by WFU fans. If you enjoy the features of the message board and product we are offering, we ask that you help us keep it going. This is not ogboards going public. You will not obtain an ownership stake in the boards for giving, nor will you gain any special benefits or decision-making power aside from being able to select a custom title. We will not treat posters differently or grant them increased leniency in our moderating decisions on account of a contribution.
OGBoards currently has roughly 5,000 members, and just under 2,000 of those are active posters. During our previous campaign, over 100 posters contributed something from as little as $5 up to $250 (with an average of $42). We raised a total of $4,500 dollars. Which was an amazing effort.
We have a PayPal account at ogbpitboss(at)gmail.com (directs to tsy's Fulton Creek Farms account), which you can access to contribute, and a Venmo @tsywake(last 4 of phone# 0523). You are also welcome to mail a physical check if you do not use paypal nor Venmo; PM tsywake for the address. When you do mail the payment, please include your username. If you do choose to give, we recommend a contribution somewhere between $20-$50. You can give more, you can give less, or you can give not at all. Follow your hearts. You will not receive any special benefit. If you do try to extort any special treatment, or pull the "I'm an owner of this board now" card, we reserve the right to out your weaselly ways to the entire community.
When you submit the payment, please include your username so we know who to attribute the Thank You. As an added incentive, if you are an alum, please indicate your year along with your username for a friendly year/decade competition.
If you have any problems working with PayPal or Venmo, please let tsywake or one of the other Mods know via PM. We deeply appreciate any money you choose to give.
Go Deacs!
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