Axis & Allies .org 2020 Support Drive

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.

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)

:arrow_up: patron in 2019, renewed with discount.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

@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.

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.