Zone Update To the Silent Majority. The Bare Facts. The Result.

[Cricko]

Think you still have our old freeserve address and they gave up being a server years ago. Can we have a star please as we have set up a direct debit via PayPal. Thanks for all your hard work keeping us exiles up to date.
How do we update our email BTW?

Hi, you can update it in your profile or send me a PM with it and i will do it for you.

 

[Westcliff Shrimper]

@Cricko - could you send me the bank details please, and I'll set up a monthly standing order.

Had my first pint in a pub in ages yesterday in London. The price of one of those a month to help run this forum is more than worth it...

 

[Blues ‘n’ twos]

Donation sent, best fan forum by a country mile!

 

[BluBayou]

Donation made. Long live SZ.

 

[IloveShrimp]

Donation made.

 

[Anniemay7]

Donations made yesterday

 

[IloveShrimp]

Just a suggestion but, when clicking on ‘sponsor the Zone’ boxes they lead to either a dead end or to the menu. Could I suggest that these should be pointed to some sort of info page, pricing information or buy now opportunity?

 

[Barling Magna]

Donation made. Long live ShrimperZone!

 

[Charisma]

Brilliant response for a brilliant fanzone!

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Just a suggestion but, when clicking on ‘sponsor the Zone’ boxes they lead to either a dead end or to the menu. Could I suggest that these should be pointed to some sort of info page, pricing information or buy now opportunity?

Good suggestion - we’ll look into it

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Why do I have to show my I.D. to get into a pub, or become a Sheriff and get a gold star pinned on me? Downside of being so young.

 

[Tampa Blue]

Standing order just set up - thanks for the Zone!!

 

[geoffmundo]

Donation happily made, well after a couple of glasses of wine!

 

[leeblue]

Had to keep the zone going well done peeps

 

[Strykr]

Great stuff everyone ?

 

[CM2 Blue]

What a fantastic response from Zoners! We are lucky to have a site like this to share views and ideas about our club. Grateful thanks to all those who put in the time and effort to make sure this forum runs so smoothly and well for all our benefit. DD set up ?

 

[DoDTS]

Don't forget when Russia win the Euros my £20.00 winnings are going to the zone

 

[fbm]

?‍ All I did was add a suggestion on how to raise some cash and also add a little tracker (people are more likely to donate if there is a target) and all the owners get their y-fronts in a twist as if I’m challenging them and delete my posts.

Either this is “our zone” and questions should be welcomed and answered or it’s “your zone” and you can shut down ideas and therefore reduce you chances of additional funding.

Set a target bigger than needed with an end of season party funded by a % over the amount raised (keeping some for emergency) and people could “chuck a pint for the party” every now and again as well.

If you need to beg for cash every year, I would suggest being more open to ideas on how to raise funds would be a step forward and you may raise a bit more outside the same clique then help out.

But hey, I’ll just keep using it for free for now until you all want to be a bit more open ??

I've been away for the weekend so have missed all of this... but I'm seriously amazed at some of the messages from you. I'm guessing that you're probably the bloke who is last to the bar and then disappears to the loo when it's your round.

Not sure if you live in Dubai, but as it is a tax free country no-one contributes to the running of that either. Oh the irony.

If you're going to use this site for free and not contribute, why bother giving your pearls of wisdom as to how the mods and owners - who do all this for nothing for your and my pleasure and entertainment - can entice a freeloader like you to be more inclined to contribute to a service they use? And then you use the word transparency, when everything is there for you to see if you can be bothered to find it and you clearly can't, instead expecting the people asking for the support SO THEY CAN CONTINUE SERVING US FOR NOTHING to spend even more time and effort breaking it down into nugget size pieces to present it so you can understand it without having to waste your oh so special time in doing a bit of research looking for it.

Do you think this runs on fairy dust? Do you think one of the owners is running this on the back of their home TalkTalk account or something? Have you any idea how many hours these people have to spend moderating posts to make sure no-one says anything that can land them in legal difficulties?

Look, I know you were probably trying to be helpful, but this isn't being run as a "for profit" business; it's several people giving up their time and money in order to service us. Therefore, if the tone of this causes offence, then quite frankly, good.

In short, put your hand in your pocket to help make a tiny contribution for something that you use, even if it's for a fiver, and stop being an absolute knob.

 

[Dubai]

I've been away for the weekend so have missed all of this... but I'm seriously amazed at some of the messages from you. I'm guessing that you're probably the bloke who is last to the bar and then disappears to the loo when it's your round.

Not sure if you live in Dubai, but as it is a tax free country no-one contributes to the running of that either. Oh the irony.

If you're going to use this site for free and not contribute, why bother giving your pearls of wisdom as to how the mods and owners - who do all this for nothing for your and my pleasure and entertainment - can entice a freeloader like you to be more inclined to contribute to a service they use? And then you use the word transparency, when everything is there for you to see if you can be bothered to find it and you clearly can't, instead expecting the people asking for the support SO THEY CAN CONTINUE SERVING US FOR NOTHING to spend even more time and effort breaking it down into nugget size pieces to present it so you can understand it without having to waste your oh so special time in doing a bit of research looking for it.

Do you think this runs on fairy dust? Do you think one of the owners is running this on the back of their home TalkTalk account or something? Have you any idea how many hours these people have to spend moderating posts to make sure no-one says anything that can land them in legal difficulties?

Look, I know you were probably trying to be helpful, but this isn't being run as a "for profit" business; it's several people giving up their time and money in order to service us. Therefore, if the tone of this causes offence, then quite frankly, good.

In short, put your hand in your pocket to help make a tiny contribution for something that you use, even if it's for a fiver, and stop being an absolute knob.

?? The true bit in your post. Don’t understand the aggression tbh.

 

[Medway Blue]

I've set-up a monthly contribution and am more than happy to do so. As I said to you on Facebook @Cricko - I think you went about this the right way. Perhaps there has been a bit too much fluff around this issue in the past, and (quite understandably) maybe a desire from you guys to not come across as a 'nuisance' by asking for donations. It needed to be laid bare like this in a direct manner to get the attention of posters like myself who didn't realise how expensive it was to run SZ, nor that things were looking shaky in terms of sponsorship. And what a result!

Just goes to show. What have you got to lose by laying it all on the table and making a direct ask? Great stuff.