Please Help Support The Forum

[handejector]

I started running this forum in late December, 2008. So, we have been together here for more than 16 years!
We have grown steadily all those years because you good folks came here and built a community, and it is a great one!

It costs money for you to live, and it costs money for a forum to live. Like everything else in your lives, it costs more than it used to. Servers, software, IT help, security, and screening out all the spammers and scammers adds up, and ad revenue just won't pay for all of it. It does not come close!

If this forum means something to you, I’m asking you to upgrade to a Supporting Membership today. Doesn’t matter which level, just pick one that works for you. It'll keep the lights on and the place running the way it should. Acting as a community with many doing just a little, we can keep in going.

You can upgrade here: Account Upgrades

Thanks for what you have built here, and for your support through the years.

 

[Rustyt1953]

A minimum of 8¢ per day is quite the bargain for what we get out of this forum.

Pony up.

 

[Jebus35745]

Come to the NE Ohio Bunch and throw some money in the Forum Donation Bowl. Visit with some of the forum members and SWCA members while having fun. The thread for the fall meeting was just started. We get people from many states. Larry

 

[Golddollar]

When you become a supporting member of the Forum you get an immediate benefit of a substantially faster loading speed since your computer won't have to take the time to load the ads.

 

[Gdogman]

Great forum!!!!! only one I bother checking everyday!!!!

 

[Bugkiller99]

Buy one less cup of coffee a month. You won’t miss.

 

[Jimbo41]

Appreciate what you’ve accomplished here.
I went ahead and upgraded, but I really would like to know who owns the forum and who is Agriculture Community Network, LLC who is collecting my payment. Anyone know?

 

[Crazywader]

I started running this forum in late December, 2008. So, we have been together here for more than 16 years!
We have grown steadily all those years because you good folks came here and built a community, and it is a great one!

It costs money for you to live, and it costs money for a forum to live. Like everything else in your lives, it costs more than it used to. Servers, software, IT help, security, and screening out all the spammers and scammers adds up, and ad revenue just won't pay for all of it. It does not come close!

If this forum means something to you, I’m asking you to upgrade to a Supporting Membership today. Doesn’t matter which level, just pick one that works for you. It'll keep the lights on and the place running the way it should. Acting as a community with many doing just a little, we can keep in going.

You can upgrade here: Account Upgrades

Thanks for what you have built here, and for your support through the years.

Lee Jarret: Thank you for all your efforts! I just upgraded. I learned the hard way (twice) from past experiences that maintaining a site isn't 'free' and and even when funding is provided, one person can't do it forever and on their own. Two sites I used to frequent a LOT both disappeared after years of activity - one was because the original host server made changes and the site had no where to go to migrate years of posts and pictures. The second because one person maintained the site and server for years, grew old, and didn't have it in them to continue. The second was a historical site and a LOT of valuable information evaporated forever. After that, I found a similar site, became a member and made it a priority donate on top of the standard annual membership fee every year since then. Younger people will eventually grow older and will appreciate what the past generations have done.

I hope Mr. Jarret isn't a 'one-man-show' and is training someone to eventually take the reins so the site and server has a solid future. Technologies change (like it or not) and if we don't evolve, we lose in the end - example: I still prefer hard-copy magazines arriving in the mail and I know that I'm not alone but I'm definitely in the minority now days. I'm relatively new to this site so don't know a lot of the history behind the forum. Please consider reposting the OP's message annually (or more frequently) at other locations on this site to solicit donations.