Contributing Membership "Pledge Drive"

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to encourage all members to help support the running of the AikiWeb server by becoming a Contributing Member. To help in this effort, I am now offering a special 20% discount. The annual membership is only $7.95 from now through Friday, November 17th. That, my friends, is just barely two cents a day!

You can view all benefits of a Contributing Membership here:

http://www.aikiweb.com/membership/

As before, payments may be made through PayPal as well as "regular" credit cards (Visa, Mastercard, American Express) through Authorize.net.

If you enjoy coming to AikiWeb every day to read the diverse and interesting thoughts on the Forums, gain insights into aikido by reading the monthly Columns, and search the world's most comprehensive dojo listings using the AikiWeb Dojo Search Engine, not to mention the AikiBlogs, image gallery, news, reviews, and everything else, please contribute! Your contributions will help keep AikiWeb running and will encourage new and exciting new features.

To subscribe, simply head over to the subscriptions page:

http://www.aikiweb.com/forums/subscriptions.php

Your Contributing Member subscription will then be enabled within 15 minutes!

Thank you again, everyone, for your consideration, and thank you especially to all of those who have become Contributing Members.

-- Jun

C'mon folks, dig deep. Jun does a great job with this site, and we should show our gratitude. Besides, having that little gold star beside your name is WAY stylin'...

You're right Clark, and I do appreciate Juns work immensely. I feel quite guilty for not contributing but I'm also quite a tight bugger. What does the money go towards and how can people who use Stirling (the Queens pound notes) pay?

Ian

Hi Ian,

The money goes towards maintenance items such as hardware upgrades, server fees, and the number of hours I've spent (and continue to spend) taking care of programming and other administrative tasks.

I believe the credit card processing through authorize.net allows for international payment.

Best,

-- Jun

Hi Jun,

Is there any way to tell when a membership is due for renewal?

Many thanks for everything,

Paul

Paul Shipley wrote: Is there any way to tell when a membership is due for renewal?

I believe the system sends you a piece of e-mail when your membership is about to run out. Can anyone confirm?

-- Jun

Jun Akiyama wrote: I believe the system sends you a piece of e-mail when your membership is about to run out. Can anyone confirm?

Yes - I had renewed on 11/02/2005 and on 11/02/2006 (exactly one year later) I received an e-mail from "AikiWeb Aikido Forums Forums" (sic) with the subject "Paid Subscription Expiry Notice" advising me that the subscription was about to expire.

But - I believe the question was if there's a way to tell when a subscription will be due for renewal. The answer to that is "yes" -- Take a look at the Paid Subscriptions page and if you are logged into aikiweb it'll show you when your subscription was started and when it'll expire.

Normally you'd get to the Paid Subscriptions page by clicking on Preferences that's at the left side of the horizontal toolbar. Look at the inside menu bar on the left (where it says "Control Panel," "Settings & Options," and down under "Miscellaneous" is Paid Subscriptions.

Marc

Thanks Marc, that did the trick.

Cheers,

Paul

Hi folks,

I just wanted to thank everyone so far who have become Contributing Members over the past week. Your support for AikiWeb is greatly appreciated!

You can view all benefits of a Contributing Membership here:

http://www.aikiweb.com/membership/

To subscribe, simply head over to the subscriptions page:

http://www.aikiweb.com/forums/subscriptions.php

The 20% discount only lasts until this Friday, November 17th.

Thank you, all, for your continued support for AikiWeb!

-- Jun

Hi folks,

There's just a couple more days left in this Contributing Member Pledge drive with the 20% discount lasting only until this Friday, November 17th. I appreciate all of the new and renewing memberships that I've gotten -- thank you!

You can view all benefits of a Contributing Membership here:

http://www.aikiweb.com/membership/

To subscribe, simply head over to the subscriptions page:

http://www.aikiweb.com/forums/subscriptions.php

Thanks, everyone!

-- Jun

Hi Jun

I tried to put in my payment for subscription via the authorised net ( iwas paying with AMEX) but it kept giving me error messages and when i tried to contact them, i got an URL not found on this server message.

I'll try again later.

Cheers

Raul

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to remind people that today is the last day to participate in this Contributing Member Pledge drive and take advantage of the 20% discount!

If you feel what you find here on AikiWeb is valuable, please help support the site by becoming a Contributing Member.

You can view all benefits of a Contributing Membership here:

http://www.aikiweb.com/membership/

To subscribe, simply head over to the subscriptions page:

http://www.aikiweb.com/forums/subscriptions.php

Thanks, everyone!

-- Jun

Osu,
I am having problems with my pay pal account.
Can I send you a check or give you money in February?
Always want to support the cause.
Don't pay, not play.

Hi Lynn,

Yes, please let me know when you'll be sending a check and I can give you details (address and such) then.

And, to everyone else, I thank you for your support for AikiWeb. Your contributions are greatly appreciated.

Best,

-- Jun

Lynn Seiser wrote: I am having problems with my pay pal account.

Odd... I didn't have any trouble when I used it...

Hey Jun can I just give you the 10 buks in cash next time I see you at Aikikai because I hate putting stuff on my card

I mostly just ask questions here, or for insights on my own thoughts and ideas. I have learned allot from people here, and I'm thankful for this website!

Hmmm.......let's go check out the member features....

Just signed up yesterday. Aikiweb is a great resource and a wonderful way to put your ideas out there to the community.

Thanks, Jun. You are doing a wonderful job! and $9.95 a year is nothing! Talk about Value Added!

I'll be sending an email to all my dojo members to try and help with your drive.