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Flyonthwall

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 11:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Please help TVCH with your donation!!!!
WAIT! Don't leave until you read this! Please???

I've been a regular here during the three years of Big Brother.
I am not a member of the moderators or am in any way connected to this site other then just enjoying the fun here!
This has been my lifeline the last three years. Not just during BB but during the rest of the year as well.

I am making this post because of my love for this site.
Please read it with an open mind and think about what this site means to you!

Having experience with running websites, I realize how much goes into a very small one, much less one of this magnitude.
The cost is expensive to get the server, and also to get folks to help out, with programing skills etc.
Bomis donates the webspace and server because of their love for BB.
Others with their time, lots of time, spent here watching and running these boards!
So what I am going to talk about here is the cost of "time and love" involved in running this site.

Thanks to the many that are involved in keeping this site and making it what it is, it cost us nothing!
I am very grateful for that. But at the same time I do know how these things work and people put all their love into a "hobby" like this and soon it becomes a job.
Very time consuming and attention to details that are beyond our comprehension just coming and reading.
Many times the person doing all the work "burns out" and quits because it runs their life!
Taking a toll on their personal time, while working their site!

My hope by this post is that people that visit here will find it in their budgets to donate something, anything to TVClubhouse!
I emailed Neil and he had a wonderful reply. They do not want to ask for anything from anyone.
They each give of their time freely and willingly, but that does not mean that they don't need money to help with other cost of runing this site.

Expenses include:
domain name registrations,
software licensing,
software and programming utility purchases,
long distance bills,
and many more things that keep this place going!

Most of this money comes out of their own pocket to pay these expenses.
The largest part of it is the TIME Neil and others put into this site with out any pay or expecting any pay from this site!
Neil will not, nor does he want anyone to ask for pay for him, that is NOT what this post is all about!
It's about helping keep this site up to date as it grows and grows so we can all enjoy it for a long time to come!
The money that is donated goes back into this site to help with expenses.

If you love this site and can find it in your budget to donate anything, please do!

You can go to this link: http://tvclubhouse.bomis.com/:
Scroll down to the Pay Pal donation box, and use Pay Pal to donate money using a credit card or from your account.
If you are new to Pay Pal they will pay you $5.00 to sign up, you can donate that to TVCH!
Pay Pal is a secure server and keeps all info confidential. It does NOT go to anyone here at TVCH.
If you are not feeling secure about giving your info on the net you can email Neil for his address and make a donation to him personally.
Neil email address: tvch@enbcom.com

Please consider what this site brings to your life and how much it is worth to have this pleasure.

Big Brother last 90 days (apprx) so at fifty cents a day you could donate $45.00 for three months of entertainment!
I kicked in $50.00 for this year because it's well worth that to me!
The cost of a dinner out, or a new outfit, or having a massage!
To me this is way better and brings much more joy than any of those things!

So again, please donate something to show your support to this site.

NEIL: thanks for your letter and please do not be mad at me for this post!
You guys deserve some help and this is the only way I know how besides LFP's!

Thank you for reading and considering this post. It means a lot to me to have this site, especailly right now.
Support the TVCH with your gift, and special blessing to the many friends I've made here that would not have been possible with out this site!

TVCH ROCKS!!
FLyonthwall....

Surini

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 12:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Excellent post Fly....I had forgotten that I wanted to contribute and your post helped jog my memory and I will go do that now. I wholeheartedly agree, this site is so worth helping out!!

Pamy

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 12:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks for posting a way to donate besides paypal, I have wanted to donate but didn't want to use pay pal.

Admin

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 12:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Just for the record, that email was not solicited in any way!

I have always maintained that I want this site to be free, there should never be fees to join. My life has been enriched by the experiences I've had here and the knowledge I've gained as thousands of people descend on our little corner of the world and make it crash and slow down and generally abuse it...the way it was meant to be abused! That's the whole idea...a fun place where we can post messages, get involved and be a part of the internet! When it crashes, we fix it....it's all good!

I am not alone in this venture. A group of very special people volunteer their time and grow grey hairs for us.....they are called moderators and they do everything from edit messages that are inappropriate to answering emails, to doing backups and organizing message areas to tracking down bad apples, to posting and keeping topics going to running the chat room. It's truly become a team effort. They are indispensible. Have you hugged your moderator today?

I don't mention their names because most want to remain anonymous. I have never had that luxury. Sure it's nice to be the 'admin' but sometimes it has its drawbacks. Everyone watches me and what I'm doing and when things break I get the weight on my shoulders. Sometimes I want to go into chat and just be a regular guy and have fun, but I feel like I'm lying so I always enter as myself. I'm not complaining, I'm grateful. My last job with an insurance company for 1.5 years was a direct result of all that I learned here...they hired me because of what I did around here! I continue to learn everyday and hope you're all learning too.

Anyways, send money, send cars, send your underwear (only clean stuff please).....but if you don't want to please don't feel like you must. It's a free site, just listen to the rules and we'll all be happy. :)

If you've read this far, stop now and go back to reading the fun stuff...this is boring stuff! See you in chat or in the Big Brother area or another of my favourites, the American Idol thread! Go Kelly go!

Flyonthwall

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 12:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
hugs

Here's a huge HUG for all the mod's, Neil, Gail, Ryn, Lisa and everyone behind the sceens!
Especially BOMIS!!!

You all ROCK!!
Luv ya all!
FLy
(Fly thanks Neil for not pulling off her wings for posting her message of Luv!)

Seamonkey

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 12:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks, FLy.. I mentioned donations the other day but was way too lazy to put in the link and all the detail.. you also ROCK, friend FLy

Flyonthwall

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 02:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
*bump*

Whit4you

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 03:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well donations to Neil would be great of course - he put alot of time and effort into this place :)

But remember Bomis is he ones who supply us with the space and the bandwidth and they have said that us using their search engine helps them pay for the space and bandwidth so use it! Make their search engine your home page or smoething :)

If you don't know where there search engine is scroll up to the top of this page it's that Boomis with a green swoosh ... see it?

:)

Cyn

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 05:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
thanks, flyonthwall, i never saw that button before.

Car54

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 05:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I tried to send a donation today and went to PayPal hell. Stuck in a loop...tried about 10 times. I will try again tomorrow and if it doesn't go through, I will e-mail and send it snail mail.

Sunriverose

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 05:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Car, I've used paypal for a couple of years to buy stuff on ebay, and sometimes this getting stuck thing happens. Usually you can try later with no problems.

Thanks Fly for reminding us. I am happy to donate, in fact I did so yesterday. I feel like I can only do $10.00 at a time, but I'll try to remember to send another ten in a couple of weeks.

Car54

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 05:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sunriverose,
That is what I figured...I logged in, tried to send and it kept asking me to verify my e-mail, and the link took me back to the login screen...

I figured I would wait til later and try again!

Kaytee

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 05:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
discovered ths place last year with BB2 and this year searched til I found it again for BB3
Will hit paypal later tonight
Thanks for the nudge

Erina75

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 06:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I too, have been around for 3 years. I remember when I found this site. Poor Neil, he was so overwhelmed because the site was such a success I think it maybe blew his socks off. I remember when he added the counter the first year. And everyday we would watch in "aw" as the site would receive hundreds and hundreds of hits a day. I remember when he had to change servers because the site was so busy his current server couldn't support all the traffic. I know it was (is) a labor of love, BUT...it does take LOTS of time and $$$ to keep a site of this magnatude up and running. I enjoy this site and all of you SO much...my 5 bucks is on it's way...THANKS NEIL!!!

Admin

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 06:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
haha..I remember that! In fact, I was looking through some old email today and found one from their tech support telling me we had done 10 gigs of traffic in 10 days...a gig a day and that they were going to kick us off their server! That was stress!

Erina75

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 07:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ahhhh...the memories...and look how far you've (we've) come!! :)

Saggkl

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 07:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks for the PayPal info. Hope my little bit helps.

Halfunit

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 07:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I "pledged" $25.00. That's what I paid for the live feeds, and the feeds and this site go hand in hand (although there is WAY more fun here!!).

Thanks for a great piece of webspace!!

cop

Halfunit would like to issue a friendly challenge to all that have members folders - perhaps a donation that equals the number of posts in your folder...??

Admin

Wednesday, August 07, 2002 - 07:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
If everyone took you up on that challenge, we'd have to buy out CBS with the money and become the producers of Big Brother! There's a healthy number of posts in there!

Flyonthwall

Wednesday, August 07, 2002 - 09:11 am EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL Admin, I sure wish you would get enough money to buy CBS and run the show!
With all the input from the boards you'd have an awesome show, and no FOTH I bet!

Thank you to everyone who has joined in with me in expressing your appreciation to Neil and the gang here, either by your posts or by your donations.

Surini
Pammy
Seamonkey
Whit4you
Cyn
Sunriverrose
Kaytee
Erina75
Saggkl
Halfunit


It just shows what a great group of folks we have here and how much we love this place!

Thanks everyone!
FLy

Car54

Wednesday, August 07, 2002 - 02:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Just wanted to let Sunriverose know...you were right, I tried Paypal later in the evening and it went through...I was just stuck in their system for a little while! Whew!

Pamy

Wednesday, August 07, 2002 - 02:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Fly..you forgot Car54, she is TRYING, hopefully paypal will let her actually do it!

Car54

Wednesday, August 07, 2002 - 02:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
hahahah Pamy jinx! Thanks!

Squaredsc

Wednesday, August 07, 2002 - 05:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
thanks fly for your msg. i really really really love this site. unfortunately i am unable to donate this week, but will definately do it late next week. hopefully i will still be able to find t his topic for the link. thanks to the lot of you who keep us non-techies entertained.

Flyonthwall

Wednesday, August 07, 2002 - 06:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I won't try to keep a list, cuz I never get it right! LOL But thanks Car!

My post was just my way of saying how I feel.

I just started thinking about how much time I spend here and how much it means to me and I wanted to be a part of it and help out.

Everyone here helps in one way or another, just having fun, hangin out and talking!
Being friends is a HUGE donation to this site!
It's worth more than any amount of money!

So please don't take offense to my post.
Give how you want. Your money your time, your friendship.
This place is the best, so enjoy it and everything it has to offer!

Luv ya,
Fly