First off, I want to say thanks to everyone for making our first year nothing less than spectacular. I like to think this is one of the better sites on the net, and after meeting everyone at the Rally, it's clear why. We have a very high caliber group of individuals here. Everyone was stunned at how nice the entire group was!
The site has experienced a lot of growth in a hurry, and it's starting to steamroll. We used 3/4 of our monthly August bandwidth by Monday because of all the traffic. In fact, we used more in 2 weeks than we did all of last month. We're quickly moving towards dedicated server territory with the privileges granted here.
This is a good thing because the objective of the site from the day I started it was to bring owners together. The evidence is pretty clear that that's happened in a major way. We've got a couple great site sponsors already that help foot the bill. In fact, a few were even in attendance last week.
But there will come a time when the sponsors dry up as the last remaining GT's begin to sit in garages and don't need anymore mods. Realistically that will coincide with the site getting bigger and bigger, and needing more space, more time and more improvements to keep it ticking.
With that in mind, I've added some Paid subscriptions to the site. Somehow that crafty avatar-machine Bony and dbtgt already found their way to them (thanks guys!). There are a few little perks per each subscription such as:
-Recognition with a subscriber graphic under your name (see Bony)
-Increased PM space
-Access to private subforums
-A business and investment section (people bought these GT's somehow right?)
-A seat on the forum "board" to help guide the future
Mostly though, I'm offering that warm fuzzy feeling you get inside for helping out. Of course, nobody is under ANY obligation to participate. If you choose not to donate, it's 100% OK and all your current priveleges will continue on. If you do, I and everyone else who uses the board can't thank you enough. You all already make this a pretty damn cool place to hang out, and you'll be keeping that going.
If you'd like to do so, click on "user cp" on the task bar, then on the bottom left in the miscellaneous section click "paid subscriptions". From there you can paypal me the donations directly. If you do not have access to paypal or do not want to use it, PM me and I will give you my address to send any donations to me.
Again, many thanks to all those who participate and make this place what it is!
Dave:cheers
The site has experienced a lot of growth in a hurry, and it's starting to steamroll. We used 3/4 of our monthly August bandwidth by Monday because of all the traffic. In fact, we used more in 2 weeks than we did all of last month. We're quickly moving towards dedicated server territory with the privileges granted here.
This is a good thing because the objective of the site from the day I started it was to bring owners together. The evidence is pretty clear that that's happened in a major way. We've got a couple great site sponsors already that help foot the bill. In fact, a few were even in attendance last week.
But there will come a time when the sponsors dry up as the last remaining GT's begin to sit in garages and don't need anymore mods. Realistically that will coincide with the site getting bigger and bigger, and needing more space, more time and more improvements to keep it ticking.
With that in mind, I've added some Paid subscriptions to the site. Somehow that crafty avatar-machine Bony and dbtgt already found their way to them (thanks guys!). There are a few little perks per each subscription such as:
-Recognition with a subscriber graphic under your name (see Bony)
-Increased PM space
-Access to private subforums
-A business and investment section (people bought these GT's somehow right?)
-A seat on the forum "board" to help guide the future
Mostly though, I'm offering that warm fuzzy feeling you get inside for helping out. Of course, nobody is under ANY obligation to participate. If you choose not to donate, it's 100% OK and all your current priveleges will continue on. If you do, I and everyone else who uses the board can't thank you enough. You all already make this a pretty damn cool place to hang out, and you'll be keeping that going.
If you'd like to do so, click on "user cp" on the task bar, then on the bottom left in the miscellaneous section click "paid subscriptions". From there you can paypal me the donations directly. If you do not have access to paypal or do not want to use it, PM me and I will give you my address to send any donations to me.
Again, many thanks to all those who participate and make this place what it is!
Dave:cheers
