freydis

Like I'm at work, and there's going to be very little to do tonight....

Why? Seriously. Why?

Disgusted, exhausted, and ready to give up. Seriously, man. WTF?

Yup, at work for another holiday.

Um....half the board qualifies for that one....

Ok. So it's 45 a month for the IPB package. Anything else is incidental costs. Or, if you think about it, wanting 90 a month is like wanting the next month in reserve, just in case. That makes sense. So... some of the ideas I talked about would actually make DGN sustainable for the forseeable future. Hell, it might actually raise surplus funds. Maybe even enough for extra bandwidth. So, is DGN going to organize a bit? Obviously the way it is right now, it's a problem, and it's not working.

Surprisingly, it doesnt snow that much here. Its mostly in the mountains. When it DOES snow, we get a lot, and then in a few days its 50 again.... LOL

freeeeeeezing. i hate snow.

Please, please, please please. ORGANIZE. Any organization that runs on donations at the least makes a statement of needs that is specific enough to give people a goal. What is DGN's exact monthly needs? Who is signed up for a regular donation? What does that add up to per month? What is the shortfall? Make it public. Vague requests for cash without knowing what the need is does not encourage action. For raising money, sites like livejournal have a very effective program in place. Free accounts are bare-bones accounts. Paying accounts get appreciable extras--avatars, extra abilities and tools. Any permissions you can take from free accounts--DO IT. Make those "extras" part of $2/month accounts. Simply making the posting interval go away for paying posters is not enough. People will wait 45 seconds with not much complaint because its not something they are willing to pay to make go away. Instead, value-adds are something people will pay for. Take features away from free accounts. People wont have trouble with $2/month. However--livejournal also has another great feature. You can *gift* featured accounts to others. This will also create more options for payment streams. Clean up non-active accounts. However, a note: Until DGN gets better organized and open about this, you're going to have a hard time raising funds no matter what. So, even if you put the ideas to use to restrict non-paying accounts, until you are transparent on how the money is being managed (i.e. the basics--what are DGNs needs, what does DGN have, and what is the shortfall), there will always be the problem of confidence. If I knew there was an effective system in place to deal with DGNs finances, I would gladly pay my $2 a month, and encourage others to do so as well. But as things stand right now? I don't have a whole lot of confidence that even one time bulk donations would do much good in the long run. You need to get organized. You're only one person. Delegate this to someone who can devote the time to it you're not physically able to give. I have met many friends here, I would prefer to see DGN stick around. I've come to like the place. Please, please, please do something to ensure it stays around by doing something more effective than this thread. ORGANIZE. Make a plan, put it in action. Otherwise, people will visit this thread, commiserate over how much they would *like* to give something to the site but have no money. A lot of talk will continue to happen, and DGN will continue to cough and shudder along with bandwidth outages. I don't want that. You don't want that. Nobody wants that.

i was wondering.....after the first few times.... how could the stockperson not have *noticed*?? And why didnt they turn around and swat him?!

Congrats on finding happiness.

"that was awfully brief. i hope they come back..."

Want to go hoooooooome. work is boring tonight.

Hey you!

Wonderful album... Aether Shanties Abney Park Arms aching, back's breaking, legs aching, neck and this whole ruddy ship is a huge creaking wreck. We've flown ten thousand miles with this thorn in our sides though the winds they stay strong with no clouds in the skies. The ropes creaking, ship's leaking, sails are on fire, and this whole bloody ship could go up like a pyre. We've got smiles on our faces, but we've seen this before; no telling just now what we have in store. The back-stabbing, loot-nabbing plans behind doors running low on the rum and depleting our stores. dont know who's on our side and who's ready to flip when we hit the next port, the whole crew could jump ship. With the moods flaring, crew's glaring, cutthroats-- the lot With a paranoid captain always smelling the plot We've worked hard on this journey, but there's no land in sight and before it's all ended there could be a fight Arms aching, back's breaking, legs aching, neck and this whole ruddy ship is a huge creaking wreck. Flown ten thousand miles with this thorn in our sides though the winds they stay strong with no clouds in the skies With the ropes creaking, ship's leaking, sails are on fire, and this whole bloody ship could go up like a pyre We've got smiles on our faces but we've seen this before No telling just now what we have in store

Work got us greek food. Chicken skewers, lemon rice, and BAKLAVA....

Baklava. :

That is seriously scary.

I think Lovecraft had an interesting view on Republicans:

niiiice. heh.

WHAT. THE. FUCK. ew....

Heheheheh.... yes, at least if I will be stuck at work, I will be in good company.

Dont wanna go to work today.....

Go to work... *sigh*