The 2009 fundraiser will end Friday, July 3 and we’re still at $20 from goal. Of course you can donate all year round, but the fundraiser is designed to generate the yearly fees paid on the basic operations of the website. To read more about that, check out my blog entry on the subject.

There’s still a week to make the goal so I’m optimistic. But I do understand in these tough economic times donating to a website, no matter how much you enjoy or visit it, might be low on the priority list.

What will happen if we fall short of the goal this year? Well, on the surface not a lot that you might notice. The site will probably go to semi-annual payments so that it will be two smaller chunks. This ultimately increases the amount to be paid, but it makes the payments easier to cover. Some other behind the scenes items might fall by the wayside as well. I get a volume of email daily which I try to answer within 24 hours. That schedule may change to a once weekly email answering so my resources can be focused elsewhere, and fewer of the emails may get answered.

For the next fundraiser, should it also fall short, I might put some areas of the site as subscription-based. Sections like the fan fiction and the fan art get a lot of traffic and those would be the areas that would become subscriber-based. Maybe 3 to 5 bucks a year. A small amount but if all the regular visitors would subscribe, it would take up the slack from donations. The upside to making these areas subscriber-based would be that more content would be added there on a regular basis.

We shall see what the next week, and the next year bring. Hopefully the economy will pick up!

To see the current donor list, look here. Whether it be $2 or $100, all donations are well appreciated.

Updated some items and added new items to the Trivia section.

Added some things to the Members’ Area.

And the fundraiser is still languishing at $20 from goal. Twenty people donating a dollar. Or 10 people donating $2. Or one generous person with $20 to spare. That’s all it takes to shut off the reminders for another year.

To read about why this funraiser happens every year, visit the blog.

To see the current donor list, look here. Whether it be $2 or $100, all donations are acknowledged and greatly appreciated.

The 2009 fundraiser is still languishing at $20 from it’s goal. That’s 10 people donating $2 each. That’s less than a latte at Starbucks, and that latte will only last you an hour at best, while Roberty goodness is all year ’round.

As I outlined in my blog entry, here are some criteria I use when deciding if a website is worth a few bucks a year to me:

Do you visit the site regularly (ie, daily, weekly, hourly)
Does the website offer unique content?
Do you enjoy visiting this website regularly?
Does the website update regularly?
Does the website offer information that is helpful/interesting to you?
Is the website owner/webmaster available and responsive to questions/problems?
Is the website a place you would go for reliable information about the subject?

If the answer to any or all of these is yes, then I throw a few bucks in the tip jar. You don’t HAVE to tip the barrista but it sure makes their day…

To see the current donor list, look here. Whether it be $2 or $100, all donations are well appreciated.

The gear store at Printfection is having a little sale. If you’d like to get some of our exclusive designs but save a little cash, use one of the following coupon codes at checkout between Sunday, June 14 to June 21, 2009 to save:

COVERYOURNAKEDNESS - SAVE $5 on orders over $25
COVERYOURFRIENDS - SAVE $10 on orders over $50
COVERTHEWHOLEFAMILY - SAVE $20 on orders over $100

All proceeds from the ManicNirvana store go to support the site. If you’d like to try some general designs, Hip to Who items are also on sale (use the same codes). Not ALL of the funds from the Hip To Who store go to support the site, but some do. And the certainly support the HiBob!

And don’t forget, the annual fundraiser is still hanging around, just waiting for that last 20 bucks to make the reminder posts stop until next year!

Read about the Fundraising here.
See the donor list here.

Added some items to various parts of the Members’ Area.

If you like all the fun extras like the Member’s Area, newswire, desk top calendars, photo captions and all the rest, consider making a small donation in our annual fundraiser. We’re still holding at $20 from the goal–just a tiny bit away from making me end these little fundraiser reminders until 2010!

Read about the Fundraising here.
See the donor list here.

Here are the June installments of the First of the Month Goodies. If you enjoy these and all the other unique features here at ManicNirvana.com, take a moment to consider the 2009 fundraiser. We’re still holding at just $20 away from the goal!

The June Photo is ready you to add some captions. Extra points for extra funny.

Check out the June desktop calendars. The square version works well on standard monitors. The oblong one is better suited for Apple displays on newer iMacs and powerbooks as well as cinema displays. Just save and install as you would any wallpaper. The calendars are available for a limited time so get them early! Enjoy.

Square Version
Oblong Version