Hello all, Emer here!
As some of you know, TheSkyrimBlog operates on an annual subscription plan form the Ning platform. Every year we hold a fundraiser to help fund the Blog for the year to come, and what isn't raised is donated by the Site Owner. This year, as per usual, we are going to be trying to raise $300 USD to keep the Blog running for another year. As the donations come in, I will update this discussion to show how much was raised. Should we go over $300 USD, the remainder of the money will be put toward the Blog's eventual upgrade to the newest Ning platform.
To donate, click on the button directly beneath your Profile Box on the right-hand side of the screen. That will take you to TheSkyrimblog's official PayPal donation page!
Thank you all for reading (and a big thank you to all who donate), and I will keep you updated on the amount that we have raised!
WE'VE MET OUR GOAL! $300 USD RAISED!
Keep in mind, all donations help; none is too small. Nearly everyone can donate $5 (that equates to donating 10 cents a week to help keep the blog alive for another year) or at least a $1 (a dollar from every member will keep the blog running for a looong time - that's two cents a week...). Need your parent's credit card? Try doing an extra chore or two.
Paypal uses a 128 bit encryption key; it's safe.
The odds of 'guessing' such a key is approximately 1 in 340000000000000000000000000000000000000. To put in another way, if you had a computer that could make a billion (1x10^9) guesses a second, then it would take about 1000000000000000000000 years (1 sextillion (US) years) to exhaust the possibilities.
Just a single dollar from every member would make the blog's life essentially permanent (well it covers the cost for many years to come). That dollar donation equates to $0.02 per week. That two cents a week give members: Character Builds, Roleplay Ideas, Tricks & Glitches, Lore, Stories, Art, Answers to Questions, Skyrim Discussions, Discussions for other games, Live Role-play, Mod Tips, non-gaming discussions, etc., etc.
Personally I would rather see 20 people giving a dollar each, than one person donating twice that total.