New Turns All Year Tradition !!!!!!

I'm in as well! And I'll even donate a pair of K2 Piste Stinx 190 if Charles would like them. Still mostly in shrink rap. ;D

Me too. <br><br>Notice the snow since this thread began? 7" at Snoqulmie, 9 at Paridise, 10 at Crystal so far.<br><br>It would jinx the NW to brake the tradition now.

JibberD's on the bandwagon.<br><br>At this rate, maybe we can get Charles elected to President in 2008. <br><br>-Doug O

I'm in too. This is a great enough idea to bump me out of my normal lurking mode. Besides, how could one ignore a personal appeal from JW!

I live pretty close to Sir Charles, can be collection point for contributions if folks don't want to use paypal or send direct to him. Or should somebody just open a TAY bank account, we can fill it up, then write a big check to Charles? I for one am not a Paypal user, and a little embarrassed to send check direct to Charles. Maybe too old school?<br><br>Charles, are you lurking out there?

I think we should be patient and see how Charles wants to manage the influx of green.    I'd say were off to a great start on the first annual TAY PAY fund raising event !  

Wow, look what happens when I don't check in for a couple of days - I guess I should be absent more often! I'm actually still in town, but just been too busy with everything else.<br><br>This is a topic which I have been thinking about recently, because the site's monthly use of data transfer has been creeping up steadily, and will probably exceed my limit this month (10 gig of transfer). This increase is largely due to the TRs - it looks like they now use about 60% of the transfer. Ron is right in saying that I have been wanting to avoid either advertising or membership fees, although I get the impression that not everyone feels as strongly as I do about advertising.<br><br>I will gladly accept donations. This is another of the options I have thought about, so now that it has come up, let's see what happens with the idea. If they add up to something like my costs to operate this growing forum, then there would be no reason for me to pursue the other options which I dislike (and it would save me time, too).<br><br>I do have a Paypal account, and their system seems to work well and be fair. Below I will insert a graphic that has the email to use with that service - might be a little hard to read, but it shouldn't be hard to figure out what it is (I have copied this idea from others, in the hope that the address won't get picked up).<br> <br><br>I don't have any problem with checks (except for the fact that it is so easy to find everyone's personal details on the web). Rather than posting my address here, people could just use the links provided to look it up (my name is at the bottom of every page). I also don't have a problem with Silas' idea, as long as he doesn't take too big of a cut as the middleman!<br><br>I really appreciate all of the offers here, and your words of support. It has been a pleasure to watch TAY grow, and to find out how many great people are skiing and willing to share information for the benefit of all.

Okay, now that Charles has responded let's put our money where are mouths (finger?) are and follow through. I think I'll go with Silas as the middleman since I know that he rarely buys new gear, his percentage should be extremely low.  <br><br><br>p.s. Charles - do you want checks made out to you or TAY?

I've completed my donation via paypal...<br><br>Thanks for hosting this wonderful site Charles!!!<br><br>

Wow! Charles has on occasion discussed operating costs and ways to defray some of the costs, but this is pretty amazing! This is an awesome group that has volunteered to pay for services that they use. . .hmmm, what a strange concept. Thanks a lot Charles, my payment will be in the form of zip disks!<br><br>Matt

I'm in. This is an invaluable resource. Thanks to Charles for his contributions.

Just PayPal'ed it in . . .

I'm in, it's in wire. Thanks Charles.

:)Just paypal'ed as well...<br>Keep it up, Charles.<br>Merry Christmas!

Thanks for all the great TAY site Charles, the check is in the mail ;D<br><br>Happy Holidays

I also think this is a great idea and am sending a check. Did Charles ever answer whether they should be sent to TAY or him (I assume to Charles). As a non-techie and non-paypal user, it took me about a half-hour to sort through the threads and the internet to figure out a way to get the money to the right place. Since there is so much support and there may be many others like me who would like to support this but don't have the time or skills to hunt for a place to send money, it would be great if there could be a connection with a clear way to support right at the beginning of a thread. Thanks for a great site!

Good point there Ross. Hopefully I'm not out of line in making a page with ways to donate. Go to home.comcast.net/~dan-jer/taypay.htm

Thank you, Jerry, for taking charge, and thanks very much to everyone who has made a donation. You have been very generous! I'm sorry that I haven't been around much to help make this go a little smoother, but I have been preoccupied with helping my parents make progress with a very difficult situation. When I have more time, I will see about making it easier to find the specifics about making a donation, as RossMac has suggested.