General
We've reached our Ventrilo subscription goal as of November 5th. Read on if you didn't donate but would still like to contribute to our World of Logs subscription.
The Honourbound Alliance makes extensive use of our 75-slot Ventrilo server for raid coordination, instancing, THB representative meetings, socializing, and private chats by providing a variety of rooms available at all times to any members of Honourbound Alliance guilds.
It does, however, come at a cost. Initial costs were paid by Basil (Roses of Dawn) and Elsheindra (The One). We've subsequently had donations totalling $296 US from 13 other THB members that have allowed us to expand from our initial 35-slot server to the current 75 slots. Thanks a lot to those who have donated so generously in the past (a few of the donations were over $50 US a piece!).
We soon need to renew our Ventrilo hosting services. Our current hosting costs are approximately $212 US/year. We need to raise $200 US by the 22nd of November. DarkStar LLC, our Ventrilo host, has a ClanPay system that allows you to make a contribution directly to our Ventrilo account using either a credit card or PayPal.
You don't need to donate a lot, but if you can donate at least $5.00, that would be extremely helpful. Obviously, if you can afford to donate more, that's even better. It will take 40 people donating $5.00 US to cover our costs versus, say, only 10 people donating $20 US each.
World of Logs Hosting
The Honourbound Alliance also makes use of real-time log analysis and hosting services. Last year we used WoW Web Stats (which Elsheindra and Basil paid for). This year we switched to World of Logs (http://www.honourbound.org/stats). Our costs for that are 80.00€ a year. We're still accepting donations for that and our general hosting/domain name registration costs (also absorbed generally by Elsheindra).
Sample Donations in Different Currencies
| Donation Amount ($US) |
Converted Currency Amount |
| $5.00 |
€3.41
£3.06
$5.39 CAD |
| $10.00 |
€6.82
£6.12
$10.79 CAD |
| $15.00 |
€10.23
£9.18
$16.18 CAD |
| $20.00 |
€13.64
£12.24
$21.57 CAD |
Converted on November 3rd using mid-market rates from xe.com. Intended to be indicative of conversion cost, not a guarantee! (-:
Donate Now
Ventrilo:
Donating for Ventrilo subscriptions. is easy. Just go to our ClanPay account, choose PayPal or Credit Card, and follow the instructions. I've included some screenshots of the sequence below for doing it via PayPal. Note that it is a secure, encrypted connection. Upon completing your payment, you should receive a confirmation e-mail from PayPal or from DarkStar.
Updated: We've collected enough for this part, so I've removed the ClanPlay donation button and screenshots.
World of Logs
Donations can be made via PaPal towards our World of Logs or general hosting/domain name costs using Elsheindra's PayPal address (it will say "micha@" some site at the top and specifically mention THB World of Logs Subscription).
Don't have PayPal? Talk to Basil or Elsheindra in game about postal orders, game cards, cheques, or bank transfers. We also take desserts! (-:
Donated To Date
Ventrilo
$205 via ClanPay for our Ventrilo Server from 6 very generous donations. That's sorted! We had $17 left over from previous donations, so we have sufficient for our $212/year 75-slot Ventrilo subscription. Thanks to everyone who donated there.
World of Logs
£15.00 as of November 6th. That's about €16.79 towards our goal.
Shortcut to this page
http://www.honourbound.org/donate
Elsheindra
Thanks to 6 very generous donations via our ClanPay account at DarkStar LLC, our Ventrilo subscription fund has enough to cover next year's subscription invoice later this month.
I've removed the "Donate Now" button for ClanPlay and added some information about accepting donations to cover our World of Logs year subscription (€80/year) and our general hosting/domain registration costs, if people would still like to donate and support The Honourbound Alliance.