Donation Goals 2012 – 2013

If you have noticed, our donation goal for 2012 is a bit aggressive. NO, it has nothing to do with greed. All of our donors may be rest assured that YOUR donations go to the bills we pay and software we need to continue running indexwa.org. The year 2013 will be even more aggressive and then we can curtail after 2013.

That said, the reason for being so aggressive for the next two years is: our computer is on its last leg so to speak. Oh, it runs great but has been in use for 6 years but we know the CPU will give up soon (from experience we know this).

Are we asking you to buy us a new computer? Indirectly, yes. We use our computer 85% of the time to run our site, blog and forums. Our computer runs 18-20 hours a day and some time 24 hours a day. We just lost our good monitor ($265.00) after 3 years of use so we are back on our old monitor which requires a squinty eye to work.

To view our current computer / cpu configuration, click HERE. Our goal is to double everything you see. We calculate around $1,600.00 to do it correctly. (We order parts piece by piece to make sure we are getting what we want and what we pay for).

Our cameras are costly too however, since it’s our hobby, we never ask for donations for our camera equipment even though 99.9% of the photos on our site and blog come out of one of our best cameras. We even shoot photos events for non-profits or the fire department or what have you, no charge. We always try to give back to the community.

Donators have extra features in our forums too. We have a Donor Group, VIP Group and a VIP+ Group. The VIP+ Group requires something special from a Donor, but we keep that a secret. You’ll know what that secret is once you are in the VIP+ Group. It varies from user to user.

Thanks for reading.

Thank You to Dave & Jodi

A HUGE thank you to Dave & Jodi Joanis for their generous donation.

We were out of town yesterday and it was a very pleasant surprise to find a donation sitting in our inbox.

We were struggling a bit trying to figure out how to get 3 items paid for (had some software upgrades to do to keep the site rolling smoothly).

Thanks again to all that have donated and we welcome Dave & Jodi to our Donor Page.

Donations for Kelley

One of our Newsletter Subscribers sent an email to us last night. We can’t disclose the identity of the individual however, we would like to share the info with you.

If Kelly needs some things that we have, she is welcome to take them.

One of them is a small sofa that has been newly re-upholstered and has not been used since being re-done. We also have a considerable amount of household and kitchen stuff, including a newer crockpot, kitchen utensils, dishes, pots and pans, and a small microwave that works, but is hard to read the timer due to digital led lights partially burned out. We also have a nice oak and glass coffee table. If Kelly needs a TV, we have an older Sony (not a flat screen) but it works great. Just let me know or have her get in touch with us.

Please advise her we may be in and out for up to 3 or so days at a time, but we do get the messages and will get back to her.

We will also donate a small gift card (probably $25) from Lowe’s in Monroe. Let me know where to send it.

From the editor: We thank you for your generosity. We will get the message to Kelley and we are sure she has use for all of the items listed. We know for a fact, that the Lowe’s card will be put to good use. Rebuilding continues.