ADISC Donations & 2017 Budget

Moo

ADISC Admin
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Hey folks.
As 2017 comes to a close, the time has come for me to review ADISC's budget, and our progress meeting our operating costs in 2017.

Right now, our costs are:
- $99/mo server hosting (e.g. web/email/etc hosting)
- $55/yr domain services (e.g: domain registration)
- 4-8% (depending on transaction amount) average PayPal fees to process donations

Added up, that gives us a subtotal of $1,243, or approximately $1,336 including an expected 7% PayPal fee.

If you are wondering why our donation goal for 2017 is lower than in previous years, it is because we took some cost-cutting measures this year.
In particular, early in the year we cancelled some things we were paying for (some domain services) and switched others to a new, cheaper provider.

We have got $563 of donations thus far this year, versus our $1,336 target.
So, we're hoping our patrons will donate what they can in the last two months, so that we can meet our operating costs by the end of the year.

If we exceed our goals, any surplus funds will likely go towards software upgrades in 2018.
Primarily, these upgrades will be about making ADISC easier to use on phones and tablets.
A secondary goal for any surplus funds will be funding a new hosting account for a month or two, so that we can transition to new (hopefully both cheaper and better) server hosting.

Thank you for your support,
-Moo, ADISC Space Robocow
 
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