Hi guys
we tried this a while back and failed miserably because of the strict South African Forex Laws. After months and months of jumping through hoops, filling in forms, being inspected, extraction of DNA and blood samples, we think we are ready to try it again.
Direct link to donations page: http://www.sas1946.com/Contribute.htmWe will now (As of 28 May 2010,) be accepting all donations through PayPal. For South Africans, getting this working was a great trick, usually only reserved for bigger companies with runners and lawyers and financial departments. But after much slogging, I got it all done.
All the guys who contribute will be named and thanked here. No stealing of your bucks will happen here. We will not pull any TV evangelical BS on you like "I need $10000 by the end of the week or my children will be executed", or blackmailing you with threats of shutting down the site and such crap. Neither are we going to buy a big fat commercial server and expect you all to pick up the tab. The site will go on regardless, and while the expenses are not life threatening, I do pay them, and some help would be cool.
Please include in the PayPal transaction notes, your SAS screenname also, so I can know who to thank!Q: How much money does SAS need to run?
A: We cannot say exactly. We would (and did for a long time) pay for it ourselves, so, technically nothing
There are 3 hosts we use, one big account that runs the forum sever, and two smaller ones elsewhere that we use to store files. After last year's attacks we have learned to keep our stuff dispersed. So there may be others we cannot mention just yet. To this you can add unknown costs, for example, we are constantly outgrowing ourselves, and having to upgrade bandwidth or space on servers. We are also trying to save so there is some leeway for us to make better decisions when doing these upgrades. And then there are bank-charges which is a small but noticeable part, for us operating from South Africa, with it's strict forex and paypal laws.
In April we took out a Mediafire Pro Account, the only way I was able to host the UP3 static downloads ,the FBDSM and the DBW updates, before passing them on to mirrors. This has proven immensely popular, and up to mid July, we have had more than 25000 files downloaded from there, totaling an amazing 5 Terabytes of data. Unfortunately this has come at a cost, and so I am adding $40 to the total target (even though it routinely costs 3 or 4 times that per month.)
Note for Feb 2012: I have set the monthly target back to $170 from $120, as it was till Oct 2011. This is to build up out VIP account at Mediafire for the release of our Large packets of single downloads for Official Patches, DBW, FBDSM and UP3. I hope it will be enough as I think a lot of guys will want to "clean" downloads of everything. If it is not enough I shall scream and ask for more
Note for Aug 2013: We have been able , after a year's saving , to get the host provider of our choice and move our domains and accounts, and build up a good savings cushion to protect the site for the foreseeable future. This means also that we can now drastically revise the monthly targets for the costs of running the site. Thanx to all who helped us reach that!
Note for Dec 2015: Re-hosting of images from Imageshack indicated a need for more storage space on the server, which was possible to do using donations and savings. This also require the increasing of the monthly target by a few bucks from March 2016 onward.
Note for May 2016:All the images we rehosted and also the continuing growth of the forum, along with the demise of some other forums of IL2, necessitated the move from the cloud to a more stable and faster physical server that allows more data transfer, space, and less performance drop when doing the daily backups.
Note for Mar 2018: After lower data usage reports we are able to slowly let go of some additional data extras from our hosting package, which lowers our monthly target by about $20, and will see if we can save more as we go.
Note for Jan 2019: After lower costs passed on by our provider to us, and lower data usage reports we are able to slowly let go of some additional data extras from our hosting package, which lowers our monthly target by about $20.
Note for Dec 2019: We are doing well, we have done 2 consecutive years of lowering the running costs of this place, but as with all things, things do tend to get more expensive as we go, and since we are getting some good donations in, we are raising the monthly target just a bit to $90, and starting to build perhaps a little bit of savings for the future.
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Many many thank to the guys who have made a contribution. I have to tell you it is greatly appreciated and very helpful.
As promised , here is a complete list of the SAS's benefactors so far
If I get your Screen-name wrong, just yell. If you have made a donation and I missed it, please post in this thread about it.
If your name is here, cheers mate!
Montly Target: $90May 2020: Target: $80/$90vegetarian, TeamFlyingAce162
Apr 2020: Target Reachedmacgiver, OLD_DAD, dandolo513, GEORGES44
Mar 2020: Target Reachedmacgiver, IKolincak, majortom
Feb 2020: Target ReachedIKolincak, macgiver, tacheles07, Jolly Green, Trainer, kaasukahva
Jan 2020: Target ReachedGeorges44, IKolincak, macgiver, Stefano, tacheles07
Dec 2019: Target ReachedTimex62, IKolincak, scorpion, macgiver, Hans-Joachim Marseille
Nov 2019: Target ReachedIKolincak, Timex62, macgiver
Oct 2019: Target ReachedIKolincak, macgiver, REDVO, Timex62
Sept 2019: Target ReachedIKolincak, macgiver, Matz , Sikshoota
Aug 2019: Target ReachedIKolincak, Jimbo947, macgiver, Anonymous
Jul 2019: Target Reachedmacgiver, IKolincak, pilotpimpf, Marsouin
Jun 2019: Target ReachedD.Rasta, Bigmug, macgiver
May 2019: Target Reachedemmett, macgiver, EHood, Marsouin, LuseKofte
Apr 2019: Target Reached GEORGES44, Urmel
Mar 2019: Target Reached larschance, klrster, macgiver, Panter
Feb 2019: Target Reached IKolincak, klrster, macgiver, ANONYMOUS, DavidMk7
Jan 2019: Target Reached IKolincak, macgiver, the SAS Team
Dec 2018: Target Reached IKolincak, GEORGES44, the SAS Team
Nov 2018: Target Reached IKolincak, tacheles07, Airbourne, the SAS Team
Oct 2018: Target Reached IKolincak, macgiver, ElGueroFlaco, Taraboulba
Sep 2018: Target Reached IKolincak, GEORGES44, jg1234, macgiver
Aug 2018: Target Reached IKolincak, Oldsalt, VF19_Congo, klrster, thunderwarrior
July 2018: Target Reached IKolincak x 2, REDVO, spad42, richm, Doctor Drago, Henkypenky
June 2018: Target Reached IKolincak, fatty_finn, emmett, Airbourne, Trainer, d-rexs
May 2018: Target Reached IKolincak, fatty_finn
Apr 2018: Target Reached IKolincak, EHood, Taraboulba, Vortex, BartheFr
Mar 2018: Target Reached IKolincak, bigans, Euge, Airbourne, merco911
Feb 2018: Target Reached IKolincak, willyp, Airbourne, REDVO, spad42, Sid
Jan 2018: Target Reached IKolincak, macgiver, tacheles07, Airbourne, Sailor
Dec 2017: Target Reached Ikolincak, Squashman, Marsouin, GEORGES44, jg1234
Nov 2017: Target Reached IKolincak, resistor, Airbourne, klrster, Toasted_Toad
Oct 2017: Target Reached gmkump, REDVO, Darky1958, IKolincak, resistor
Sep 2017: Target Reached gmkump, 1941UH, Airbourne, Bowie57, REDVO
Aug 2017: Target Reached gmkump, Dick Hoogenraad, Bruce Mitchell, Jazzmaster
Jul 2017: Target Reached IKolincak, Korrigan, Printenduevel, gmkump, 1941UH
Jun 2017: Target Reached IKolincak, gmkump, jg1234
May 2017: Target Reached IKolincak, majortom, GEORGES44, Steve Schumaker, Airbourne
Apr 2017: Target Reached IKolincak, ubben77, majortom, Kraut1
Mar 2017: Target Reached IKolincak, Henkypenky, BOT Ghost129er, jg1234, flapper1, Spad42, okyone, ubben77
Feb 2017: Target Reached IKolincak, EHood, jg1234, Whizkid, Dmitriy L , Michael Kehr, Steve Schumaker
Jan 2017: Target Reached IKolincak (2x donations), Airbourne, spacemishka, ski1961, tartenmuche
Dec 2016: Target Reached IKolincak (2x donations), alexandre4442, macgiver, Airbourne, jg1234,
Nov 2016: Target Reached darky1958, Oldsalt, IKolincak, Airbourne, steven-essex, lizard, tacheles07
Oct 2016: Target Reached IKolincak, Zoran395, Mars1986, Xavier Uzomah, Trainer, darky1958
Sept 2016: Target Reached Zoran395, alexandre4442, James Paton, jg1234, IKolincak
Aug 2016: Target Reached MrMojok, dona, Airbourne, Zoran395, IKolincak
Jul 2016: Target Reached Bowie57, majortom, cgagan, IKolincak, MrMojok
Jun 2016: Target Reached Korrigan, IIkolincak, Richard Bretnall
May 2016: Target Reached londo16, IIkolincak, darky1958, macgiver, Korrigan
Apr 2016: Target Reached londo16, ordway, Hanseat, lizard, SaS~JackS
Mar 2016: Target Reached IKolincak, Becky Mellinger, Airbourne, Klrster, HaplessDolt, Henkypenky
Feb 2016: Target Reached DougW60, Kraut1, IKolincak, jg1234
Apr 2016: Target Reached IKolincak, DougW60, -bb-, Steve Schumaker
Mar 2016: Target Reached SAS~Epervier, IKolincak , richm, -bb-
Feb 2016: Target Reached IKolincak, jg1234, Terenas, GOERGES44
Jan 2016: Target Reached IKolincak, Jean-Yves Mead, Paul Saunders
Dec 2015: Target Reached IKolincak, Marsouin, Matthew Smith, cjd-2010, Airbourne, DonA
Nov 2015: Target Reached ALEXBAKER, polo199, Zoran395, Karl Ulrich Gartelmann, Hapless Dolt
Oct 2015: Target Reached Cloyd, decipher, Andrew Jordan
Sept 2015: Target Reached IKolincak, busdriver
Aug 2015: Target Reached Le0ne, Douglas Badder, IKolincak, nynek, DaMasTa, tartenmuche
Jul 2015: Target Reached bomberkiller, Toasted_Toad, Matz, Rogue
Jun 2015: Target Reached bomberkiller, Sillius_Sodus, Rockdoon, Uufflakke
May 2015: Target Reached IKolincak, Bearcat, Bruce Mitchell, bomberkiller
Apr 2015: Target Reached IKolincak, Tony Bell, skylla
Mar 2015: Target Reached IKolincak, Georges44, Epervier
Feb 2015: Target Reached IKolincak, cgagan, wurgerfan, Denis Pichii
Jan 2015: Target Reached IKolincak, busdriver, BartheFr
Dec 2014: Target Reached IKolincak, busdriver, ian goode, jfloren
Nov 2014: Target Reached IKolincak, Eremenko Aleksandr, spad42, hildefonso, Airbourne, mdripley
Oct 2014: Target Reached IKolincak, -bb-
Sept 2014: Target Reached IKolincak
Aug 2014: Target Reached IKolincak, tkrainey, Sid, jlan5031, wurgerfan
Jul 2014: Target Reached IKolincak, Maico, Mooncat, wurgerfan
Jun 2014: Target Reached SAS~Epervier, Airbourne, Dinga1, wurgerfan, IKolincak
May 2014: Target Reached IKolincak, alexandre4442, Georges44
Apr 2014: Target Reached IKolincak, darky1958, jg1234
Mar 2014: Target Reached SAS~Le0ne, IKolincak
Feb 2014: Target Reached SAS~Le0ne, Danyfly, IKolincak
Jan 2014: Target Reached Danyfly, SAS~Le0ne, jg1234, IKolincak, RooMan296
Dec 2013: Target Reached DougW60, Panter, aureleo, Danyfly, SAS~Le0ne
Nov 2013: Target Reached IKolincak, Jacob Shapiro, mstr454, DougW60
Oct 2013: Target Reached Docholiday, Georges44, jg1234
Sept 2013: Target Reached IKolincak, RooMan296, Catahoulak9
Aug 2013: Target Reached IKolincak, londo16, Whitecat, alanbee, RooMan296
July 2013: Target Reached IKolincak, Tallboy, Ryun Papson, Eric Weigand, dreukrag, londo16
June 2013: Target Reached IKolincak, Flanker1985, Lauterbachlad, cgagan, henkypenky
May 2013: Target Reached IKolincak, magrathea, makhera, Panter, Flanker1985, Matthew Goad, Dinga, Lauterbachlad
April 2013: Target Reached IKolincak, Rogue, Maico, Tute
March 2013: Target Reached IKolincak, cgagan, Korrigan, jg1234, Thomas Farrelly, exF14RIO
Feb 2013: Target Reached IKolincak, fatty finn, Daniel Richebon, Thomas Schäfer , Gustav Lindström, Mark Jackson, RVNFAC (David), philippe peeters, Jean-Christophe ARLANDIS
Jan 2013: Target Reached IKolincak, Taypay , wedge1047, Hanseat , Ian goode (I think this is Rogue?), jfloren , Jeff White, Daniel Clancy, Ace (J Sanches), dumpti
Dec 2012: Target Reached IKolincak, Pierre1946, SAS~Le0ne, Alfonso Perez-Almazan Reverte, Docholiday
Nov 2012: Target Reached Danyfly, IKolincak, marcost, Pierre1946, Dinga, d-rexs, jg1234
Oct 2012: Target Reached coatesy75, El_Marta, timonsommer, jg1234, woofiedog, Danyfly, IKolincak, marcost, Pierre1946
Sept 2012: Target Reached doc42, cgagan, SAS~Mission_bug, IKolincak, Korrigan, Richard Mater, Pierre1946
August 2012: Target Reached Pierre1946, IKolincak, loftyc, jlan5031, SAS~Le0ne, doc42
July 2012: Target Reached Pierre1946, IKolincak, Peter Ferguson, Snailsaviour, Flying H, jlan5031
June 2012: Target Reached JG7_X_Man, Pierre1946, IKolincak, fap_volador, RedSpade, Volski, David Pisani, Docholiday, coatesy75, chrisgibon
May 2012: Target Reached tanda01, SAS~Le0ne, IKolincak, he162a, el bradipo, rdop, Gurner, Pierre1946
April 2012: Target Reached Thorsten Buß(Tom), IKolincak, Docholiday, Hanseat, jlan5031, Peter Ferguson, pierre1946, gianlucabagatti, Dick Hoogenraad, salamine, cgagan
Mar 2012: Target Reached BeoWolf, jlan5031, Markus Maurer, Pierre1946, Danyfly, SkyHigh, Bakshi, purgatorio, kumpel, OMDave, sjcnospam, Barra1 and Sid
Feb 2012: Target Reached pierre1946, IKolincak, Maico, tbauchot, DaMasTa, Flying H, cgagan, Jonners, Toasted_Toad, pierre1946, Peter Gray, Georges44, Marsouin, Korrigan, Jochem Hraback and SAS~Le0ne
Jan 2012: Target Reached Docholiday, SAS~Le0ne, cgagan, FIGHTS ON, jlan5031
Dec 2011: Target Reached John Booth, Daniele Quaglia, Marcos Beltran, walter solito, oldschoolie, Pierre1946, IKolincak, Blaubär
Nov 2011: Target Reached juanmalapuente, Le0ne, Korrigan, pierre1946, Hans Svensson, IKolincak, SAS~GJE52
Oct 2011: Target Reached alanbee, ~°x°~, Hanseat, Dick Hoogenraad, IKolincak, Docholiday, cgagan, Wolf Urine, Le0ne
Sept 2011: Target Reached dona, levine59, Flying H, IKolincak, Dick Hoogenraad, El_Marta, Maico, Le0ne, pierre1946
Aug 2011: Target Reached gprr, cgagan, Baco, clanger, Docholiday, Le0ne, Paulo Hirth, Flying H, tom2, IKolincak, cgagan, CWMV, RUBADUR, Spinnetti, pierre1946, snailsave11, tcsank
July 2011: Target Reached S.H, IKolincak, snoopy, El_Marta, mik88, spinner, Gubi, Pierre1946, v1710, Londo16, Londo16, loftyc, Toasted_Toad, tacheles07, Messcaster, SAS~GJE52, cgagan
June 2011: Target Reached Blaubär, Docholiday, pjhmaka, Ivan le rouge, jlan5031, Le0ne, IKolincak, gianlucabagatti, Korrigan, cgagan
May 2011: Target Reached IKolincak, stukkaturner, Savoy_11, Blaubär, cgagan
April 2011: Target Reached cgagan, Toasted Toad, Dinga, alanbee, IKolincak, Maico, el bradipo, pjhmaka
March 2011: Target Reached woofiedog, Le0ne, Maico, cgagan, IKolincak, Korrigan, snoopy, SAS~GJE52, Pierre Maka (sorry I could not trace the username), and Poltava, dona, jlan5031, brickhacker, Anthony Langley, Jimdandy and the guys from the 51st fighter Intecptor Squardron
February 2011: Target Reached Beachy, IKolincak, Epervier, SAS~GJE52, Docholiday, Biltongbru, Phlegethon, RUBADUR
January 2011: Target Reached FlyingShark, Stefan Oltersdorf, IKolincak, Dykefish, cgagan, Highlander_262, Korrigan, blaubaer
December 2010: Target Reached Docholiday, Le0ne, CWMV, Shardana, IKolincak, pippin, jlan5031, doc42, PanamaMan, Mark Turner, Walshy71, boogabooga, fabo28
November 2010: Target Reached IKolincak, Triad773, Toasted_Toad, Mark Turner (dont know screenname!), Korrigan, Biltongbru, SAS~GJE52, cgagan
October 2010: Target Reached Biltongbru, SAS~GJE52, jlan5031, kirk1965, IKolincak, Docholiday, ggrewe, Le0ne
September 2010: Target Reached Bwf, HerrWulf, Korrigan, IKolincak,
August 2010: Target Reached JackS, Docholiday, ggrewe, IKolincak, bougnat22, cgagan, Le0ne, Flanker35M
July 2010: Target Reached Korrigan, Epervier, Le0ne, IKolincak, Triad773
June 2010: Target Reachedsalvadi, Klaus Sohn(urmel), SAS~Sani, cgagan , jlan5031, Donaghy, chair1 ,
VH Rock, Le0ne, Skyhigh, SAS~GJE52, FlyingShark, IKolincak, Docholiday
May 2010: Target Reached Korrigan, Spinner, SAS~BombsAway
June 2009 until April 2010: Target Reached Biltongbru, vtrelut, IKolincak, BaronFel181, GJE52, crazyflak, levine59, viking4570,
jlan5031, cgagan, Toasted_Toad
