Donations
Friends, Hi! This site is completely free for all users. It is my credo, it is what my teachers taught me - education should be as accessible as possible to everyone - and it means free.
However, if you like CodeAbbey and think it did you some good, and have some money you are willing to spare - I'll be glad.
Thank you for your intention.
Currently we pause accepting donations -
but shall gladly resume when things get brighter!
Meanwhile it would be nice if you prefer to donate to some other charity cause
(children healthcare and pets shelters I personally prefer the most)).
gmail me as 'rodiongork' in case of any questions
Please, read this - How I may use your money!
It is important for me that you understand - and don't donate please, if you don't agree (or feel free to ask for more information). CodeAbbey is relatively cheap to run (about $20). It's ok for me to pay it from my own funds (at least as long as I work as developer with comfortable salary). But your good-will and support is helpful and reassuring for me.
So, for example, if some Alice and Bob donate $15 each this month, we not only cover hosting expences, but also have about $10 in exess! So let me explain how this "excess" could be used (besides storing at hosting account for future payments):
- for technical expences on other silly projects which come to my mind (though usually they are also cheap - for example CP-Algorithms only requires payments for domain name, being deployed onto free appengine).
- for my own education - e.g. books or online-courses which I sometimes purchase (not very often, internet has a lot of free stuff)
- for my school activities - I give classes in local school - mostly about or related to electronics - and I often buy components and instruments from personal funds to avoid bureaucracy
- to upgrade my computers/laptops - though I'm lazy and rarely do this (most of CodeAbbey was created with small Asus Eee PC 1001, which is still alive)
- to my personal cause (e.g. buying new wheels for my inline-skates, ice-cream for my wife or students - or even re-donating to our friends who run pet-shelter).
Mentioning
We don't announce your donations loudly, unless you ask to :)
If you would like "benefactor" certificate at your profile - please tell how to spell your name on it. And choose one of the designs below, which you prefer - or which you feel is less frightening :)
As there is no automatic way to identify your donation with your CodeAbbey account - mention your profile name when sending money (unless you want to go secret). Alternatively you may write at forum (or linkedin etc) the name of paypal account you used for donation, if necessary.
Souvenirs
There is an option to get simple souvenirs as token of our respect for your generosity. Currently they are supposed to be postcard, mug or t-shirt. This is a subtle moment, however: manufacturing and sending them requires some time and expence from me. So it would be nice to make sure donation size is adequate and we can send your souvenir to you. Feel free to ask first!
Currently it seems ok to:
- award $5+ donations with post-card
- award $25+ donations with mug (though we are not yet figured out best packing)
- award $40+ donations with t-shirt