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    Question To our RWO forum community: we're having a donation drive, can you help?

    Hello RWO community

    Can you help out with a donation towards the running and development costs for redandwhiteonline.com? Funds raised will go towards:

    * supporting monthly running costs for RWO going forward - this works out at around $700 a year, which covers external hosting/storage, email/apps, and the newsletter.
    * contributing towards the cost of designing and developing a new RWO website and forum, which we'll start work on in the off season and hopefully have launched ahead of pre-season next year.

    Donations are of course optional. Please don't feel obliged to contribute - you already do well beyond what financial means can ever provide. For those who do, any donation will be anonymous if you ask me to treat it that way, otherwise I'd like to acknowledge and thank you, without disclosing the sum.

    How to donate
    There is a small green 'Donate' link in the menu bar above. Click on that and it will take you to a Paypal screen. For those who don't wish to use Paypal, there is the option on that same page to donate via credit card....just ignore Paypal's suggestions to register with them etc...you don't need to. Otherwise, PM me for alternative options.

    Some more detail on what I have planned
    Check out this thread here for an outline of what's in the works: Help shape the future RWO. Your comments on what you'd like from the new forum/site are still welcome, so please post any suggestions via the thread.

    Development will occur outside the current site and when it's ready, we'll migrate you and everything you've posted across. Ideally, this will all be done before the start of pre-season, just to minimise disruption. If we're ready a bit later, I'll work out the best time to do so despite the busy period.

    Some acknowledgements
    First up, thank you to ScottH who took over from the RWO's original founder, Desredandwhite, and kept it all running for eight or nine years until I picked it up at the end of the 2014 season. True to his word, Scott has stayed on as a mod and has helped me work it all out behind the scenes. I also have to acknowledge the massive contribution by both Scott and the other moderators towards the daily running of RWO:

    Liz
    RougueSwan
    Ugg
    Matt79
    Norrislurker

    Thanks Liz and Charlie for you unsolicited (but appreciated) donations this past year.

    ANd thanks everyone in advance.

    Dan
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    When the new site is up, I'll pitch this in earnest, but in the meantime, here are a few alternative ways you can help out:
    * testing, copyrighting the site when we have a beta
    * writing content - anything at all, be it a match report, opinion piece, amusing/satirical piece (like Ludwig's Match Committees) for example
    * becoming a support moderator
    * running specifics programs such as the Troy Luff Medal and the WIKI! Everyone should take a crack at the WIKI!!
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    I'm in for a financial contribution.

    I've been reading this site for years and never contributed anything except bad opinions and poor humour. Now's my chance to actually do something useful!

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    If we all chip in $10 the kitty will be full by today

    Always appreciated one and all who do everything behind the scenes

    Ps - im on my mob and I'm struggling to find the donate tab ?

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    Done!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zlatorog View Post
    Done!
    +1

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zlatorog View Post
    Done!
    +1 +1...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Auntie.Gerald View Post
    If we all chip in $10 the kitty will be full by today

    Always appreciated one and all who do everything behind the scenes

    Ps - im on my mob and I'm struggling to find the donate tab ?
    Most of these extra "Non VBulletin standard" functions do not work on mobile devices unfortunately.
    You'll have to use an old fashioned computer/laptop!!

    And you are right if everyone donated a little, it would add up to a lot!!

    Danzar, some people in the past have preferred to use Cheque or even cash.
    So if anyone wants to donate but not electronically, contact Danzar privately to see what other options he has for you.

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    Done - more than happy to help, as have got a great deal of enjoyment out of using RWO to connect with fans of our wonderful club.
    "You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."

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    Folks, thank you for your support! Really positive response so far. I appreciate it.


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