jar546
Forum Coordinator
OK, so I'm not going to beg and I am sounding like a broken record and I am also :beatdhrs but we need to maintain at least 100+++ ACTIVE Sawhorses in order to stay solvent and run the forum. Notice I said "at least". Google AdSense with the banners has dropped off about 40% so that is not bringing in the money that it was. In addition, I am getting burned out because just about every single day, day in day out for the past 4 years I have been logging onto this forum to maintain it. We just completed another update of the software last weekend but I bet no one knew it, nor should anyone since we do it on weekends when the forum is slow.
The update with Simpson Strong Tie is that they are interested in sponsoring but not until 2014 and we have not discussed price. Washington State officials have expressed some interest but I did not start that process yet and it will be a help but minimal.
I have added donations from $5 to $30 along with the Sawhorse subscription. I have basically done everything that anyone has ever asked for or suggested. We were going to try to do T-shirts and hats but since I am not running it and doing it myself, it is not getting done. Lots of talk and volunteering but no action.
Do I sound a bit jaded? Yes, because I am. I feel like a beggar on the street always asking for money. I'm not going to go over what this forum offers or how we have mobile apps, are on top of things, have a classified section (that no one uses and its cheaper than ebay), or anything else.
I go out to eat and its always busy, people are buying new cars, unemployment is down, the housing market and construction market are improving and good subcontractors are now hard to find. The world is rotating and we are stagnant. $35 a F'n year man, really? For all the coffee, cigarettes, soda (pop), gum, beer, pizza, wine, and other garbage that we all buy I have a hard time believing that someone can't pony up 10 lousy cents a day to be a Sawhorse. If you are that bad off then you have much bigger problems in life.
The same people step up to the plate each and every year and some multiple times. I don't want anything else from those people. We need help from more than the 1.9% that is currently helping to finance this forum. You know what? I have also realized that my time is valuable and I have a full time job, 2 part time jobs and a company to run. My donating time is over. Something has got to give or there will be some drastic changes in 2014. This I guarantee and some of those changes may be happening sooner.
So yeah, I'm not being to friendly or nice and once again I am begging for the other 98% of the board to pony up some money. Now I see why the ICC ****canned theirs in 2009. There is simply not enough appreciation for the benefits that this brings.
The update with Simpson Strong Tie is that they are interested in sponsoring but not until 2014 and we have not discussed price. Washington State officials have expressed some interest but I did not start that process yet and it will be a help but minimal.
I have added donations from $5 to $30 along with the Sawhorse subscription. I have basically done everything that anyone has ever asked for or suggested. We were going to try to do T-shirts and hats but since I am not running it and doing it myself, it is not getting done. Lots of talk and volunteering but no action.
Do I sound a bit jaded? Yes, because I am. I feel like a beggar on the street always asking for money. I'm not going to go over what this forum offers or how we have mobile apps, are on top of things, have a classified section (that no one uses and its cheaper than ebay), or anything else.
I go out to eat and its always busy, people are buying new cars, unemployment is down, the housing market and construction market are improving and good subcontractors are now hard to find. The world is rotating and we are stagnant. $35 a F'n year man, really? For all the coffee, cigarettes, soda (pop), gum, beer, pizza, wine, and other garbage that we all buy I have a hard time believing that someone can't pony up 10 lousy cents a day to be a Sawhorse. If you are that bad off then you have much bigger problems in life.
The same people step up to the plate each and every year and some multiple times. I don't want anything else from those people. We need help from more than the 1.9% that is currently helping to finance this forum. You know what? I have also realized that my time is valuable and I have a full time job, 2 part time jobs and a company to run. My donating time is over. Something has got to give or there will be some drastic changes in 2014. This I guarantee and some of those changes may be happening sooner.
So yeah, I'm not being to friendly or nice and once again I am begging for the other 98% of the board to pony up some money. Now I see why the ICC ****canned theirs in 2009. There is simply not enough appreciation for the benefits that this brings.
