Just to give you guys an explination as I believe it may clear a few things up.

The board is licenced in USD and comes to $139 to up keep per year.

The site over the last 2 years has thrown our bandwidth allowance through the roof and it's costing £23 per month for hosting fees.

The address also costs to maintain.

Coupled with all this the new equipment needed for 2011 shows is going to cost a considerable amount of cash.

I am working on really making this site push forwards and i'm going to be using 100's of hours of my own time (free of charge, no I won't be using donations) to code out, test and support the site along with brand new features that people have been requesting for years now.

I know that Chris and Kev will also be helping as much as they can and I'm very greatful for this.

The payment goes through Paypal and for every payment made. They take 20p + 3.4% of the charge. Please bare this in mind when donating.

If you really feel that you don't wish to contribute, that is fine. Just remember that other sites charge membership per year for access. This site has never done that. Think of it like buying a beer at the pub... you come on here because you enjoy it... why not keep enjoying it and give a donation to help the site stay online.