OK - so if Empeg can't and shouldn't upgrade the software here, I'm proposing that we do.. Here's what I suggest:

10 volunteers, donating 10$ each..
You can count me as the first volunteer...
-mark

...proud to have one of the first Mark I units

Hmm.. We could techically let Paypal pay the bill:) they're offering 5$ for new signups, as well as a 5$ bonus for each person referred... - if you're not familiar with their service it allows for easy payments via credit card/etc...
-mark

...proud to have one of the first Mark I units

Heh, I thought of doing it through Paypal as well. Paypal's signing bonus multiplied by the number of BBS regulars would be more than enough. One question: Can you sign up for Paypal outside of the United States? PaulH is in the UK.

But, provided that there was a way to work out the finances, you can certainly count me in for ten bucks, too. The spell-checker alone is worth that to me.

Tony Fabris
Empeg #144

10 volunteers, donating 10$ each..
You can count me as the first volunteer...

Me too, that is donating US$10; not being the first volunteer. Am I nr 3 now??

Henno
# 00120

Heh, I thought of doing it through Paypal as well. Paypal's signing bonus multiplied by the number of BBS regulars would be more than enough. One question: Can you sign up for Paypal outside of the United States? PaulH is in the UK.

---

I know they don't except credit cards from outside of US, not sure about RECEIVING money.. we could easily send him a check once the money was collected though...
-mark

...proud to have one of the first Mark I units

10 from me, just tell me where to.

Corby
SN#320, 6-Gig Blue

OOps... I started a thread just like this one before I got to this one.... that'll teach me to look before I leap, won't it. I'll cancel my thread... and you can put me down for $20.

taanstaafl.

"There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch"

Count me in as well ...

OK - as of this posting, it looks like we're already up to $70... PaulH, are you reading this thread? Another question is how the money should be collected. Paypal would be a great option for those of us in the US, but is there an alternative for non-us residents? Since PaulH lives outside of US, I don't have a problem with collecting cash for this project, and then either purchasing the license myself, or sending a check to PaulH.. However, I really think we need his input at this point.
-mark


...proud to have one of the first Mark I units

Count me in for $10 as well.

Bill

Ditto. I'm in for $10.

_~= Dearing =~_
"WAY too happy about having #99."

I'll add my US$10 to make it US$100 total.

I'm in for $10 as well. And as stated before paypal may even pay for the majority of the bill.

You can count me in for $10.

As soon as someone decides how to collect the funds, I'm in for $10.00, too. The newer versions are definately worth it (I deployed it at work for internal forums).

-- Bleys

"If you would judge, understand." -- Seneca

Hey guys,

With our donation promises, PaulH was kind enough to go ahead
and purchase the commercial version of the software. Now it's time for us to make
good on our promisses. I'm willing to collect the money in the US, and to make
arranagements directly with Paul to get him the money once it has been collected.
If you'd like to make a donation and live outside of the US, you should probably
contact Paul directly to make other arrangements.

I think the easiest way
to collect the money would be through Paypal.com
(...sigh - although I notice that as of this posting their site is down...) Once
they're back up though, just sign up using the above link if you haven't already,
click "send money," use my email address (mrahm[at]mse.ufl.edu), and
then post a reply to this message with the confirmation from paypal. Please note
that you'd receive a $5 bonus as a new user bonus, and I'd receive a 5$ if you
sign up using the above link, which I'm willing to re-donate to this BBS.

Here's
what I have people down for so far:

• Myself - $10


• Tfabris - $10


• Henno - $10


• Corby - $10


• Tanstaafl - $20


• Xavyer - $10


• BillB - $10


• Dearing - $10


• Stan - $10


• Bmihulka - $10


• Scoco - $10


• Lord Bleys - $10

PaulH was nice
enough to upgrade the BBS software out of his own money with us promising donations
- it's time for us to come through for him...

...proud to have one of the first Mark I units

Cool. I'll head out and do it right now. I was hoping that the outage was an upgrade. I logged on this morning, and Christmas came early this year.

One thing I'd like to see though: Some acknowledgement from PaulH in this thread that this is OK with him. I'm headed to PayPal right now, but I still never saw an official "Thanks, guys let's do this" message from Paul.

Now, we get to find out whether the spell checker is UK-english or US-english. Whoops, just checked- it's US-english. Two cultures separated by a common language...

And Paul: What's up with the HTML in my signature suddenly not working?

<A HREF="http://www.jps.net/tfabris">Tony Fabris</A>
Empeg #144

One thing I'd like to see though: Some acknowledgement from PaulH in this thread that this is OK with him. I'm headed to PayPal right now, but I still never saw an official "Thanks, guys let's do this" message from Paul.

---

I've been in contact w/ him in private email, and have gotten the OK from him to go ahead with this. I've asked him to check out this thread and say so personaly though:)
-mark

...proud to have one of the first Mark I units

I must say I'm very impressed with the new BBS Software. I haven't yet fully explored it, but I like what I see so far!
I tried that paypal link and got an Internal Server Error. Is that because the site is down, or is there a problem with the link? I'll try again this afternoon.
Jason

_~= Dearing =~_
"WAY too happy about having #99."

Thanks to everyone who has pledged money towards the
software upgrade of the BBS. Also thanks to Dionysus
for his organisation.

If those who have been kind enough to pledge could now
please arrange your payment thru Dionysus.

Watch out soon for the Buy PaulH an Mark II empeg
appeal

Not sure about the spell checker stuff - certainly need
to look at adding some things like "empeg" to it!

Dunno about the html in the sig - try the faq! I've not
really had time to play with all the new features yet!

Cheers

Paul

The internal server error is due to "technical difficulties" with paypal right now.. hopefully they'll have it fixed soon.
-mark


...proud to have one of the first Mark I units

Paypal seems to be responding to my requests now (albeit slowly).

One question:

I've pledged ten dollars. According to their website, you get a $5.00 bonus for referring me (since I followed your supplied link). So does that mean I only have to send you $5.00 (which actually would be covered my my $5.00 sign-up bonus), or do you consider that five bucks your, ahem, handling fee?

Tony Fabris (http://www.jps.net/tfabris)
Empeg #144

So does that mean I only have to send you $5.00 (which actually would be covered my my $5.00 sign-up bonus), or do you consider that five bucks your, ahem, handling fee?

---

Neither... I'll add up all referral bonuses as well towards the 100$ mark, and well post another message when we reach that mark...

-mark


...proud to have one of the first Mark I units

That is... If we can get PayPal to work for us at all. I've been hammering at the thing for an hour and I've only been able to confirm my e-mail address so far.

Maybe they should have thought more carefully before launching their new online business via a single 14.4 modem?

Tony Fabris (http://www.jps.net/tfabris)
Empeg #144

Nothing's worse then wanting to spend money and not being able too!

sigh - although I notice that as of this posting their site is down

Dionysus --

I'm trying (really, I am!) to send you the $20 I promised, but PayPal is still down. What is this, like three days now? Anybody have any inside dope on what is going on there? This has got to be costing them a huge amount of money, not to mention the indirect but possibly even more expensive costs associated with loss of confidence in PayPal as a viable enterprise.

tanstaafl.

"There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch"

I was able to get my stuff done with PayPal last night after midnight. I guess I was the only user logged into their single 14.4 modem at that particular moment.

Tony Fabris (http://www.jps.net/tfabris)
Empeg #144

I noticed:( what sucks is I just sold something on Ebay for $315, and the person has actually paid me via paypal (I received confirmation email from paypal), but I can't get to that money..

If you guys want (in the US), you can send me a check.. Email me at mrahm[at]mse.ufl.edu if you'd like to do that..
-mark


...proud to have one of the first Mark I units

PayPal is (barely) up again. It took a few tries, but I finally got a payment thru. Details below:
******************
Payment Sent
NAME:
Mark R******
EMAIL:
*****@mse.ufl.edu
DATE: TIME:
05/17/00 10:05:55
SUBJECT:
The "better software" pledge
NOTE:
Here is my US$10. stan
STATUS: AMOUNT:
Completed -$10.00
******************