We have enabled the donation module of the forum. You can find it in the navigation bar at the top of the forum.

I just want to explain a bit about it, and why it's there. It's no secret that running a large forum costs a bit of money. The load it puts on a server is far beyond what a cheap hosting plan can handle. Our current hosting cost is a little over $100 USD a month and will probably increase as we get more traffic.

We will always be completely open about how much we are receiving and how much the costs are. No one here has any intention of making one penny more than is needed to operate this place. Starting at the beginning of next month, there will be a donation progress bar so you all know exactly how much has come in and how much we still need to cover everything. Donations received before that time will go towards the considerable costs the admins have covered out-of-pocket. They will also be used to defray the cost of renewing our VBulletin license ($175), which must be done so we can get maintenance updates. This does NOT entail upgrading to VB4.

Donators, once verified, will be added to the donor usergroup, which will get you a bold Neytiri-blue username and a custom title should you wish it. Other benefits may be added, but really, you should only be donating if you feel it's something you'd like to do and you'd like to help support this community. There is NO obligation whatsoever, and no one is going to think less of any member because of it.