2014 Financial Summary (/Donation Reminder)

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2014 Financial Summary (/Donation Reminder)

Post Post #0 (ISO) » Mon Jan 19, 2015 6:26 pm

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2014 Donations:  $214.26
   Paypal Fees: -$  9.78
   Domain Name: -$ 11.96
   Server Cost: -$782.10
           Net: -$589.58


So, obviously our expenses went way up in 2014 - for several years our hosting was donated, and even before then we were on plans with limited resources at about a third of the cost. Whereas previously, our donations over the years have matched our expenses pretty well (and sometimes exceeded them), we're pretty far in the red this year, and that's only paying for the server since May.

I don't post this to panic anyone; I'm doing alright. However:

1. I did just get married (yay), and my wife would probably feel a bit better about our budget if I weren't spending $99/month on this server.
2. Because we mostly paid for the wedding ourselves, it's not currently feasible for me to place an order on the mafiascum designed deck of Mafia cards that have been basically ready to go for a few months. I will be setting up a pre-order form soon (really) to build toward that order, but I'll be counting anything in the paypal account as funds toward that goal.
3. I noticed that almost all of our donations for the year took place within the first month on the new server, and we did not have any in the second half of 2014, so I thought it would be a good idea to remind everyone that the donation page is available should you desire to support mafiascum financially. You can donate by clicking the following:

Donate Here

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Post Post #1 (ISO) » Mon Jan 19, 2015 6:31 pm

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That should cover a third of it. Been meaning to do that for a while and always forget
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Post Post #2 (ISO) » Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:07 pm

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Posting here to remind myself to set up a paypal account to donate.
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Post Post #3 (ISO) » Tue Jan 20, 2015 9:38 am

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Posting a reminder to myself.

I'd feel good about donating to server costs. I'd rather donate here, than to a lot of things.

What is envisioned as a fair amount, per single user?
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Post Post #4 (ISO) » Tue Jan 20, 2015 9:46 am

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Whatever is comfortable for you, I would imagine.
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Post Post #5 (ISO) » Tue Jan 20, 2015 4:03 pm

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Thanks for the reminder. It's hard to know whether donations to a private Paypal address are appropriate - I don't MIND send money to you, but I do want pretty recent confirmation and don't trust a donate page to be accurate for long.

I think it'd be pretty sensible to put a message like this up 2-4 times a year without having to feel like you're overdoing it.

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Post Post #6 (ISO) » Tue Jan 20, 2015 4:45 pm

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I'm one of the many who just need to be reminded about stuff like this. I've been here 4 years and this is the first time I can ever recall seeing a topic about this.
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Post Post #7 (ISO) » Tue Jan 20, 2015 6:10 pm

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Post Post #8 (ISO) » Tue Jan 20, 2015 8:13 pm

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I'm not the most financially secure in the world, but I just got a job offer so I'm happy to do what I can for now.
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Post Post #9 (ISO) » Tue Jan 20, 2015 8:14 pm

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In post 5, hitogoroshi wrote:

I think it'd be pretty sensible to put a message like this up 2-4 times a year without having to feel like you're overdoing it.


Quarterly or financial year are both appropriate.
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Post Post #10 (ISO) » Tue Jan 20, 2015 9:36 pm

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In post 9, Oman wrote:
In post 5, hitogoroshi wrote:

I think it'd be pretty sensible to put a message like this up 2-4 times a year without having to feel like you're overdoing it.


Quarterly or financial year are both appropriate.


I completely agree. I'm willing to give what I can to help keep the site up. People just need periodic reminders that there is a way to do so.
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Post Post #11 (ISO) » Sat Jan 24, 2015 2:32 pm

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Post Post #12 (ISO) » Mon Jan 26, 2015 12:33 pm

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Definitely worth reminding people - I had no idea it was even a thing either. I could foresee donating a small amount regular like. If a few people stumped up even $1 a month, then it would be a massive help.
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Post Post #13 (ISO) » Tue Jan 27, 2015 9:35 am

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Post Post #14 (ISO) » Tue Jan 27, 2015 9:36 am

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Post Post #15 (ISO) » Tue Jan 27, 2015 9:40 am

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patreon would be the better choice for an ongoing service
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Post Post #16 (ISO) » Tue Jan 27, 2015 10:11 am

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what is going on with the numbers?

also, paypal subscription is the easiest way to accomplish it.
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Post Post #17 (ISO) » Tue Jan 27, 2015 10:46 am

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In post 16, zoraster wrote:what is going on with the numbers?


I think it's just a.) if Mith is curious since he probably doesn't know all of our rl names and b.) as an easy way to say you donated, because each person bumping the thread to point out they donated makes it more likely other people will donate. That's why I posted mine, anyway.
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Post Post #18 (ISO) » Wed Jan 28, 2015 3:53 am

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When my pay check happens I will, hopefully, be able to donate. This is a reminder for me.
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Post Post #19 (ISO) » Wed Jan 28, 2015 4:20 am

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In post 17, hitogoroshi wrote:because each person bumping the thread to point out they donated makes it more likely other people will donate.

Priming the tip jar.

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Post Post #20 (ISO) » Wed Jan 28, 2015 1:50 pm

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was going to donate but got an error:

Internal Server Error - Read

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
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either paypal is down right now or theres some other problem
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Post Post #21 (ISO) » Fri Jan 30, 2015 9:26 am

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That problem is not coming up now so must have been paypal being a hater earlier
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Post Post #22 (ISO) » Fri Jan 30, 2015 10:55 am

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I donated on 01/01/2015.
I ll donate again probably better than last time when I receive my big bonus in April. :)
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Post Post #23 (ISO) » Sun Feb 01, 2015 7:29 am

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Post Post #24 (ISO) » Mon Feb 02, 2015 4:49 pm

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Thank you all for the generous donations! I am going to de-sticky this, and will plan on posting quarterly updates on our financials in the future.

I am planning to (finally) get pre-orders going for the card deck this weekend, and we are in good shape to be able to place that order once I can estimate the number of decks we need.
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