Hmm I see that we have exceeded our goal! Excellent. That will be that much less we will have to raise next year. Outstanding work gentlemen! (Ladies too, my apologies no intent to be sexist!)

Sorry everyone, right now is a VERY bad time for me to donate. My heart says yes, but my situation says otherwise. Does the thought count for anything at this time, lol. Many thanks to those making all this possible...

I tried to donate and I keep getting this message.

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The amount or the currency you entered is wrong. Click Here to try again Click Here to return to the Index

What am I doing wrong? I'm donating in good ol' US dollars which is the only option, and unless there is a set amount of greater than $30 as the minimum, I don't know how the amount can be wrong. :confused:

Also,use the decimal, as in 30.00

Cash can be hard to come by, but there are other ways to contribute to the site. Good use of a little free time can produce a review, article or other content. That kind of contribution is very welcome and a good option for folks with more time than money.

Another way folks could contribute would be to donate a portion (or all :D ) of the proceeds for items sold using the marketplace forum to myArmoury's war chest.

If I had just used the marketplace to sell an item, I'd feel really good about giving back to myArmoury which allowed me to make the sale possible in the first place.

I'm sure many of us have a few "arms and armor" related things lying around that we could give up for the greater good. (e.g. Books, sword fittings, a production sword that's been sitting in the closet).

Personally, I am very glad to see the goal was reached and I hope next year it will not come down to the last few weeks like this in the future. Maybe a few donations earlier in the year could offset this?

Bob

Hi everybody

I just paid the hosting bill for the next year. I didn't do any upgrades, but just paid the bill. I can upgrade at any time and will do that once I figure out exactly what level I can afford and how to do it, etc. etc. The next step will be to do an upgrade so the performance of the site improves, but getting the base hosting paid for is so nice to get off my chest and out the door.

Thank you!

I just sent in my donation, too. Hehe.. no, really, I sold my Regent sword. I don't want all you guys thinking you're the only ones flipping the bills for this silly place. :)

Seriously, though, I appreciate the support. I like this project and really do want to keep it around.

Cheers to all who donate their hard-earned cash to this project. I'll keep trying my best to do my part in keeping it going and growing.

Maybe as well as an annual fund drive there could be some sort of ongoing funding ? Maybe a monthly tally & objective for those months between the main annual effort that should correspond to the last 2 or 3 months before the hosting bill is due.

Just having a monthly focus might spread out the fund drive and maybe the final yearly drive objective could be the remaining money needed and lower.

Any extra funds mean improved hosting features and more money for special projects or research, travel, museum visits, making contacts i.e. P.R. opening doors to viewing and measuring swords or other weapons in storage ? Who knows what the possibilities might be with enough cash.

In time and with sufficient cash flow maybe publishing research papers or even books might become possible or some sort of Foundation like a " National Geographic for swords " and historical research ? O.K. maybe way too ambitious and premature, but at some point myArmoury could become self-sustaining with an actual paid staff, board of governors or something like it to keep it going indefinitely.

At the moment it's Nathan's baby but maybe some day it can grow up and move out of the house. ;) :p :lol:

Hey gang,
Nine months ago at this time we pulled through at the last minute to raise funds to help Nathan keep myArmoury going. It was exhilarating to watch the donation total grow every hour, and to see the goal surpassed. Although we came through, Nathan still sold a sword so that he could contribute towards the site. I just thought I would revive this thread to remind people that now is a good time to start to think about contributing financially to myArmoury (and make sure Nathan only sells when he wants to!) We've got time (I think), I just wanted to plant that seed in our collective heads.

Best,
Jonathan