Greetings.
The Dynaverse Gaming Association, the non profit organization that runs, governs, and is responsible for providing the funding for D.Net, is asking for donations to continue to support Dynaverse.Net and the DGA in our endeavors. Let me make this clear NOW - this isn't REQUIRED. Dynaverse.Net will continue to operate and run without any donations - but we won't be able to grow.
You can simply donate to the Dynaverse.Net improvement fund, or you can donate to the DGA and become a member. You can also donate to the DGA and become a member with the right to VOTE at DGA meetings on items presented to the Board of Directors. You can donate
HERE - this is also the location where you can donate to the Dynaverse.Net Tsunami Relief Fund.
As you all know, Dynaverse.Net runs entirely on volunteers. Ultimately, the DGA (Dynaverse Gaming Association) runs and administers Dynaverse.Net, and that means everyone that's an Admin, Officer of the DGA, Moderator, MySQL engineer, Webmaster, or otherwise has done this all of their own accord, and on their own time. There's a lot of people who work very hard here to maintain and make this a comfortable and continual place for our community. We're running over 4 million hits a month, with an average of 10 GB of traffic a day. As we don't have to pay for the bandwidth, we're blessed there.
I shoulder the bills on the equipment entirely. Currently we've got two servers that'll function as a core comms servers. These machines are perfect for that role, and we've gotten everything placed right where it needs to be. What we need now is to upgrade, or to get a new server. Recent tests conducted by DieHard, Dizzy, and Bonk have shown the need for a good, current machine to run campaigns on. As well, we've got to upgrade some core components of the network to ensure that the bandwidth we utilize is utlized as well as possible.
I've been running websites for the communtiy for almost 10 years. XenoCorp has been a very active Fleet in our community, and when I learned of Taldren's demise I made it my personal crusade to make sure we had a place where we could all transition to. We've been running the Directory servers now for over a year, and we've hosted numerous EAW, OP AND SFC3 campaign servers for the community and never asked for a dime - but that's because we never had to before. Please help us if you can.
Regarding the membership to the DGA -
A $10 donation will qualify you for a 1 year membership in which you will be entitled to list that you are a member in your signature, get a monthly newsletter, and you will be notified of meetings and will be able to attend.
A $20 donation will qualify you for a 1 year
voting membership in the DGA. The Board of Directors will put forth votes regarding official DGA business, and you will be able to help determine the outcome.
Please notate in the "Enter your custom message" section if you are donating to become a member of the DGA. You can view the documents of the DGA, including our Declaration of Incorporation and non profit status at the Dynaverse.Net ftp site. Anonymous access is, of course, allowed. We're moving stuff up to public access as we receive it, and as we can get it up there.
ftp://ftp.dynaverse.net/DGA/We thank you all for the opportunity to serve you, and we look forward to many more years of fun !
Thank you - it's because of YOU we all do what we do!
Regards,
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