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Offline jerry

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Contributions to offset cost of OZVMX to Graeme
« on: June 20, 2010, 02:38:22 pm »
Graeme are you getting enough donations to help facilitate all this madness?  I chucked a small donation your way. I assume that was an appropriate amount based on others doing it as well. Cheers Jerry

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Re: Contributions to offset cost of OZVMX to Graeme
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2010, 02:46:57 pm »
i did same last week.
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Re: Contributions to offset cost of OZVMX to Graeme
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2010, 03:19:21 pm »
It's been a fair while since I chucked a quid into the kitty. Graeme does this forum purely out of love for the sport, with little or nothing in return for his trouble. I'm sure it takes up quite a bit of his time and money, precious commodities in these troubled times so if you've got a lazy ten or twenty bucks, please  contribute to the long term survival of the best vintage dirt bike forum on the 'net.

 Can you remind us where to contribute please Graeme?

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Re: Contributions to offset cost of OZVMX to Graeme
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2010, 03:37:12 pm »
Main page  LHS.....     look for....      " DONATE"      accepts    Pay Pal 

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Re: Contributions to offset cost of OZVMX to Graeme
« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2010, 03:55:16 pm »
Thanks Stuart......done. ;D

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Re: Contributions to offset cost of OZVMX to Graeme
« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2010, 06:02:40 pm »
Thanks guys. The Ning site is going to cost from July 20, up till now it's been free. With the charges, we get a lot more disk space and some other neat features, so I'll buy the premium package. That's $500. This forum costs $250 per year. All up that's $750. As the Ning needs to be paid for soon, I put out a call for donations recently - thanks so much to those who've contributed. As Firko says I do it for the love of the sport and I sure don't expect you to have to contribute to use the site. But if you can spare a few dollars, it all helps. In this latest call for help I've received $375, which is just great. There is no 'right' amount. If you can spare $5 or $50, it's all good.

One thing I am contemplating is a shopfront feature that allows people to buy OzVMX merchandise - shirts, mugs, caps that sort of thing. I may do that to help raise some cash and provide something in return. We'll see.

Thanks again to all who have helped. And thanks to everyone for making the whole thing such an entertaining and interesting community.

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Re: Contributions to offset cost of OZVMX to Graeme
« Reply #6 on: June 20, 2010, 06:04:18 pm »
Not that I would tell anyone how to run there website unless asked but with little effort you could add google adds and even make a spare $ with the traffic on this site.
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Re: Contributions to offset cost of OZVMX to Graeme
« Reply #7 on: June 20, 2010, 06:43:32 pm »
Well, you know I've been running Google ads for about three years now. I shan't be retiring on the profits...  Altho I admit I don't have them here on the forum, but I think that'd look tacky.

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Re: Contributions to offset cost of OZVMX to Graeme
« Reply #8 on: June 20, 2010, 06:58:46 pm »
Happy to buy some of that OZVMX merchandise if it comes to fruition. Jerry

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Re: Contributions to offset cost of OZVMX to Graeme
« Reply #9 on: June 20, 2010, 07:01:51 pm »
Google Adds don't pay that well but they can cover costs and add a little extra. They do distract from the clean look of websites and if you can do without them please do.
Maybe a header Add across the top with someone like Shannon's Insurance would get good value per view.  
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Re: Contributions to offset cost of OZVMX to Graeme
« Reply #10 on: June 20, 2010, 09:29:28 pm »
I was going to spend $20.00 on something i didn't need this morning...so its just gone to OzVMX's kitty.
I think this place has saved me more than that and had a few laughs along the way  ;D
cheers....Mario

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Re: Contributions to offset cost of OZVMX to Graeme
« Reply #11 on: July 26, 2010, 11:09:08 pm »
bump......the time has come said the "..........  "          ?
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Re: Contributions to offset cost of OZVMX to Graeme
« Reply #12 on: July 27, 2010, 05:23:12 am »
bump......the time has come said the "..........  "          ?

....incredibly witty person, for you to change your name to "Bump"

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Re: Contributions to offset cost of OZVMX to Graeme
« Reply #13 on: July 27, 2010, 05:48:19 am »

   
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Re: Contributions to offset cost of OZVMX to Graeme
« Reply #14 on: July 27, 2010, 11:50:01 am »
thanks for the reminder guys, for the cost of a bike mag i can get an awful lot of info and read an awful lot of dribble on here, it's well worth it.