Increase Donations

[Reiker]

Originally Posted by Striiker [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Reiker,

I am certain that they do not profit from the server and that they are maintaining a very accurate record of donations and expenditures. If they didn't or if it was demonstrated that they profited off the donations, they would be in a world of legal hurt if SOE ever decided to open any legal actions against the server. The entire premise of the server is that it is free and that nobody personally profits from it. The only way to prove this would be through solid accounting of donations in and expenses out with a bank account set up to hold and track this all.

Any extra money sitting in the bank will take care of new hardware costs, hosting fees, etc during the times when donations take a downturn. Ideally they will have sufficient funds to run the server for 6 - 12 months should donations really fall. Plus there are unexpected hardware costs to plan for (such as any capital expenses to protect against DDOS attacks).

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