Oh, I don't think it's us. It's Paypal.
Alan
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It's possible that I can't donate if it's a PayPal problem.
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Just used Alan's original method from here in the USA and it worked ...
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Alan & Co,
I little donation added to your pot
I'm not going to get too involved as to whether it is better in the long term to continue with this platform or to migrate to a (potentially) cheaper alternative. I'm sure that, between yourself and a few others, the right decisions will be made.
The important thing, to me at least, is the people - and their photos.
Hopefully, if I can ever get retired from work, I'll be a bit more active on the site!
Tim
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This is the 2nd Option. I still cannot donate.
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Very weird. What happens if you change the country to something other than Singapore?
Alan
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Ted & Tim, Many thanks for your donation.
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Yes, I quite agree. The cameraderie that we have built up here is very important and I don't want to lose it.
I did want to make everyone aware of the lack of progress in updating the forum and providing other facilities - which is why I started this thread.
Alan
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The message is gone if I chiose Australia.
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Australia needs a proper Australian address. A PO Box might not work.
I can try some Address and matching Aussie no., if that works, I don’t know.
Weird to see PayPal blocking Singapore but It works for me to pay Dirk from here.
A Singapore based Credit Card/Debit Card and an Aussie Address and Aussie Phone No. Cannot work. Sorry Alan.
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Don't worry - we will cope. Actually, I had this from someone else over there and they paid me via my personal paypal and then I paid into the bank account. If you want to do that, send me a private message and I'll reply with my paypal email address.
Alan
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happy to fund the 500gbp per year in total. just need to know it will continue
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That's very generous, but it shouldn't need one person to fund it all. I'm really glad you all think it's worth continuing. I think we have a very unique forum and a good set friends.
Alan
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I made a donation about 3 months ago :-)
..., will donate again next year.
Would be good to keep the site going.
Keep up the good work
Thanks
Trevor -
Really it's ok...I am in a luck position financially. Just let me know (PM?) how much you need
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I agree with Alan that we shouldn't depend on one person to fund it all. I'm happy to contribute, I just made my April contribution this week. (Which I forgot about until this thread went up.) I've seen it happen where a group collapsed after the single donor that they depended on died in an auto accident. (Not that I'm suggesting something like that is going to happen!). Let's see if we can sustain this as a group.
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I would hate to see us lose this little village where we can share and talk about our photos in a pleasant atmosphere. I am able to contribute a modest donation towards that end.
BUT - I am worried about option 1 as a long term solution. If Bob and/or Martin is not going to update the site, and no one else has the skills/authority to do it, what guarantee do we have that the site won't eventually self destruct anyway, and what we pay to keep it going would be in vain? I have been in a painfully similar situation with a forum site that self destructed when the platform got to the point that it had to be updated or it wouldn't work, and the person who had maintained it ghosted us. And no one else had the skills/credentials to update it. We lost it.
Option 3 looks painful, but it may be the better option in the long haul. No one wants to get used to another new interface. Losing all we've created these past few years would hurt. But for the long term safety of this effort, it may be in our best interests to move (again).
