dMw Community Funds / Donations

[Anonymous]

Thanks guys

How much did you get for your steering wheel BB out of interest?

PEN

£25 - not as much as I could have got but it was zero hassle.

[TeaLeaf]

Much appreciated all!  Thank you.

TL.

[Bob]

I just had to test the shiny new donation button, and it works like a charm! 10£ and a merry Christmas to all of you

[TeaLeaf]

Thanks Bob, I hope to do a reconciliation over Christmas so will post an update shortly.

TL.

[Rutski]

Just to prove I'm still out there (been said many times):woot2:
 
 
Have a 20 for Christmas...:2cents:
 
 
Oh...  And I can't believe I am considering a WoW return with WLK:doh:

[TeaLeaf]

Community Account update

Old dMw Paypal account
nil new receipts

New dMw Paypal account (transactions to 7th Feb 2009 including some uncleared transactions)
7 Feb. 2009     DH     £12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
6 Feb. 2009     JF     £12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
5 Feb. 2009     CJ     £12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
5 Feb. 2009     JF     £10.00 GBP     -£0.54 GBP     Â£9.46 GBP
4 Feb. 2009     SD     £20.00 GBP       Â£0.00 GBP     Â£20.00 GBP
16 Jan. 2009     RA     £12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
16 Jan. 2009     mp    Â£12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
12 Jan. 2009     RA     £22.00 GBP     -£0.95 GBP     Â£21.05 GBP
12 Jan. 2009     JP      Â£12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
7 Jan. 2009     EB-Z  Â£20.00 GBP     -£0.98 GBP     Â£19.02 GBP
6 Jan. 2009     RW    Â£12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
6 Jan. 2009     DW    Â£12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
5 Jan. 2009     GH     £12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
5 Jan. 2009     PR     £12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
4 Jan. 2009     DH     £10.00 GBP     -£0.54 GBP     Â£9.46 GBP
4 Jan. 2009     KJ      Â£12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
4 Jan. 2009     JK      Â£12.00 GBP     -£0.67 GBP     Â£11.33 GBP
4 Jan. 2009     JD      Â£12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
4 Jan. 2009     MN     $19.00 USD     -$1.04 USD     Â£12.06 GBP
4 Jan. 2009     pm     £12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
4 Jan. 2009     SF     £12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
4 Jan. 2009     SL     â,¬13.50 EUR     -â,¬0.81 EUR     Â£11.79 GBP
4 Jan. 2009     GH     £12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
4 Jan. 2009     VT     £12.00 GBP     -£0.67 GBP     Â£11.33 GBP
4 Jan. 2009     TLW   £12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
4 Jan. 2009     RH     £10.00 GBP     -£0.54 GBP     Â£9.46 GBP
4 Jan. 2009     RH     £12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
4 Jan. 2009     TG    Â£12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
4 Jan. 2009     ls      Â£12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
4 Jan. 2009     PB     £12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
4 Jan. 2009     JB     £12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
4 Jan. 2009     pr     £12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
4 Jan. 2009     TR     Â£12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
4 Jan. 2009     KM    Â£12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
4 Jan. 2009     ML    â,¬13.50 EUR     -â,¬0.81 EUR     Â£11.79 GBP
4 Jan. 2009     lv      Â£12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
4 Jan. 2009     kj      Â£12.00 GBP     -£0.67 GBP     Â£11.33 GBP
3 Jan. 2009     SW    Â£12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
3 Jan. 2009     MS    Â£12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
3 Jan. 2009     GS     £12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
3 Jan. 2009     TR     £12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
3 Jan. 2009     kk      Â£12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
3 Jan. 2009     MS    Â£12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
2 Jan. 2009     NB     £12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
2 Jan. 2009     DD     £20.00 GBP     -£0.88 GBP     Â£19.12 GBP
2 Jan. 2009     sOS   £5.00 GBP     -£0.37 GBP     Â£4.63 GBP
1 Jan. 2009     BR    Â£12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
26 Dec. 2008     SR    â,¬13.50 EUR     -â,¬0.81 EUR     Â£11.86 GBP
24 Dec. 2008     NR    Â£20.00 GBP     -£0.88 GBP     Â£19.12 GBP
18 Dec. 2008     JK     £10.00 GBP     -£0.59 GBP     Â£9.41 GBP
18 Dec. 2008     NO    Â£12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
17 Dec. 2008     PH    Â£12.00 GBP     -£0.61 GBP     Â£11.39 GBP
8 Dec. 2008     sOS    Â£5.00 GBP     -£0.37 GBP     Â£4.63 GBP
7 Dec. 2008     MS   £15.00 GBP     -£0.71 GBP     Â£14.29 GBP
7 Dec. 2008     DH    Â£10.00 GBP     -£0.54 GBP     Â£9.46 GBP
22 Nov. 2008     mvdh£15.00 GBP     -£0.79 GBP     Â£14.21 GBP
19 Nov. 2008     PL    Â£10.00 GBP     -£0.54 GBP     Â£9.46 GBP
Total £672.92

Summary
-GBP
Nov - £23.67 (post 9/11/08)
Dec - £79.69
Jan - £458.43
Feb - £43.63 (to 07/02/09)
sub-total £605.42
-$/â,¬
receipts £47.50
Total £652.92 (transferred to dMw bank account and will clear post 07/02/2009)

Difference £20.00 accounted for as Echeque receipt on 04/02/09 still going through clearing.

Amazon Affiliate Account
27Nov08   AMAZON.CO.UK        15.91   
29Jan09   AMAZON.CO.UK       41.12   
(funds £57.03 transferred to dMw bank account and will clear post 07/02/2009)

dMw Bank Account
nil direct receipts

Cheques now received and to be banked:
IBM refund (RAM) - £81.97 (banked and will clear post 07/02/2009)
IBM refund (CPU) - £344.97 (banked and will clear post 07/02/2009)

When above transfers complete, the dMw Community Account will have a balance of £1,003.66


On behalf of the whole community, huge thanks to those who have donated, become a Supporting Member (subscriber) and to those who have put effort into the running of our gaming community.  I am sorry that it has not been possible to thank you each individually when a donation has been received, but each and every one is welcomed!  Thank you!

TL.

[Anonymous]

Nice job TL, thanks for the update

[Penfold]

Thanks TL.

Can you please give as an update about what we need to buy for the Community? I know the LAN switches are on their last legs for example....

PEN

[Penfold]

ANOTHER REMINDER:

If anyone has made a donation great than £12 and would like to have it converted to a subscription (i.e. to get e Community Supporter badge), then please let me / smiloo know via pm and we will sort it for you.

Thanks

[TeaLeaf]

Aye LAN switches are due to be replaced before the April LAN and we're currently in discussion about how to progress that issue.  Afaiaa that's the only major one-off expenditure due in the next 3-4 months, the rest is the usual hosting, licence renewals etc.

TL.

[GhostMjr]

Thanks TL.

Can you please give as an update about what we need to buy for the Community? I know the LAN switches are on their last legs for example....

PEN

Thought i'd chip in.

The switches seemed fine to me the problem is the pc's such as vista and xp not recognizing each other on the work group. The past two lans its been an issue. Direct ip access has worked but i think we need to come up with a solution to the problem or a workaround. The speed across the network for me at least seems adequate as the most traffic is usually at night time when lots of people have gone to bed anyway.

[Anonymous]

Thought i'd chip in.

The switches seemed fine to me the problem is the pc's such as vista and xp not recognizing each other on the work group. The past two lans its been an issue. Direct ip access has worked but i think we need to come up with a solution to the problem or a workaround. The speed across the network for me at least seems adequate as the most traffic is usually at night time when lots of people have gone to bed anyway.

If you want to rewrite how Microsoft networking operates then feel free. However, because everyone will have different workgroups/domain entries on their PCs it is always going to be an issue.

[TeaLeaf]

The switches seemed fine to me the problem is the pc's such as vista and xp not recognizing each other on the work group. The past two lans its been an issue. Direct ip access has worked but i think we need to come up with a solution to the problem or a workaround. The speed across the network for me at least seems adequate as the most traffic is usually at night time when lots of people have gone to bed anyway.

The last few LANs we have had an increasing number of dead ports cropping up, some of the switches have literally been DOA at the next LAN when they worked fine at the last LAN and the managed switches are running unknown configs which are probably conflicting.  In addition, some of the switches will not talk to each other (making uplinking difficult) and the typical server ping has been steadily climbing and was at 20-30ms last LAN which is way over what we should experience, file transfers allowing of course.  Moving to gigabit switches from the same brand should allow us to experience a greatly improved level of connectivity and far more resilience.

TL.

[Penfold]

Ghosty, I think we pretty much decided at the last LAN that we're going to replace the switches when funds allowed

You've spent enough time helping me set up the LAN to realise we're constantly swapping them out to get the thing working. :flirty:

Last LAN was a nightmare and frankly I'm not spending another day and a half trying to get one half of the room to see the other half
(Edit: posted same time as TL)

[Benny]

Got a 2924 lying around if you want it. Hasn't been used for about 3 years.....found it in my garage gathering dust.  No better or worse than you have, but dMw can have it if they want it....