Axis & Allies .org 2020 Support Drive

[djensen]

2020 Goal is 99 Patrons

Current patrons: 60

Welcome to the 2020 Axis & Allies .org support drive. We hope you’re enjoying the new forums! :confetti_ball:

We do understand that’s it’s not perfect yet, but the new forums provide tons of new and useful features like mobile ready, chat, drafts for posts, better search, and more. On top of that we’re making changes and fixing problems every day to make it work exactly how you want.

Take a look at the migration to do list and the update log to see all the hard work that has happened and all of the tasks yet to do.

Hosting costs have gone up for the new forums. The monthly hosting bill is about 50% higher than previously. On top of that email costs have gone up; however, now you all are finally receiving all the email alerts.

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This support drive will end on December 31, 2020 and the next one will begin in 2021.

Amount raised: $2002.50 ($2622.50 in 2019)
Number of 2020 unique patrons: 60 (84 in 2019, 90 in 2016)
(last update December 31, 2020)

Gold	Silver	Bronze
@Panther (Jan. 4) :arrow_up:	@IWillNeverGrowUp (Jan. 5) :arrow_up:	@Tjoek (Jan. 7) :arrow_up:
@Witt (Jan. 4) :arrow_up:	@barnee (Jan. 6) :arrow_up:	@Quirky-Turtle (Mar. 11) :arrow_up:
@Private-Panic (Jan. 5) :arrow_up:	@The-Pripet-Martian (Jan. 13) :arrow_up:
@DoManMacgee (Jan. 6) :arrow_up:	@koba (Mar. 3) :arrow_up:	@surfer (May 30) :new:
@CWO-Marc (Jan. 6) :arrow_up:	@Snigg (Jun. 19)	@AdmirlScuttlebut (Jun. 6) :new:
@Whackamatt (Jan. 8 )	@CaptainNapalm (Aug. 31) :new:	@fatoumas (Jul. 11) :new:
@axis-dominion (Jan. 13) :arrow_up:	@GeneralMayhem (Sept. 14) :arrow_up:	@sweetchops27 (Aug. 6) :new:
@666 (Jan. 16) :arrow_up:	@taamvan (Oct. 4)	@KaLeu (Aug. 27) :arrow_up:
@dissndat (Jan. 19) :arrow_up:	@farmboy (Oct. 15) :arrow_up:	@Argothair (Aug. 31) :arrow_up:
@Enno (Jan. 24) :arrow_up:	@GeneralKnucklehead (Oct. 29) :new:	@DrLoomis72 (Oct. 1) :new:
@DizzKneeLand33 (Mar. 7)	@FMErwinRommel (Nov. 17) :arrow_up:	@wizmark (Dec. 24) :arrow_up:
@PlainDu (Mar. 7) :new:	@aequitas-et-veritas (Dec. 9) :arrow_up:	@General-Veers (Dec. 29) :arrow_up:
@dawgoneit (Mar. 18) :arrow_up:	@WindowWasher (May. 9) :new:
@Giallo (Mar. 25) :arrow_up:	@Feaborn (Dec. 19) :new:
@freh (May. 12)	@Contango (Dec. 23) :new:
@Chris_Henry (May 19) :arrow_up:
@DMcLaren (May 22) :arrow_up:
@Midnight_Reaper (Jun. 10) :arrow_up:
@Karl7 (Jul. 17) :arrow_up:
@Flying-Tigerz (Jul. 22) :new:
@Mainah (Aug. 12) :new:
@Odonis (Oct. 25) :arrow_up:
@Marshmallow-of-War (Nov. 2) :arrow_up:
@Colt45554 (Nov. 2)
@OwenToo (Nov. 18) :arrow_up:
@AndrewAAGamer (Dec. 11) :new:
@userx (Dec. 15)
@Entek (Dec. 17) :arrow_up:
@tanios (Dec. 22) :new:
@oysteilo (Dec. 29) :arrow_up:
@Me1945 (Dec. 31)

Silver 2019
@dajokr (Jan. 2) :arrow_up:

:arrow_up: patron in 2019, renewed with discount.

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I’m working on some perks this year. So far:

Gold Perks:

• 10% discount for patron support renewal

Silver Perks

• 10% discount for patron support renewal

Bronze Perks

• 10% discount for patron support renewal

These funds will go towards the following:

• New forums setup (servers, time, etc.)
• Transactional email
• Server hosting
• Server backup
• SSL certificates
• Domain registration
• DNS hosting
• Promotional material
• Running events
• Producing YouTube videos
• Akismet anti-spam subscription
• LLC (limited liability company) taxes and upkeep
  • Taxes
  • Tax software
• Website design (one or more of the following)
  • Adobe software

There will be three support levels available. When you donate, you will receive a special badge on your profile.

To donate, just click on the “Buy Now” PayPal button on the right of your screen.

In order to get your badge, be sure to include your email when you purchase your support level. Next, send me an email with your Axis & Allies.org username so that I can give you the badge. david [dot] jensen {at} axisandallies (dot) org

Thanks!

If you get your badge and are not listed, it likely means I forgot so just send me a friendly reminder.

[Panther]

@djensen

Done - a Golden Thank You again :slightly_smiling_face:

[Witt]

@djensen Me too.

[Private-Panic]

I am in!!!

[DoManMacgee]

@djensen In it to win it.

[CWO Marc]

I’ve renewed my badge too. Many thanks to djensen for all his great work!

[djensen]

Thanks everybody. The most important contributions are the ones that happen at the beginning of the year from January to April. The bank account effectively goes to zero at the beginning of the year so you and the site sponsors help get that back in the black quickly.

[barnee]

@djensen

Didn’t know this was your cash light time of year. I usually do all my stuff around Christmas. So Christmas came early this year :)

Thanks for running the site. It does a lot of good. Trickle down theory and all :)

[Tjoek]

I’m in for bronze for the third year in a row! Great site with even greater community. I’ve been absent for nearly a year, but just posted my work in progress on the 1914 OOB map file. So I might be visiting more often again :-)

[djensen]

Thanks for all the support. I’m super backed up on assigning badges; new job. But I do very much appreciate the support and I’ll get to it soon!

[djensen]

Also, I’m considering a special edition sticker for all the patrons this year! I just need to figure out the logistics for those outside of the US.

[Witt]

@djensen aren’t those foreigners a pain!
Hope you are enjoying the new job.

[djensen]

Just in the nick of time, the SSL certificate is installed and renewed for another 2 years and 3 months. Happy secure browsing!

Maybe one of these days I’ll figure out how to get Let’s Encrypt free certs going.

[Witt]

@djensen not sure what that means, but it sounds nasty.
Thanks for looking after us.

[djensen]

@Wittmann said in 🎖 Axis & Allies .org 2020 Support Drive:

@djensen not sure what that means, but it sounds nasty.
Thanks for looking after us.

It’s less about being nasty and more about maintenance and keeping everyone’s connection to this site secure.

[djensen]

We are behind schedule for reaching 100 patrons this year. We should have been at 41 at the beginning of June and 50 by the end of June.

Even Bronze level, at only $10, will help us reach the goal.

[WindowWasher]

If I donate another 10$, will you give me another 2020 bronze tag @djensen?

[General 6 Stars]

D may just make it a silver

[WindowWasher]

hmmmm, what if i make it 20 more, then he has to give me silver and bronze

[General 6 Stars]

You only get one badge.