[Serious] Future of the Forums (Discussion)

[Shell B]

Gave it a little more thought, and determined that it actually isn't worth it to me make any further donations to AF. There are other communities that I too, feel less ambivalent about, enjoy and/or frequent more. 
It appears that the forum might be on it's way to generating enough funds to extend it's shelf-life anyhow, so yadda, yadda, yadda...good luck and all.

That’s fine. Thanks anyway.

[Tiberius]

I just wanted to thank everyone for the increased donations via Patreon. We’re at $45 a month right now which is a huge improvement. I said that the monetary issues were resolvable and that’s still true. If it comes down to me simply maintaining the backend systems (which takes very little time anyway) I don’t see why the site can’t continue.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Oh, we'll think of something, I'm sure.

[Shell B]

I'd be happy to consider any gap at this point my contribution to keeping the site running.

[Rev. Rye]

So, we've got the Patreon up to $45/month, what else do we need at this point to keep our future secure (outside of an additional $11+/monthly?)

[Shell B]

So, we've got the Patreon up to $45/month, what else do we need at this point to keep our future secure (outside of an additional $11+/monthly?)

I think just keep that maintained, keep posting, invite people to the forum, etc. I can't speak for Tibs, but I believe that's enough to convince him.

[Rhizomorph13]

I'm kind of strapped right now for cash but I'll increase my 1 dollar donation ASAP to like 5 or maybe even 10. I know I don't post much but I do enjoy coming here and lurking.

[Shell B]

I'm kind of strapped right now for cash but I'll increase my 1 dollar donation ASAP to like 5 or maybe even 10. I know I don't post much but I do enjoy coming here and lurking.

We don't want anyone to stretch themselves thin.

[LastPoet]

I am thinking about quitting smoking too. Perhaps This becomes another reasoning to do so.

[Tiberius]

So, we've got the Patreon up to $45/month, what else do we need at this point to keep our future secure (outside of an additional $11+/monthly?)

The financials were the main pain point for me (paying for something I have little interest in). As I alluded to earlier, the server administering is largely automated. In fact the server was up for almost 2 years until I restarted it the other night (which, having identified the actual issue, wasn't even necessary). Provided the staff team are happy to keep doing the work they do, and the community is fine having a mostly absent "head" admin who simply performs maintenance / upgrades from time to time, I'm happy to continue in that limited role.

I'm still relatively active on our Slack channel, so it's not like people won't be able to reach me if I am needed for something.