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Champo, I am sure Kylie will do an absolutely amazing job on your sunday ride;)
Chris.
chiefgili wrote:
Quote:will be happy to contribute via donations, annual site fees, more seal aver donations (dont want Ollie taking all the glory!!!
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If bike shops (or any shops) could contribute any bit of merchandise to raffle off monthly or something of the sorts, i would buy raffle tickets all the time.
Nothing like winning a meat tray for the weekend BBQ!!!Might even make a donation before i go riding on Saturday.
Hey Gili, TB is working with a bike shop at the moment for a monthly prize and also a possible sponsorship deal, the problem with sponsorship deals is we need to support the shops that do help us out, which obviously we have no control over. The shop has a very good service and a great reputation in the industry. We had a thought to put a tin on a table for the big rides and you can put your loose change in after you buy yours and my beers.
The bottom line is we do need to support those that support us otherwise that won’t continue their support.Cheers
Chris.Boony wrote:
Quote:thinking we probably need a $ figure as a minimum donation for the 12 month period, so we dont have some donating 100 and some donating 5
Shirt we all know what the donation is for so i think putting a minimum shouldnt upset anyone.O.K I’ll try and explain best I can, currently the cost of running the site per year is approx $1800.00 this is based on our current usage, which is growing every month, this also includes things such as domain registration, business name registration, banking fees, accountancy fees (KYLIE?) and Rum for our Directors meetings.
We have increased bandwidth this month by over 25%, we are also considering a dedicated Old Bull server which will give us a huge storage capacity for things like photo galleries, screen savers, downloads etc. I don’t think this is anywhere near exorbitant compared to other sites I run which can run up bills of 10’s of thousands of dollars per year. We have through various contacts managed to keep the running expenses very low so far, unfortunately their is only so much we can achieve at reduced costs before we start abusing our contacts who have helped us thus far. We in no way are out to profit from this site but as you can understand nor do we wish to go broke doing it. As we are a registered not for profit club any money left over after expenses needs to be spent on the club, where it be prizes, giveaways, merchandise etc. The prizes we have had so far have been organised mostly By TB grovelling to suppliers for Freebies which he has done an amazing job at and we have established some good relationships from this. Also not to blow my own trumpet but the countless hours put in looking after the technical side of the website is all donated time of my own which I neither expect praise or money for as does TB but is done merely for our own passion of the sport. The whole idea of this site is to make new friends, ride motorbikes (obviously) and have a lot of fun times. The donations are purely voluntarily and in no way do we want to restrict access to the site in anyway. We are not after recouping the costs of the previous year but as the site gets bigger and bigger so do the bills. So donate what you think and we will come up with something shortly.Cheers and thanks for your support
Chris & TB.
Scotty wrote:
Quote:You guys need to get out doors more in a fresh clean environment like I do.
Yep that’s exactally how I remember the druitt. Could be the back streets of L.A. though.
micknmeld wrote:
Quote:I spose I better get in the spirit of things and post a pic of my “work station”.
Hey mick that looks strangely like a dell PC, i though you would have used MACS.
Chris.
micknmeld wrote:
Quote:I spose I better get in the spirit of things and post a pic of my “work station”.That’s gold I’d give you karma for that, are we giving karma again?
Chris.
