Since I adore this forum and don't want to see it disappear, I want to give some feedback on something I don't understand.
When the site was in a crisis, the July goal was $1150. In her post
here, Aarin said:
"I have taken the measure to take down a server that's been used for my fansub team backup and support needs. That one costs about $200. Now we are left with the important expenses needed to run this site's server, the main fansub server, forum's license/needs, media purchase when necessary and after tax deduction. So our monthly total will be $200 lesser now."
Yet now when I look at the December goal (we're at 8%) it's gone up. It's got to be around 1339 dollars. Is it going to be this much from now on? Because honestly, I'm really worried the forum can't keep going at this rate, July gave me quite a scare. I've tried looking for the post where Aarin broke down the cost but I can't find it anymore.
Here's some things I don't get:
- what is the difference between the site's server and the main fansub server? Is the capacity of the main server not big enough?
- Also the licence/needs and media purchase, can you explain a bit more what that means?