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Expenses

Any donations - even $5 - are greatly appreciated! The web site costs $$ to run and maintain.

Monthly Expenses

  • 2017: TBD/mo. From Nov 2016 onward, we're using the Amazon cloud. (AWS). Some of the services are free the first year (yay!) and I'm expecting yearly expenses to be ~$200/year. They itemize everything, I have a 20 line spreadsheet for estimates, but as some of it is based on usage we'll have to measure as we go. There is a bit of overlap with 1and1 while getting the new server up, and some initial startup costs to bring the domain over. The big news is a much, much better virtual host to use. It's not shared!
  • 2016: $17.26/mo: We gave up on 1and1.com. The reliability got very bad as our web site is big and didn't fit well on their shared hosting environment. Also, they kept increasing the price and adding features we didn't need. At the end the price was $17.26/mo or $208/year plus a few extra add on costs.
  • 2007: ~$10/mo: We used 1and1.com hosting, original cost was ~$10/month. Not bad.
  • 1996-2006?: ??: We used sonic.net.

Donation History

Here is a summary of donations to date. We'd be happy to mention your name as a sponsor, please let us know in the notes column when you donate if you'd like to be anonymous or mentioned. If you don't mention, we'll use your name for full credit.

Year Expenses Donations Balance Extra Information
2018 TBD $0 $-lots
  • none yet, please help if you can!
  • Time for us to run another fundraiser!
2017 $22 for 2 months aws $215 $-102
  • $100 from Gurjit (March 9) - wow!
  • $20 from Teresa (March 18)
  • $20 from Gloria (April 21)
  • $25 from Taryn (July 21)
  • $10 from Sheila (July 21)
  • $20 from Teresa (Oct 2)
  • $20 from Arlene (Oct 27)
  • AWS gave us 1 year free small server(not domain), saving us $132
2016 $251.89 ($39.89 amazon startup) $25 $-295
  • $25 from Taryn (June 5)
2015 $212 $20 $-68
  • $20 from John Fitzsimmons (Sept 28)
2014 $212 $441 +$124
  • May 1st fundraiser $210: $2 from Meg R, Connie B, Mike F, Shirlee S, Pamela N, Kim S, Sheila M, Maureen T; $4 from Veronica M, Matthew M; $5 from Paula K, Language Truck; $6 from Bob G; $10 from Kat S, Charles H, Xiaopeng S, Dana K, Phyllis G, Victor O; $20 from Bob M, Val B, Kulwinder S; $25 from Taryn Y, Laraine D
  • Additional donations through June $56: $2 from Katya G, Marshall R; $4 from Sheri G; $10 from Sam M, Jami R, Melanie G; $20 from Marilyn T;
  • Additional donations given directly to Bob Goodman: $10 (may 8)
  • $-105 - shortage from 2013
  • $100 from Gurgit N. Wow!!
  • $30 from Lara (July 14)
  • $10 from Jonjie (Aug 3)
  • $25 from Barbara (Nov 27)
2013 $212 est $107 $-105
  • $25 from Laraine D.
  • $10 from Maurette F.
  • $10 from Marcia B.
  • $2 from Julie P.
  • $25 from Taryn Y.
  • $10 from Deborah B.
  • $25 from Jeff G.
2012 $180 $195 n/a
  • $100 from Gurjit Nijjar. Wow! Wow! Lightning strikes twice!
  • $10 from Laurie Winkler
  • $10 from Barbara Frisch-Klopper
  • $10 from Jami Ross
  • $20 from Vina Breyfogle
  • $20 from Bob Matreci
  • $25 from Taryn Young
  • $10 from Diane M.
  • Didn't track balances from previous years, close to even year by year
2011 $144 est $217
  • $25 from Charles Haseltine.
  • $25 from Stephanie Faulkner.
  • $25 from Jon Breyfogle.
  • $100 from Gurjit Nijjar. Wow! Wow! Biggest ever!
  • $10 from Alan Johnson
  • $7 from Diane Depuydt
  • $25 from Philip Tabanao
2010 $144 est $150
  • I stopped adding comments after each name; they are all very much appreciated!
  • $50 from Don Bradley.
  • $60 cash on one hike! $20 from Diane and Pete Alexandrov, $20 from Glenn Mercurio, and $20 from another friend. (sorry please email me your name for credit - I could read me notes and it's one of 2 people. doh!!)
  • $20 from Charles Haseltine.
  • $25 from Marcia Beauchamp.
  • $5 from Mike Fitzpatrick.
2009 $126+ $120
  • $20 donation from John Chute  - most awesome - thanks!!
  • $50 donation from Steve Eastwood - awesome, thank you!!
  • $5 donation from Casey Morrigan - excellent, thanks!
  • $25 donation from Taryn Lewis - wonderful, thank you!!
  • $10 donation from Laurie Winkler - excellent, thanks!!
  • $10 donation from John Chute - wow, again, thanks!!
2008 $120+ $55
  • $10 donation from Tina Sun - thanks!!
  • $10 donation from Marianne Etchell Allen - thanks!!
  • $25 donation from Chad Barker - thanks!!
  • $10 donation from Laurie Winkler - thanks!!
2007 $120+ $50
  • $50 donation from Steven Eastwood - thanks!! An awesome holiday surprise.
2006 $120+ $0  
2005 $960+time $0 DSL and web hosting through sonic was expensive!
2004 & earlier n/a $0 We didn't track expenses for previous years. Lots of expensive sonic fees.

 


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