Supporting Members

[SSMike]

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?

[Steve W]

Originally Posted by SSMike

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?

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.

[Mike Martus]

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".

[Ed Sparks]

Saaaay ...... That was easy!

[Richard Wallace]

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.

[JohnBoucher]

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

Happy New Year to all our Chief Delphi family.

[Jay H 237]

Originally Posted by Richard

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.

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.

[mwibbels]

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.

[chris31]

Originally Posted by mwibbels

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.

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.

[mwibbels]

I am not asking for them to do anything. Just making an observation of the discussion dynamics and the likely result. It will be interesting to see how successful the informal process is. CD is a very worthy cause, which I am very glad to give to - I suspect most mentors feel similiarly

[JohnBoucher]

My point is to remind the community of the value of Chief Delphi. A little guilt trip, if you choose to see it that way. All CD is trying to do is cover expenses.
Because something is on the Internet, does not mean it's free. There are expenses. We all pay for access in one form or another. If you manage sites, you pay for hosting and licenses.
This resource is the heart and soul of the FIRST community. You can be involved in FRC, FTC and FFL without ever reading CD, but you are missing out on the community of FIRST.

Just my $0.027322404371584699453551912568306 worth.
Happy New Year!!!!!!

[Steve W]

Time to bring this back to the front. As with all things there is a need for the community to help support this great website. Chief Delphi has done a great job in making this the best forums on the web. To that we say thanks. We also need to help them as money does not come easily now. For a mere $5.00 every 6 months you can help keep this forum going.

Please note that this blatant plug comes not from CD but from concerned members. There are many that don't know about donating or those that are new to CD. Nobody has to contribute but some of us believe in CD and want to help.

Right now there are 17 supporters. I know that there are many others that could help. If you would like to help follow this link:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/advertisers.php?

[MrForbes]

Thanks for the reminder, I've been meaning to renew...