Took the plunge and threw in my lot......figured that since the contest ends on my birthday that maybe the fates would smile upon me for the prizes :)

But seriously, Nathan.....you know how much this site has been a help to me in many ways and it's always great to give just a little back.......cheers & thanks to all who help to keep it going.


Bill

Oh, a bump, but not that it seems the thread is in desperate need of one. ;) :lol:

I do notice that in addition to the higher amount raised this year there seems to be a higher number of members contributing and that is encouraging as the costs are being distributed more widely than if just a smaller number of contributors had given larger amounts.

So an " un-official " thanks to everyone who contributed. :D

That " crazy " $3500 total I mentioned might just be very possible after all ! :cool:

What was the total we raised last year? I am sure we blew it out of the water this year.

Jonathan

This contest ends on September 3rd. This is a holiday here in the United States: Labor Day. This, combined with the four prize winners instead of just one, makes me suspect that it may take me an extra day or two to contact all the winners and get their acceptance of the prizes.

The winners will not be announced until I hear back from all four of them. This means that the announcement may be delayed until Tuesday or even Wednesday depending on the ease of this step.

Stay tuned!

Cheers

Well, I lied the last one wasn't my last donation: Couldn't resist getting things to a nice round number. ;)

Just $100 to get it to $3500: Now that's a round number. :lol:

So, BUMPED again.

Jean,

You know you want to donate $100 more!! :D :cool:

Just go for it!

Well figured this was the last bit needed to convince me to support this great site - loads of great info here so figured an upgraded account would be nice to have - either way, i cant loose - either ill still have a great site to visit or ill have a great site to visit and some nifty swag!

if i wasn't working on my own site, ied likely have gotten an premiere account to host my gear pic´s

I also finally took the plunge and got an upgraded account. I've actually been coming here for years, but off and on as the sword bug bit (like some tropical disease that never goes away, but waxes and wanes I guess ;-)).

Thanks for providing such a rich site and community.

Alexander and D.,
It really warms the heart to see longtime readers register and contribute to this site before their first post. Thanks! We've always known that a lot more people more read and visit the site than actively participate in the forums. It's nice to know that people of all levels/types of usage find this site valuable and feel it is important to keep it going.

Thanks again. :)

hehe, not a problem Chad - been using this place a lot, so migth as well help out a bit, and besides, now i got a chance to make an album here (figured that was a good way to spend some time at work with, while waiting for a compiler to finish up)

its really nice too see that this site has such a dedicated community!

Looks like I bumped the wrong thread earlier (had about 6 of them open at once), but I ticked it over the $3500 mark. :)

It wasn't so crazy after all!

Hey everybody! The entry period for the contest is over. I'll let the system pick the winners tomorrow mid-day my time (PST) and then I'll contact them privately. Once I hear back from them all and work out the details I'll announce the winners!

Thanks to everybody for participating. Good luck to all. I promise now that those of you who do not win this one will still be paid back for your generosity with a future surprise.

Cheers to you all.