#33867 - 12/06/03 09:52 AM
UGN Security needs your assistance...
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Gremelin
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Portland, OR; USA
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When setting up every part of the new system here in the past years we were hoping for a site which could support itself. Yet when we look back at the amount that we've had to spend on site licenses, updates, hosting, etc. we are far from reaching this... In order for us to make updates and have full time staff requires the funds to at least break even; we're not out to make a proffit, we're just out to make a place for everyone, not a hole in a wallet as we have been lately. If every member of UGN Security donated even $5 per year we'd have $9480 which would cover every part of our bandwidth requirements, servers, events, licenses, etc. We're not asking you to pay us to visit, we're asking that if you appreciate the site to make a small $10 donation when you can so we can stay around... The store and banners on the site don't bring in even $50 a year, which won't even cover an extension of the BBS software's license. We accept paypal donations to Gizmo[at]undergroundnews[dot]com or mailed donations of hardware/software/cash to: James Corthell C/O UGN Security11705 SE 63RD Ave Suite 2 Milwaukie, OR 97222 Thank you for your ear, your traffic, and your assictance, Gizmo
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#33869 - 12/07/03 05:03 AM
Re: UGN Security needs your assistance...
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Gremelin
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actually that notification is something setup at my home pop/smtp server, spam protection and all heh... I set an auto allow for paypal donations heh... Yeh, people don't seem to want to donate to things they like to visit, I'm hoping that some people will give half a crap for once, but we'll see  ... UGN's my baby, has been since the beginning, I loved this site so much that I ended up buying it because I didn't want to see it turned into one of those "popular search engines"  ... but the price has gotten kinda heavy... $4000 for the site, hosting, license costs, server costs, etc... Thank god for SilentRage, Sin, and Infinite donating their BW for the IRC servers...
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#33870 - 12/07/03 04:56 PM
Re: UGN Security needs your assistance...
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I made a small donation too cause I've been wit UGN for so long. if UBB is costin too much, maybe you should switch to open source, http://www.phpbb.com/downloads.php. That's a great board rite there, IMO it's better than UBB. well, good luck wit the site.
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#33879 - 12/18/03 09:12 AM
Re: UGN Security needs your assistance...
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Gremelin
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Whatever you can send, cash or hardware wise it'd be greatly appreciated. I have the need for a few pc's around the house for differant projects (plus sharing a laptop between 4 people = [censored]), also the $ wise always goes up, for instance extra bandwidth, licensing, etc, etc, etc :
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#33881 - 12/19/03 03:26 PM
Re: UGN Security needs your assistance...
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HighLander
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Canada
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Well since I have been here so long...........
Donation complete..........
370$ US - Don't spend it all in one place
Unless you try something to which you have not already succeeded ~ Then you shall NEVER grow
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#33883 - 12/20/03 02:36 AM
Re: UGN Security needs your assistance...
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HighLander
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Well 9 days till your next 370$ donation
Then thats it till Jan, consider them ur Christmas pres. for UGN
Unless you try something to which you have not already succeeded ~ Then you shall NEVER grow
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#33886 - 12/20/03 02:57 PM
Re: UGN Security needs your assistance...
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HighLander
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lol, yeah always seems disapointing to see 500 suddenly turn into 370
Unless you try something to which you have not already succeeded ~ Then you shall NEVER grow
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#33888 - 12/27/03 03:21 AM
Re: UGN Security needs your assistance...
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Gremelin
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yey 2 days till highlander's donation and ice is sending one in tonight  . Thanks to everyone who's donated so far! So far we've managed to get extensions on a few of our site licenses as well as get some hardware built up! We still have a lot to do but we're getting there! Thanks  .
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#33891 - 12/29/03 06:51 PM
Re: UGN Security needs your assistance...
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HighLander
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Well tommorow you get your 2nd donation (370$) lol YAY for u
Unless you try something to which you have not already succeeded ~ Then you shall NEVER grow
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Okay WTF?
by HenryMiring on 09/27/17 08:45 AM
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