Forum Software Upgrade completed - 20th August

[Gondor]

Setting up some sort of payment scheme is something that I know nothing about other than from using Patron to support a couple of channels that I like, mainly science or music related. The amount that I pay per month to each is low, only a few UK Pounds a month which is not muchand easy to part with. If a similar scheme was set up for ease of calculation, £2.5 per month, then for only forty members would be needed to pay that to generate £100 so the basic economics are very reasonable per head.

Gondor

[TomZ]

I also would be happy to contribute. This forum provides a lot of fun and entertainment and I think it is worth a few pounds every months to have the facility to host pictures so we will be rid of all the file hosting problems, pictures not showing up, etc.

TomZ

[Nick]

I'm not against slinging in £10 every couple of years to cover the costs of the website and any event fees like table hire or new cloths. Like I have done for the Secret Projects and Alternate History sites.

There's a couple of websites I go to who use https://ko-fi.com/ (coffee!) to gather financial support at no cost. They invite you to 'buy a coffee' for the user to support them in whatever they do.

[Rick Lowe]

I would be happy to contribute. Especially if we could do without all the 3rd party picture linking palaver.

[AeroplaneDriver]

I'd also gladly chip in on this. 

[kitbasher]

This forum provides a lot of fun and entertainment

Bang on, Tom

[overscan]

Enabled attachments feature on test forum. It works pretty well.

[overscan]

Staff members - see access details in Staff Forum.

Need feedback on this. Make some posts, try moderating posts etc.

[overscan]

Regarding funding - I'm not sure what the benefits would be to a Patreon account over Paypal.

It is possible to do a subscription donation in Paypal (e.g. $2 a month) rather than a single donation.

[NARSES2]

Staff members - see access details in Staff Forum.

Need feedback on this. Make some posts, try moderating posts etc.

I'll have a look over the next couple of days

Chris

[kitnut617]

Very happy (and ready) to bear a share of the forum running costs.

Likewise    PayPal seems to be a good way to donate.

[Pellson]

While I'm perfectly fine with the way adding illustrations to this forum currently works, I do enjoy the forum, but above all it's very very nice inhabitants, enough to support if a decision on higher running costs is taken. I would however prefer paying once rather than trying to remember when I'm supposed to pay more..

[Nick]

While I'm perfectly fine with the way adding illustrations to this forum currently works, I do enjoy the forum, but above all it's very very nice inhabitants, enough to support if a decision on higher running costs is taken. I would however prefer paying once rather than trying to remember when I'm supposed to pay more..

Paypal offer a subscription service.
The WhatIf site admin can then offer you a 'site member' package. We could ask for $1 a month recurring. It could be a fixed sum like $10 for a year and after 11 months you get an email invite to renew your payment.

Some sites let you have a special "Donor" tag next to your name, others ask you to pay to have access to more features or parts of the site. I don't think that is necessary for us. Frankly all I want is to know that the site is funded without our IT team paying for it out of their pocket.

[NARSES2]

Re the subs and direct image posting. I've sent a message to Geoff and Martin

Chris

[overscan]

Its easy enough to turn off and on.

I vote we give it a go.