We need subscribers!

[Dee Dee Warren]

Hi twebbians, we don't do this often, but we are in need of some folks to step up to be monthly subscribers. If you enjoy the site, and have the means, please consider supporting us in that way. As a bonus, this is a point in time where we are working on a remodel, and the subscribers get first access to test forum areas to give us input.

More information here:

Voluntary Financial Support (http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/faq.php?faq=support#faq_support_financial)

[Dee Dee Warren]

Thank YOU! to those who have responded to this call for assistance. We could use a few more subscribers, but we are well on our way with the several who did respond.

You can respond for as little as $5/month. If you spend a lot of time here, and ONLY if you can afford it, please consider chipping in. That's pretty cheap for the entertainment value of some of our characters ;)

[TyRockwell]

Hi, DD

I started to give a second time. Then I rebuked myself. :lmbo:

All the best,
Ty

[Chaotic Void]

Hi, DD

I started to give a second time. Then I rebuked myself. :lmbo:

All the best,
Ty

Special thanks to TyFullaCrockwell for graciously providing a free sample of the outrageous entertainment value that loony toons such as himself have.

[Dee Dee Warren]

Thank you again to everyone who responded. And thank you sincerely Ty.

We find ourselves about $50.00 short for our December bills. If anyone is in a position to help us out with that, it would be greatly appreciated. We were $100 short and today I was blessed to see a member step forward without even knowing the precise need who provided half of it. Remember, signing up as a $5/month subscriber would get us towards correcting that shortfall as well.

Thanks!

[Dee Dee Warren]

We made our shortfall, thank you!!

[Dee Dee Warren]

Hi guys, as we have not yet had our banning auction (I have it on the agenda to get with the owners on---some personal real life issues have occurred with several of us that have caused us to have to push back some tweb time until they are straightened out), so we have a monthly shortfall of $50.00. If several people could help out on that, it would be light work, and very much needed.

Thank you for considering it.

[Dee Dee Warren]

Hi Guys, it has been four months since we had to last ask, which is very good considering that we are taking 2010 off from our major fund-raising just due to major life truamas and events happening in the lives of upper management, but we are at a serious need again of funding. The best way to solve it is to gain some subscribers, but if you are in a position to give a one-off gift we need to raise $200 over the next two weeks. Please help if you can.

[Dee Dee Warren]

Howdy, we have it down to $175.00.

[Dee Dee Warren]

bumpity bump, still a very urgent need

[Dee Dee Warren]

Okay guys this is now getting critical.

[Alcoth]

status? New baby on the way so I can't afford much but maybe I can squeeze out a few bucks.

[Dee Dee Warren]

We still need to raise $175 for this month, at a minimum

[Dee Dee Warren]

yay! the emergency is done for this month, thank you to all those who helped.

If anyone has the means and desire to become a $5/month subscriber, it helps alleviate these situations. Unfortunately this year is going to be like this as due to real life emergencies, the owners were not able to do our typical beginning of year fundraising and site refresh.

[Sparko]

hey dee dee. what about another banning auction? its been a while and I want to ban CP!

[lao tzu]

You can't ban him. He quit.

[$cirisme]

We may do another banning auction, unfortunately we don't have much time right now to plan one out so details are sketchy. But if you can give, please do. :)

[Dee Dee Warren]

We have lost several long-time subscribers as people move on, and life circumstances change. We are in need of $100 for our server bill this month and subscribers. Please do consider becoming a $5 month subscriber if you can. thanks

[Dee Dee Warren]

Bumpity bump. This has just been a very hard year. The server bill is due.

[Sparko]

I just sent in what I could. hope it helps some.

[Manwë Súlimo]

Is it a secret or can you say how much the server bill is a month?

[Dee Dee Warren]

No it is no secret. To finish this month, we seriously need $50.00. But in order so that I am not back next month, we need subscribers. Or to get a month ahead. The server bill (we actually have three, one main and two backups) is $230.00/month. We rent out $20.00 of it (to me, for my personal sites, I pay for that space myself), so that TWeb pays $210.00.

I hope that helps. And if somehow today we could raise the $50 that would be great.

[Darth Ovious]

Can I make a one time payment? If so what do I do?

[Sparko]

Can I make a one time payment? If so what do I do?


go here, and click on the paypal icon at the top of the page.

http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/faq.php?faq=support_financial#faq_support_donations

[Darth Ovious]

Done.

[$cirisme]

thank you

[Dee Dee Warren]

THANK YOU EVEVERYONE. I got everything paid up.

We really appreciate it.

[Sparko]

great. I am eagerly awaiting my tenfold return, just like those TV preachers promise!

[Crow]

I will personally see to it that your TWEB salary is increased by 1000%.

[Sparko]

I will personally see to it that your TWEB salary is increased by 1000%.

Hallelujah!

oh. wait.. I don't get paid.

I want that tenfold increase on my donation! Benny Hinn promised me!

[Crow]

Then ask Benny Hinn to take care of it.

[Cow Poke]

I just PayPal'd $50 - hope that helps -- will look at monthly, as well.

[Dee Dee Warren]

Howdy guys, server bill due on the first (we paid it late last month) - we are $60 shy, and due to life circumstances, lost a very good subscriber last month.

Please consider a $5 month subscription, and if any of you can stand in the $60 gap, it would be much appreciated. I looked at it a few days ahead of time this time in order to make the announcement in a timely manner.

[Cow Poke]

We have lost several long-time subscribers as people move on, and life circumstances change. We are in need of $100 for our server bill this month and subscribers. Please do consider becoming a $5 month subscriber if you can. thanks

I just paypal'd $50

[Dee Dee Warren]

gracias, will be able to pay the bill on the first, woo!

[Dee Dee Warren]

By the first of August we need to raise $200. Giving everyone the heads up as soon as possible.

[Dee Dee Warren]

So far we haven't raised anything. Please consider.

I know we have said this, but this year has been really rough on the owners with major life changes so certain changes and fundraisers haven't been done. 2011 will be different, God willing, but we need your help this year.

[Cow Poke]

Can you provide the paypal link again, please? I tried the one several posts back and got a 404 error.

I'll be glad to kick in another $50 as soon as I can get a working link, and I encourage ALL who use TWeb to consider even a $5.00 a month contribution! Many people blow that much at Starbucks on a 59 cent cup of coffee!!!

I don't think it matters whether you are a "Christian" supporter, or somebody who comes here "to do battle" with Christians - it's a FREE (to us) site that COSTS MONEY to the owners! :smile:

[Crow]

I'm getting a 404 error too.

[Dee Dee Warren]

Wow, I will get boom to fix that. For a one-time gift, the paypal email address is ddw@theologyweb.com

I will get boom to fix the links though since anyone interested in becoming a subscriber will need them.

[Sparko]

at the bottom right side of each page in the gray border menu there is a link called "Donate"

Just click that.

[Sparko]

note, on the donate page, it mentions "click the donate button below" but there is no button that says donate. You just enter in your amount and click on the "paypal" button.

I kicked in a little bit.

[brother vinny]

Want to subscribe; can't find a subscription portal. Sad twebber is sad.

[Dee Dee Warren]

I am trying to rouse the boom to fix it.

[brother vinny]

I'll see if boom has worked his magic in the morning.

[brother vinny]

I am subscribed -- $10 a month for the cause.

[Cow Poke]

I kicked in some.

[Dee Dee Warren]

BV, did you find a subscribe link? I have to text boom today and bug him :)

And thank you guys, you are awesome. We have raised what we need.

[Manwë Súlimo]

Hooray! Now Teluog doesn't have to sell his body to pay server bills.

[brother vinny]

BV, did you find a subscribe link? I have to text boom today and bug him :)

And thank you guys, you are awesome. We have raised what we need.

Yeah, I found it in the miscellaneous section of my profile under "Paid Subscriptions."

[Dee Dee Warren]

we have fixed the regular link now as well, thanks everyone for bringing this to my attention

[Sparko]

I think its time for another Banning Auction!

[Dee Dee Warren]

I have to thank the spammer of crap for bumping this thread. I have been meaning to.

[Dee Dee Warren]

Okay I am late with this due to the medical issues with my bird, but we need to raise $50 this week so that I can pay the server bill. We are in a grace period.

Please also consider consider subscribing, it is the $5/month supporters that keep me from having to do my monthly begging :)

Thank you all.

[Dee Dee Warren]

thank you faithful ones, we have what we need, anything else will go towards next month

[Dee Dee Warren]

Okay everyone, though I know that God has some great years planned for me, apparently in His providence, last month wasn't part of one, and though I had wanted to keep on top of this, the death of a beloved pet and a trip to the hospital for me, well, that kept me distracted.

So we are truly at a crisis point. With the bad economy, we really truly need subscribers. We have a server bill due, and need to raise $190.00 quickly.

If you can help in any amount, please consider it. Here is the link

http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/faq.php?faq=support#faq_support_financial

And I hate to be obnoxious, but I will have to keep bumping this until it is raised. I really should have looked into this a week ago, but my head just wasn't in a remotely good place until this week.

[Sparko]

I sent in $30 in addition to my monthly subscription

[Cow Poke]

Count me in for $50

[Dee Dee Warren]

Bumping this up... sorry but this is urgent

[Jon_Day]

Unfortunately, with rent due today, I was only able to do a one-time $5.00. I will do more in the future, even if I don't regularly visit the site. I apologize for such an insignificant amount.

[Dee Dee Warren]

Hey Jon, thanks a whole bunch. Every bit helps. Before the economic downturn, we pretty much counted on many $5/month subscribers which in many cases is easily doable so that there is no big strain on one person. Unfortunately, the bad economies have caused many to not be able to afford that any longer. Ideally we will exist on micro-subscriptions again and I won't have to do the monthly begging :)

Thank you very much.

[Jon_Day]

It's my pleasure...and thank you and the other staff for providing the site. There is a chance I will receive some additional payments today from a client or two, and if so...I will do my best to send a little more before the end of the day...even if only another $5.

Good luck!

P.S. - I'm also very sorry to hear about your loss. As a fellow animal lover who has gone through many of such experiences, I completely understand where you're coming from...and my sympathies are with you.

[Dee Dee Warren]

Still need $110 within the next few days.

[Dee Dee Warren]

bumpity bumpity bump

[Cow Poke]

update, please

[Dee Dee Warren]

Still needing $110, now it is quite urgent.

[Sparko]

how much does the monthly bill for tweb come to?

I might be able to give a bit more in a few days, but I am strapped right now.

[Dee Dee Warren]

how much does the monthly bill for tweb come to?

I might be able to give a bit more in a few days, but I am strapped right now.

Our usual monthly bills (i.e. the months when there isn't domain renewals, license renewals etc) are between $240-$250/month. The main server bill is $210/month. The other charges are for redundant backups. I usually pay for the backups personally so the amount we need to raise by subscriptions/one time gifts is $210/month. I haven't counted our subscriber income lately (I need to) but it is down to about $60 month, give or take. As you can readilly see, that's a problem. Before the tough times, we had a surplus each month and could upgrade equipment, buy ad space.

[Raphael]

Unfortunately with baby #3 due in a month I need to hoard money until we've got the things we need to get (we don't know if it's a boy or a girl, and if it is a boy, we'll need to go shopping).

Once the baby is here, and things are settled, I can set up monthly subs. ... unfortunately that is going to probably be around January.

[Chaotic Void]

I'm strapped for cash right now, but I can provide some on the 12th if it can wait that long.

[Sparko]

I just updated my monthly sub to $10.

[Sparko]

dee dee, maybe you should put up a banner at the top of tweb telling people we need donations badly and link to a special page/thread giving the details and a pay pal link. that way people won't miss it like they might this thread.

[Cow Poke]

dee dee, maybe you should put up a banner at the top of tweb telling people we need donations badly and link to a special page/thread giving the details and a pay pal link. that way people won't miss it like they might this thread.

I agree with Sparko. I think a lot of people won't see this thread, and won't have any idea there is a need.

And, if it makes it easier, I'll be glad to write the article so it doesn't look like "Dee Dee is begging for money for "her" website"". Probably, there are a lot of Tweb members who think/thought like I did that Tweb is the "ministry" of some company or church or organization, and "probably" has plenty of money.

If you'd like, Dee Dee, I'll write an article from my perspective (subject to your approval) with a link to paypal/contribution.

OR, I'll just shut up and continue sending money. :shrug: :smile:

[Sparko]

For those who read this thread, Tweb was started by three online friends, YXBoom, $cirisme, and Dee Dee Warren (Dizzle) - who wanted a forum where everyone could participate and discuss theology freely. theologyweb is entirely user supported (the owners take up what slack they can) - tweb makes NO MONEY. It COSTS money. The staff here is all volunteer. We don't get paid. In fact many of us help by paying subscriptions just like the other members do. As anyone can see, tweb is having some hard times and we need more subscriptions and donations to keep it going.

Personally, I think Tweb is the best theology based website on the internet. It feels like family to me (yes, even the trolls!) and I will do whatever I can to support it. I hope other members feel the same way and sign up for a subscription (starting at $5/month) or make at least a donation or two.

Yxboom is currently working on updating the forum software too, to make tweb even better. It's based on vbulletin board software, but as anyone can see, it is extremely customized and while yxboom and the other programmers are working for free, the software still costs money. As well as the hosting, servers, and backups that Dizzle mentioned.

So help out people, if you can.

[Cow Poke]

For those who read this thread, Tweb was started by three online friends, YXBoom, $cirisme, and Dee Dee Warren (Dizzle) - who wanted a forum where everyone could participate and discuss theology freely. theologyweb is entirely user supported (the owners take up what slack they can) - tweb makes NO MONEY. It COSTS money. The staff here is all volunteer. We don't get paid. In fact many of us help by paying subscriptions just like the other members do. As anyone can see, tweb is having some hard times and we need more subscriptions and donations to keep it going.

Personally, I think Tweb is the best theology based website on the internet. It feels like family to me (yes, even the trolls!) and I will do whatever I can to support it. I hope other members feel the same way and sign up for a subscription (starting at $5/month) or make at least a donation or two.

Yxboom is currently working on updating the forum software too, to make tweb even better. It's based on vbulletin board software, but as anyone can see, it is extremely customized and while yxboom and the other programmers are working for free, the software still costs money. As well as the hosting, servers, and backups that Dizzle mentioned.

So help out people, if you can.

THAT would be EXCELLENT for a "front page" article, and include a "donate" link.

[lao tzu]

We don't get paid. In fact ... ... if it weren't for the new mods, the old ones wouldn't even have the occasional stale donut to keep them crawling from thread to thread, looking for Troy.

[Sparko]

... if it weren't for the new mods, the old ones wouldn't even have the occasional stale donut to keep them crawling from thread to thread, looking for Troy.

This is true. And Apologia Phoenix hogs all the donuts anyway, no matter how stale.

[Dee Dee Warren]

A front page article would be GREAT. We really are in desparate straits right now.

[One Bad Pig]

Sparko, let me know if you need help putting an article on the front page.

[Dee Dee Warren]

bumpity bump, I paid the remaining amount last month..... we really need to raise for a domain renewal that just came up and the next server bill.

[Dee Dee Warren]

Yay! With the new year we can now plan our fundraising auctions, such as the banning auction. A meeting is being scheduled with the owners to discuss. If you have any fundraising ideas, post them here or shoot me an IM.

In the meantime, we need to raise $100 for the server bill which is now due.

[Sparko]

I will begin doing my part by ticking off as many people as possible so I can raise more money in the banning auction! :hehe:

[Cow Poke]

Yay! With the new year we can now plan our fundraising auctions, such as the banning auction. A meeting is being scheduled with the owners to discuss. If you have any fundraising ideas, post them here or shoot me an IM.

In the meantime, we need to raise $100 for the server bill which is now due.

I already suggested that the TWeb owners sell indulgences! :yes:

I'll give $33.33 to have my one and only infraction removed. :wink:

[Dee Dee Warren]

$75 more to go

[Dee Dee Warren]

sorry but I have to keep bumping

[Speed Donkey]

I have... I think £3 left over this week I could give, which with that exchange thing rate is like $1,000,000 almost. And I'd give that to see Rogue thrown down a well :yes: Or kiss a possum. Where is the collection box?

[One Bad Pig]

I have... I think £3 left over this week I could give, which with that exchange thing rate is like $1,000,000 almost. And I'd give that to see Rogue thrown down a well :yes: Or kiss a possum. Where is the collection box?

Click on "My Profile" then "Financial Support".

[Dee Dee Warren]

Piggo is oinking for a new sty.

[Speed Donkey]

Is all giving subscription based? Is there not like one of those yellow "donate" buttons you get here and there? Cause I dont always got 5 of the green papers spare each month (no joke :frown:)

[One Bad Pig]

Is all giving subscription based? Is there not like one of those yellow "donate" buttons you get here and there? Cause I dont always got 5 of the green papers spare each month (no joke :frown:)

No, you can also give a one-time donation.