I may need to shutdown IceInSpace :(

[skysurfer]

How can I make a donation ? I have no Paypal and live in the EU.


I use this forum intermittently, beside CloudyNights, the latter being American in most cases. Occasionally I travel to southern locations like South Africa or Australia for doing astrophotography or visually viewing the southern skies.
I like this forum much.

[Logieberra (Logan)]

Would happily pay a $20/yr membership fee. This site got me into the hobby!

[AnakChan (Sean)]

Originally Posted by skysurfer

How can I make a donation ? I have no Paypal and live in the EU.


I use this forum intermittently, beside CloudyNights, the latter being American in most cases. Occasionally I travel to southern locations like South Africa or Australia for doing astrophotography or visually viewing the southern skies.
I like this forum much.

Bottom of the left bar where you'll see an icon Donate IceInSpace

[DebinOz (Deborah)]

I am in another large group which uses the Mighty Networks platform. This works on computers and also has a mobile app. We each pay $50 a year to maintain that site and it offers fantastic opportunities for sub groups, member to member messaging, etc. Our local Astronomical societies are using the Member Jungle platform, which works on mobile devices.

[Addos (Adam)]

has anyone reflected on why after the massive influx of interest during covid, this forum seems to be dying?

[Stonius (Markus)]

Originally Posted by Addos

has anyone reflected on why after the massive influx of interest during covid, this forum seems to be dying?

Is it dying in terms of engagement? Mikes issues seemed to be financial / time stresses, not engagement related.


Even if engagement has dropped a bit, that's no reason to shoot the puppy. IIS fills a niche that nothing else does.

[Stonius (Markus)]

I'm admit I'm dumb when it comes to such things, but do existing forum sites allow archive integration? Would it be as simple as writing a script to translate the backend database into the format the new site requires?


Like I said, I'm dumb on such things - I'm sure there is a reason why it can't be done, I'm just curious what it is.

[leon]

has anyone reflected on why after the massive influx of interest during covid, this forum seems to be dying?

As said it is not dying we wont let it, it just needs a little help.

Leon

[morls (Stephen)]

I'm trying to make a donation, but the link takes me to a paypal page that says the link is broken...

[bojan]

Try this (post #17)

paypal to paypal@iceinspace.com.au, or the BSB/Acc# are still valid.

[morls (Stephen)]

Got it, thanks Bojan. Just donated.

Thanks Mike and everyone else involved in running this forum, it's a wonderful resource.

Stephen

[Atmos (Colin)]

I haven’t really been posting much in the last year or two but like a fly on the wall, I’ve continually been hanging around

I tend to believe that subscriptions to use the forum, although solving the immediate problem, could slow down or stop new members into the future. Peter Ward did have a good option of putting on a subscription onto the classifieds (i think this is better than a % of sales). The biggest wealth on this forum is the two decades of information and putting that behind a paywall could stop new growth.

Moving this forum to Facebook or Discord; not something that’ll work in my opinion. Forums allow for a topic separation that make them functional. Plus, there is so much knowledge that’s already on here!

[Anth10 (Anthony M)]

Well put Col - I tend to agree with that.
Hope resolution is reached.
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