Re: Supporting Members
 

A lot of the people on this forum are still in high school and do not have a credit card/paypal account. I would definitely if I did. :)

-vivek

Re: Supporting Members
 

The gift of a Chief Delphi Supporters Membership would make a wonderful holiday present.

Put it on your list :cool:

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Give Mike Martus an email or PM and he can arrange something if you wish to contribute and don't have a paypal account.

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Now there are 21 people.. :) (unless I counted wrong)... I've been meaing to but I've been busy and I was not able to verify my account with PP until recently... That is THE big problem for us high school kids.

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Soon as I get more money I'll donate.

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Done! And now there's 23 people. I agree there should be an icon in user profiles or whatever with a link so more people know about it. I'm willing to spend $10 for two more people. PM me and I'll contact an admin to see about getting it setup.

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How would I donate without a credit card (since I'm still in high school). I know vivek mentioned it above but no one really gave an answer except to email Mike Martus. Would I mail the money in and do I have to wait for a certain time of the year to start my subscription?

Re: Supporting Members
 

As mike Martus is the one that is the contact for the website, he is the one that you should be talking to.

The way it works with CD is that when you contribute, your donation time begins. Before your 6 months is up you will get a reminder email from CD but there is only 1 email that comes out to remind us.

Re: Supporting Members
 

To all the supporting members we say Thank You. We are supporting the site thru several sources, the Pay Pal system of $5.00 is one easy way to show support for the community of FIRST.

We do understand that often Pay Pal is not an option. If this is the case contact me and arrangements can be made for other options.

mmartus@chiefdelphi.com

Our sole intent is to keep the site self supporting. 100% of all donations are used for fees, software licenses and upgrades for this site. All labor is donated by the webmaster "Brandon".

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Saaaay ...... That was easy! :cool:

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Ed's right. Very easy.

When I did it, the ads at the top of the portal page went away. Was that supposed to happen? I had gotten used to seeing the ads. :confused:

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Up to 29 members. That's a good start.
A great New Years resolution would be to become a supporting member :D

Happy New Year to all our Chief Delphi family.

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Yes, the ads go away if you're a supporting member and as long as you are logged in.

You can still see the ads if you go under "Quick links" in the orange menu bar and then "Supporting members". They just won't show up on the pages as you regularly view the forum. ;)

Re: Supporting Members
 

The value of CD is clear - 5 $'s is a bargain for the hours of entertainment and education that I have gotten from the forum. I assume the same is true for the students, but it is probably more difficult for them to bear the expense. If there were a way to make access free for students but charge non-college mentors $5 every 6 months, I suspect that CD funding might be a non issue.

Seems like this thread may be an informal method of enacting such a policy.

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Being a member is free. The whole point of removing the ads is to thank those that help support the site financially. I dont get what your asking for them to do.