Why you should upgrade to Full Membership
davidd 27 Oct 2008
Just want to say thanks to all the people who have become members through the years. Even though we do draw some money through advertising, member contributions are critical to support things such as the Convergence08 conference, the MFURI scholarship, the F@H prize, etc...
In case you haven't checked it out lately, I rewrote the Donate page to more clearly spell out how member contributions help.
Just as crucial as monetary contributions are forum contributions and help with various projects. Thank you for all the help in that regard as well.
Might I suggest having another link somewhere other than "donate" or changing that term? It took me a while of searching before I happened to click on that link when I was looking for the sign-up page. I think of donating money as different than paying for a membership. Maybe it's just me?
David
Shannon Vyff 28 Oct 2008
davidd 29 Dec 2008
Yes, great point--I'd not seen that, thank you David--Mind it would be much more clear if it the link was labeled "Become a member" or "Become an ImmInst Member".
Just pinging this issue again. I noticed it today when I was on the home page.
David
Cyberbrain 05 Jan 2009
Everyone registered should become a full member!
Wandering Jew 06 Jan 2009
I've been considering upgrading to Full Membership but I'm a bit confused - where does my money go ?
Okay so I know you need money to keep the domain name/server and the technical side, ...
The homepage says imminst is hosted by Canaca.com , according to http://www.canaca.com/ their cheapest site hosting plan is only 3.95 a month and the Gold website hosting plan is $16.95 a month. I guess websites are not expensive to host nowadays. Hopefully some money will be spent on research, projects, donations
Wandering Jew 23 Jan 2009
davidd 12 Feb 2009
David