Donation Time Again Folks!

[tweist]

Thanks Dirk for reminding me.
Done.

[chesterspot]

Does the subscription not auto-renew? Mine's up in a few months too and I'm forgetful. I'm putting a reminder in my calendar.

[Xenia]

I think the idea is that this is an opportunity for those of us so inclined to give a little extra above and beyond the $20.00 supporting membership fee. It is voluntary and does not give you any extra privileges except the knowlegde that you are helping keep this site viable.

[budude]

Does the subscription not auto-renew? Mine's up in a few months too and I'm forgetful. I'm putting a reminder in my calendar.

I'm 99.9% sure it doesn't matter when you renew - it will use the original date, not today's date so you can renew at any time...

[OregonLights]

I'm 99.9% sure it doesn't matter when you renew

I wonder where the other .1% of Brian's mind is?

[dirknerkle]

I wonder where the other .1% of Brian's mind is?

After keeping DIYC running, that's the time he has left to spend on his own blinky-flashy display.

[dmcole]

After keeping DIYC running, that's the time he has left to spend on his own blinky-flashy display.

Well, Oregon was commenting on the *other* Brian (aka budude), but you could certainly say that after keeping the Renard48LSD project alive, that's the time he spends on his own display ;-) ...

[dirknerkle]

Didn't want this thread to go dormant before everybody had a chance to read it and take action...

[crazy_carpenter]

Good thread so I'll bump it and add some comments and ideas as one of the newbies around here.

I joined up as a member here in Dec 11. I finally got around to becoming a supporting member yesterday 5/31/12 to take part in the upcoming SSR group buy but mainly because while as a non-supporting member, I have had several transaction with members here and the outcome has always been positive. Not with standing group buy privliges, I have found the members here honest and helpful so this site is well worth the $20 a year. So if your a newbie hesitant about paying $20 to become a supporting member, go ahead and do it. The math works!!! I populated my first SSR8 on my own thru Mouser and payed $45+ for the BOM, the group buy rate is around $26 last time I checked. I got 7 more boards to populate so group buy it is for me.

As far as donating to DIYC above and beyond the $20 a year, I'd like to float the following proposal/ idea/ challenge. The way I handle PayPal is that I do the good old go to Walmart thing with cash in hand and buy a Greendot Paypal card to fund my account. After I get done with all my online shopping, I usually have some weird amount left over like $3.41, $7.59, $4.73 ect.... that will sit in the account for a month until I use it again. So when I get these oddball amounts leftover, I'm going to commit to donating them here and challenge everybody else to do the same. After all, it's just pocket change from the bedside table that is floating around the internet unused so lets put it to good use.

[RichF]

Great Idea.