Already a monthly donor Grampa, thanks for the reminder though.
Cheers,
SZ
"My projections are that our regular monthly expenses for next year will be running in the neighborhood of $22,000 per month, or approximately $264,000 total for the year. This means we will need to raise approximately $66,000 per quarter."
Okay, I'll admit I need to pitch in and send a monthly donation (instead of a one time small donation on occasion). I happen to be addicted to, love to read, and have learned more from this site than all the newspaper subscriptions I've read in my life (that's a lot).
I am just curious though, what the heck is costing $22,000 per month, $264,000 per year running this site? Is it the legal costs from MSM trying to stop it?
I don't want to be flamed. I am just curious. I have recently started updating a website for a friend/client and I know it can require some time/work. I certainly think Jim needs a salary to provide this service to us. But I am curious about the costs.
I'll bet lots of newbies here wonder the same, and so it would be a good thing for this info to be available -- might result in lots more commitment to donate.
Our 4th Quarter '06 FReepathon is Now Underway!!
"Also, we've lost a lot of monthly donations recently. The primary reasons for monthlies dropping off are expiring credit cards and address mismatches. If you have a monthly and the expiration date on your credit card has passed, you must update your donor record with the new date or your monthly will stop. The same thing if your address changes. The address on your donation record must match the address associated with your credit card account or your donation will be rejected by the bank.
If you are a monthly donor by credit card and you are not seeing a charge from FR on your monthly statement, please submit a new monthly or contact me to update your current record."
Monthly Donors Bump!
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I'm in. JimRob and staff have a good thing going here.
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