City Council Cipher Posted February 24 City Council Share Posted February 24 Hello everyone! As always with these posts, I’d like to drop a quick reminder that there are more ways to support Homecoming than just through donations. For a general overview of the different ways you can help Homecoming, check out this thread. Homecoming operates in a non-profit capacity* and accepts donations from the community each month to cover its operating expenses. These donation windows typically open on the last Saturday of each month, around 13:00 EST, and are automatically closed once the goal for the month has been reached. Any funds remaining at the end of each month are put towards our expenses for the following month. In the event that our expenses exceed our estimated costs for the month, the difference will be included in the donation goal for the following month. If you wish to donate, you may do so here. The donation window for next month is open as of the time of this post and will automatically close once the goal is met. Thank you for your continued support! * Homecoming is a Delaware registered Limited Liability Company, not a non-profit organization, and donations made to Homecoming are not tax deductible. Last Month: February 2024 We placed the second order for our SQL host hardware upgrades on February 20th, totaling $662.83. We did not include this in the original goal for February, and as such will be including it in the goal for March. Additionally, our AWS expenses for the month increased due to the increase in outbound emails. Income Total: $8,681.60 Amount Source $8,678.20 Donations $3.40 Rebates & Rewards (PayPal) Recurring Expenses Total: $4,645.92 Amount Service / “to” Addt’l Notes $4,422.99 Server Infrastructure (OVH) $206.64 Google Workspace Voice, Business (15 seats) $50.64 Email (AWS EC2 + SES) 2x EC2 micro instances $25.00 GPU Server (Paperspace) Used for tooling $11.12 Admin Software Additional Expenses Most of our expenses for this month were paid in January and will not show on our transaction log from PayPal this month. These are included here as they were a part of the donation goal for the month. Total: $3,934.75 Amount Service / “to” Addt’l Notes $2,780.24 Legal counsel Dec. 5 - Dec. 31 2023 $591.90 Server Infrastructure (OVH) SQL host upgrade $240.99 DocuSign +100 envelopes $240.00 UPS Mailbox 1 year renewal $53.62 January Overage See above $12.00 CleanTalk Anti-Spam (1 year) $10.00 IPSFocus Forum assets (1 year) $6.00 US Copyright Office DMCA Designated Agent Reg. This Month: March 2024 The donation target for March 2024 is $6,076.36. Recurring Expenses Total: $4,701.93 Amount Service / “to” Addt’l Notes $4,416.99 Server Infrastructure (OVH) $229.57 Google Workspace Voice, Business (15 seats) $19.25 Email (AWS EC2 + SES) 2x EC2 micro instances $25.00 GPU Server (Paperspace) Used for tooling $11.12 Admin Software Additional Expenses Total: $1,404.93 Amount Service / “to” Addt’l Notes $662.83 Server Infrastructure (OVH) (+) SQL host upgrade 2 $567.38 Server Infrastructure (OVH) (+) SQL host upgrade 1 $174.72 Legal counsel Jan. 4 - Jan. 31 2024 Donations will be open at https://cohhc.gg/donate as of the time of this post and will automatically close once the goal has been met. As always, thank you for your continued support. - The Homecoming Team 2 2 1 Cipher City Council If you need help, please submit a support request here or use /petition in-game. Got time to spare? Want to see Homecoming thrive? Consider volunteering as a Game Master! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psi-bolt Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Donated. Not sure if this is allowed under your license, but if there were a way to auto-donate, I would be down! 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zep Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Now that things are official, were it to become possible, I would set up a monthly recurring charge as well. 1 ** Asus TUF x670E Gaming, Ryzen 7950x, AIO Corsair H150i Elite, TridentZ 192GB DDR5 6400, Sapphire 7900XTX, 48" 4K Samsung 3d & 56" 4k UHD, NVME Sabrent Rocket 2TB, MP600 Pro 8tb, MP700 2 TB. HDD Seagate 12TB ** ** Corsair Voyager a1600 ** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkMyst Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 I would setup a recurring charge as well! I donate for two accounts (husband and mine) and would love to just do a recurring charge! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 WooHoo! Take my money! LOL 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorontoSunshine Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Once again I have donated so my alts can show those silly Longbow ---- who dress up like silly candycanes ---- that the Suggestion Engine never works on free thinking individuals! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asacledhae Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Gotcha this time! 😁 Doubled my usual amount cause I missed last month.. As always, a HUGE thanks to everyone who helps keeping our city alive! See you in-game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abraxus Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Duckets donated...all is right with the world! 1 1 What was no more, is REBORN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaderblade Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Finally didn't miss donating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZorkNemesis Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Only around two hours again, ridiculous how supportive this community is. 2 Currently playing on Indomitable as @Zork Nemesis; was a Protector native on live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorontoSunshine Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Well done everybody! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandX Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Daaaamn...went to donate and it was filled! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenericHero719 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Wow that was fast. So a question popped into my head after it closed so quickly again. Is there no way to setup a trust so that donations could overflow one month and just pool for the future? Surely someone around here is an accountant that would know how to do this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starro Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 i agree, would love to set up a regular debit in case i miss these windows. See you next month! 1 "She who lives by the cybernetic monstrosity powered by living coral, all too often dies by the cybernetic monstrosity powered by living coral." -Doc Buzzsaw Pineapple 🍍 Pizza 🍕 is my thumbs up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackHorde22 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Please give us a Monthly Subscription we can do between 15$ to 20$ USD, thanks much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unstatusthequo Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Have you considered moving away from PayPal? They are a pretty hostile entity to deal with if there is any dispute about your money. Square is at 2.9% +$0.30 per transaction, which donors can probably just add to cover. Then you're reducing the amount given away to PayPal monthly. Or, if you get your incarnate non-profit powers, this: https://donorbox.org/. Pricing: https://donorbox.org/pricing which could reduce even further. Just some ideas. Maybe you've looked already. I'm certainly wiling to help in this, I have experience with both Square and Stripe. Square has a nice donation goal management feature which could be useful and less manual for the GMs. https://squareup.com/help/us/en/article/7184-set-up-donation-goals-with-square-checkout-links 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now