GPL Donation Marathon 2010...

by **Jupiter** » Sun 2/28/10 10:09 pm

It's that time of year again when I shamelessly start the donation marathon to help pay for the server and keep this site running for another year. I figured that I better start this now before many of you leave for the "off season". We will need a minimum of $599.40 to cover the server cost this year due to a $10 price increase per month by the provider.

This year I actually have a little bit to offer to people who donate. Earlier this season I helped out the owner of USCHO.com by advertising a Neal Broten appearance at a store that he has a stake in. As payment for that he has given me two signed photos from Neal. Both photos are in a protective sheath and have a certificate of authenticity. So here is the plan.

Whoever has the largest single donation will get a 16x20 black & white photo of Neal and his Hobey Baker Award. If more than one person matches that donation, I will draw a name out of a hat to determine the person who gets the photo. CURRENT TOP DONATION AMOUNT: $300

For the other photo, anyone who donates over $20 will have their name put in to a drawing for an 8x10 color photo of Neal Broten playing for team USA against the USSR. I assume the photo was taken during the miracle on ice game, but I do not know for sure.

So these are two things that I can offer this year. I am guessing that these photos are a one time deal, but we'll have to see. I plan to keep the donation marathon going until MARCH 22nd. But don't feel you need to donate a lot of money just to be a part of this. A bunch of individual $5 donations go a long way to keep this place running. I know now is not the greatest time to ask for donations, but with the bad economy no time is really a good time to ask.

If you want to donate, please head over to the portal page and you will see a Donate button on the left side of the page. You do not need to be a member of PayPal in order to make a donation. I will keep track of all donations, but I don't think I will be updating people to "Golden" status unless they request it. It's a manual process and just another thing to keep track of. So unless you ask, I won't automatically give you the Golden status.

I know you guys will come through and I just want to thank you now for the donations!

Craig "Jupiter" Cotner

by **The Rube** » Sun 2/28/10 10:11 pm

I'll make sure to get a donation to the proper channels at the F5. Keep up the good work, Jup.

by **pntball** » Sun 2/28/10 10:28 pm

When is the cut off?

by **Dances With Gophers** » Sun 2/28/10 10:31 pm

Is it a silent auction/bidding thing?

"Do you think your name's gonna be on that plaque, STG?"

by **Jupiter** » Sun 2/28/10 10:33 pm

Cutoff is the Frozen Four...

I think a silent auction is a good idea. Once over I will say who won and what the donation was.

by **momo** » Mon 3/01/10 8:51 am

Jupiter wrote:Cutoff is the Frozen Four...

I think a silent auction is a good idea. Once over I will say who won and what the donation was.

jup, should people post thier donation amount in this thread for the silent auction so people can increase thier donation once they have been outbid?(like ebay) or is this going to be a one bid only thing? anyhow, would love the hobey pic but being unemployed can't swing that one. good luck bidders, i'm in for $25.

by **SouthTexGopher** » Mon 3/01/10 8:57 am

I'm in...but you can say that I didn't do anything to run up the bidding.

by **Jupiter** » Mon 3/01/10 12:08 pm

momo wrote:
Jupiter wrote:Cutoff is the Frozen Four...

I think a silent auction is a good idea. Once over I will say who won and what the donation was.

jup, should people post thier donation amount in this thread for the silent auction so people can increase thier donation once they have been outbid?(like ebay) or is this going to be a one bid only thing? anyhow, would love the hobey pic but being unemployed can't swing that one. good luck bidders, i'm in for $25.

Ya know... You are probably right.

So people don't have to post what they contributed, I'll do this. Up top in the first thread I will post what the current top donation is. That way people can see where it's at. Sound good?

So far only 2 donations have come in....

by **SouthTexGopher** » Mon 3/01/10 3:59 pm

Bump

Any more progress on the donations, Jup? Perhaps changing the thread title from "Donaton Marathon" to "Donaton Maraton" might help? :poke:

by **Chris Eckes** » Mon 3/01/10 4:11 pm

SouthTexGopher wrote:Bump

Any more progress on the donations, Jup? Perhaps changing the thread title from "Donaton Marathon" to "Donaton Maraton" might help?

Yeah, as of now Joe-V probably won't contribute because he'll think it has something to do with tDon or tDonJr :lol:

by **kennyjsod** » Mon 3/01/10 4:23 pm

Jup,

Long time user. Occassional poster. Annual donator. It really makes no difference, but just thought I would ask. This year I made my annual domation a little earlier than normal. I donated on 1/31. Will that donation be included for the drawing?

by **Jupiter** » Mon 3/01/10 4:26 pm

SouthTexGopher wrote:Bump

Any more progress on the donations, Jup? Perhaps changing the thread title from "Donaton Marathon" to "Donaton Maraton" might help?

Yeah I didn't even notice the typo... It looks like the browser spell checker does not check the subject.

Only 4 donations so far. I knew it was gonna be slow. Donation amount totals have been steadily going down each year since I started doing it 3 or 4 years ago.

Kenny... I will add you to the list so you can get in on the drawing for the 8x10.

by **momo** » Mon 3/01/10 4:34 pm

Jupiter wrote:
SouthTexGopher wrote:Bump

Any more progress on the donations, Jup? Perhaps changing the thread title from "Donaton Marathon" to "Donaton Maraton" might help?

Yeah I didn't even notice the typo... It looks like the browser spell checker does not check the subject.

Only 4 donations so far. I knew it was gonna be slow. Donation amount totals have been steadily going down each year since I started doing it 3 or 4 years ago.

Kenny... I will add you to the list so you can get in on the drawing for the 8x10.

lets go guys and gals,this is the lexus of fan sites in all of college hockey, jup puts in alot of time and work into this site. like jup said earlier, even a $5 donation adds up.

by **Jupiter** » Mon 3/01/10 5:07 pm

I am moving the end date of the donation marathon up to Monday, March 22nd. I will be charged on March 25th from my provider and I will need a few days to transfer the money over to my account so I can cover the cost. The cost of the VPS server went up $10 a month this year. So I will need at least $599.40 to cover the server costs by the 3/22 date.

by **GoldenRube** » Mon 3/01/10 5:52 pm

Money sent. Thanks for all the work!

by **frozen4champs** » Mon 3/01/10 6:53 pm

Money sent. Maybe the highest bidder can "ban" people for 1 week..

Keep up the great work.

by **Greyeagle** » Mon 3/01/10 7:23 pm

All $et.

How much did Dances With Gophers donate to get The Avatar a couple years ago? If I matches that amount I will let him have it solo.

by **Dances With Gophers** » Mon 3/01/10 10:51 pm

Greyeagle wrote:All $et.

How much did Dances With Gophers donate to get The Avatar a couple years ago? If I matches that amount I will let him have it solo.

$100. I think. Are you serious?! Done and DONE!!!

by **SouthTexGopher** » Tue 3/02/10 12:20 am

Dances With Gophers wrote:
Greyeagle wrote:All $et.

How much did Dances With Gophers donate to get The Avatar a couple years ago? If I matches that amount I will let him have it solo.

$100. I think. Are you serious?! Done and DONE!!!

History in the making!

:thumbup:

by **Jupiter** » Tue 3/02/10 12:29 am

SouthTexGopher wrote:History in the making!

DWG is by far the biggest contributor over the years.... I may be missing some information but if my calculations are correct, he has donated $415 to GPL since 2006. It looks like it will be up over $500 real soon....

:worship:

by **Greyeagle** » Tue 3/02/10 9:14 am

Dances With Gophers wrote:
Greyeagle wrote:All $et.

How much did Dances With Gophers donate to get The Avatar a couple years ago? If I matches that amount I will let him have it solo.

$100. I think. Are you serious?! Done and DONE!!!

It's yours! Enjoy & it's good for the site.

by **pntball** » Tue 3/02/10 11:46 am

Greyeagle wrote:
Dances With Gophers wrote:
Greyeagle wrote:All $et.

How much did Dances With Gophers donate to get The Avatar a couple years ago? If I matches that amount I will let him have it solo.

$100. I think. Are you serious?! Done and DONE!!!

It's yours! Enjoy & it's good for the site.

hmmm but Jup shows that $75 is the highest donation still

by **Jupiter** » Tue 3/02/10 11:49 am

pntball wrote:hmmm but Jup shows that $75 is the highest donation still

DWG is having Paypal problems and is gonna send me a check via snail mail.

by **pntball** » Tue 3/02/10 11:52 am

Jupiter wrote:
pntball wrote:hmmm but Jup shows that $75 is the highest donation still

DWG is having Paypal problems and is gonna send me a check via snail mail.

I was just harassing..

by **Gopherguy33** » Tue 3/02/10 5:57 pm

Maybe I will kill 2 birds with one stone here. I have been wanting this for a while and after Sunday, I am willing to pay

I will donate $100 if someone makes me an action avatar of Sidney Crosby getting nailed.

Jup, you should see a donation from Nicole's Paypal account for $100.

Thanks again. It makes Omaha living much easier with GPL!

by **SouthTexGopher** » Tue 3/02/10 8:04 pm

Gopherguy33 wrote:Maybe I will kill 2 birds with one stone here. I have been wanting this for a while and after Sunday, I am willing to pay I will donate $100 if someone makes me an action avatar of Sidney Crosby getting nailed.

Anything to help...check your PMs in a little bit. :mrgreen:

by **Jupiter** » Tue 3/02/10 8:22 pm

It looks like I have received a few more donations than I thought.... I wasn't getting notifications from some of the donators. I didn't figure it out until I logged in to PayPal tonight. So I thought that only 11 of you had donated when the actual number is 16.

I think my mail server thinks it may be junk email because it looks like people donating from a hotmail or yahoo account are not getting to me.

by **dxmnkd316** » Tue 3/02/10 8:48 pm

Gopherguy33 wrote:Maybe I will kill 2 birds with one stone here. I have been wanting this for a while and after Sunday, I am willing to pay I will donate $100 if someone makes me an action avatar of Sidney Crosby getting nailed.

Jup, you should see a donation from Nicole's Paypal account for $100.

Thanks again. It makes Omaha living much easier with GPL!

Nailed in what sense? :lol:

by **Gopherguy33** » Wed 3/03/10 8:10 am

dxmnkd316 wrote:
Gopherguy33 wrote:Maybe I will kill 2 birds with one stone here. I have been wanting this for a while and after Sunday, I am willing to pay I will donate $100 if someone makes me an action avatar of Sidney Crosby getting nailed.

Jup, you should see a donation from Nicole's Paypal account for $100.

Thanks again. It makes Omaha living much easier with GPL!

Nailed in what sense?

I like your thinking. Johnny Weir?

by **Golden FE Ranger** » Wed 3/03/10 9:36 am

dxmnkd316 wrote:
Gopherguy33 wrote:Maybe I will kill 2 birds with one stone here. I have been wanting this for a while and after Sunday, I am willing to pay I will donate $100 if someone makes me an action avatar of Sidney Crosby getting nailed.

Jup, you should see a donation from Nicole's Paypal account for $100.

Thanks again. It makes Omaha living much easier with GPL!

Nailed in what sense?

This girl has offered to be featured in your new avatar :shock:

.

by **Gopherguy33** » Wed 3/03/10 8:26 pm

Golden FE Ranger wrote:
This girl has offered to be featured in your new avatar .

If only I could photoshop Gopherguy33 over Sidney...

by **bringbackjiffypop** » Wed 3/03/10 8:37 pm

SouthTexGopher wrote:Bump

Any more progress on the donations, Jup? Perhaps changing the thread title from "Donaton Marathon" to "Donaton Maraton" might help?

by **Gopherguy33** » Wed 3/03/10 8:58 pm

SouthTexGopher wrote:
Gopherguy33 wrote:Maybe I will kill 2 birds with one stone here. I have been wanting this for a while and after Sunday, I am willing to pay I will donate $100 if someone makes me an action avatar of Sidney Crosby getting nailed.

Anything to help...check your PMs in a little bit.

Thanks STG. I am still going to hope someone comes through.

by **Dances With Gophers** » Wed 3/03/10 10:03 pm

Jupiter wrote:
SouthTexGopher wrote:History in the making!

DWG is by far the biggest contributor over the years.... I may be missing some information but if my calculations are correct, he has donated $415 to GPL since 2006. It looks like it will be up over $500 real soon....

Holy crap, if my wife ever saw that figure* I'd be neutered. :shock:

You guys have no idea how much GPL helped me survive for two years away from God's country. Thanks for running the best site on teh intarwebs, Jup!!!

* I only donate substantially in years wherein I have fantasy fb winnings...and the past few years have obviously been kind

by **Greyeagle** » Thu 3/04/10 9:53 am

Dances With Gophers wrote:Holy crap, if my wife ever saw that figure* I'd be neutered.

You guys have no idea how much GPL helped me survive for two years away from God's country. Thanks for running the best site on teh intarwebs, Jup!!!

* I only donate substantially in years wherein I have fantasy fb winnings...and the past few years have obviously been kind

Just tell her about the gnarly avatar you now have.

by **meggiesota** » Thu 3/04/10 6:09 pm

Hey Jup, where are you and the GPL's going to be located during the final five? Will it be the same place as last year in the parking lot of Forepaugh's? If I find you, I will bring you a donation.

by **Jupiter** » Thu 3/04/10 7:03 pm

meggiesota wrote:Hey Jup, where are you and the GPL's going to be located during the final five? Will it be the same place as last year in the parking lot of Forepaugh's? If I find you, I will bring you a donation.

Not sure... I know I won't go to the tailgate.

I may only go to the evening game on Friday and the Saturday games. With the Gophers not likely to be there, I will probably not shoot much.

by **Elm Grove Gopher** » Fri 3/05/10 6:25 pm

Done and thanks.

by **Gopherguy33** » Tue 3/09/10 8:48 pm

by **Dances With Gophers** » Thu 3/11/10 1:57 pm

by **parsave6** » Fri 3/12/10 3:25 pm

Hey all. Pretty cool site. Certianly worth a donation. Not sure who this planet guy is but looking around on this site he sure has a lot of time on his hands... (that was major sarcasm by the way!) Here's to better days for the Maroon and Gold!

by **gopherhockeyfan7** » Fri 3/12/10 7:36 pm

I donated what I could to assist in my list of distractions

screw homework, I'd rather write my thoughts on GPL

by **cavedog** » Fri 3/12/10 7:43 pm

Done - thanks again for everything you do Craig and Suz. You don't realize how much this site means to so many people.

-e

by **hudr0004** » Sat 3/13/10 11:35 am

Done and thanks-I'm an infrequent poster-but a daily visitor-I appreciate all the work you do!

by **davescharf** » Sun 3/14/10 11:09 am

This drive has been much less invasive than the MPR ones..maybe they can take a clue from it

I really appreciate everything that has been done to make site such a great board.

by **frozen4champs** » Mon 3/15/10 6:08 am

Bump--

Someone needs to battle against the forces of evil ( SUE )

by **Jupiter** » Tue 3/16/10 1:05 pm

Though you can donate any time you want, the deadline for the Neal Broten photos is next Monday (3/22). So if you want to get in on that you still have some time.

by **momo** » Tue 3/16/10 1:08 pm

Jupiter wrote:Though you can donate any time you want, the deadline for the Neal Broten photos is next Monday (3/22). So if you want to get in on that you still have some time.

who's winning the broten pic right now?

by **Chris Eckes** » Tue 3/16/10 1:12 pm

davescharf wrote:This drive has been much less invasive than the MPR ones..maybe they can take a clue from it

I really appreciate everything that has been done to make site such a great board.

God tell me about it! If I have to hear any more of Gary Eichten's stupid corny jokes i'm gonna puke :chainsaw:

by **gopher_ears** » Tue 3/16/10 1:16 pm

Jup, are we approaching the monetary goal for the Donation Marathon?

by **Jupiter** » Tue 3/16/10 1:56 pm

We are covered for the next year.

Right now the largest donater is ElmGroveGopher. The amount is up in the very first post.

by **Elm Grove Gopher** » Tue 3/16/10 4:41 pm

Just trying to buy better coverage of USM hockey to drive the poster from Grafton nuts.

by **pntball** » Tue 3/16/10 6:14 pm

Jupiter wrote:We are covered for the next year.

Right now the largest donater is ElmGroveGopher. The amount is up in the very first post.

Jup,

How close are we to a dedicated server? vs the virtual? would that be a possibility?

by **Jupiter** » Tue 3/16/10 9:24 pm

pntball wrote:Jup,

How close are we to a dedicated server? vs the virtual? would that be a possibility?

That would basically double the cost and most likely double the headaches for myself. To be honest it would be cool to have a dedicated server, but we just don't have the traffic to justify it.

by **Jupiter** » Wed 3/17/10 11:00 am

CURRENT TOP DONATION AMOUNT IS NOW: $201
Dances with Gophers is now the top dog.

by **pntball** » Wed 3/17/10 11:21 am

Jupiter wrote:
pntball wrote:Jup,

How close are we to a dedicated server? vs the virtual? would that be a possibility?

That would basically double the cost and most likely double the headaches for myself. To be honest it would be cool to have a dedicated server, but we just don't have the traffic to justify it.

ahh... was thinking that those few times of year it would be nice... so the provider doesn't shut you down or the server doesn't explode like it has. lol

by **Neely** » Wed 3/17/10 11:50 am

Thanks Jup. Depsite the last few lackluster years I still visit this site more than any other. We appreciate your efforts.

by **Jupiter** » Thu 3/18/10 8:41 am

WOW!!!!!
CURRENT TOP DONATION AMOUNT IS NOW: $300 :yikes:

"lifetimepuckfan" just upped the ante by a large margin.

by **Gopher Fan n Sue Land** » Thu 3/18/10 8:47 am

Jup,

How can donations get to you AFTER the deadline?

by **Jupiter** » Thu 3/18/10 8:51 am

Gopher Fan n Sue Land wrote:Jup,

How can donations get to you AFTER the deadline?

Donations can come at any time just by clicking the donation button on the portal page... I just set a deadline for a chance to get the Neal Broten photos.

by **Golden FE Ranger** » Thu 3/18/10 9:59 am

Jupiter wrote:WOW!!!!!
CURRENT TOP DONATION AMOUNT IS NOW: $300
"lifetimepuckfan" just upped the ante by a large margin.

This is awesome! Way to go lifetimepuckfan! :thumbup:

by **Dances With Gophers** » Fri 3/19/10 10:12 am

Golden FE Ranger wrote:
Jupiter wrote:WOW!!!!!
CURRENT TOP DONATION AMOUNT IS NOW: $300
"lifetimepuckfan" just upped the ante by a large margin.

This is awesome! Way to go lifetimepuckfan!

Holy s-ballz! WTG! Dedicated server anyone?

by **murrster** » Fri 3/19/10 2:05 pm

Jupiter wrote:
Gopher Fan n Sue Land wrote:Jup,

How can donations get to you AFTER the deadline?

Donations can come at any time just by clicking the donation button on the portal page... I just set a deadline for a chance to get the Neal Broten photos.

DELETED - more appropriate as a PM.

by **pntball** » Fri 3/19/10 3:11 pm

Murrster,

Not speaking for Jupiter but I don't feel what he does with it should matter. He puts a lot of time and effort into the site. What matters is if u feel u get value from the site. A lot of in direct costs go into running a site like this. Donate and pretend you're buying him a case of beer or two :-)

by **Jupiter** » Mon 3/22/10 9:20 am

You can donate at any time of the year, but this is the last day of donations when it comes to the Neal Broten photos. Tomorrow morning I will let you know who gets the photos.

by **Jupiter** » Tue 3/23/10 12:24 am

Okay...

The top donator is "lifetimepuckfan". He will get the 16x20 black and white photo.
I drew a random name for the 8x10 color photo and that will go to "pntball".

Congrats to both of you and THANK YOU GPL'ers!

by **gopherguy06** » Tue 3/23/10 7:48 am

What was the total you got during this drive?

by **Jupiter** » Tue 3/23/10 8:56 am

Just over $1100!!

by **Zwak** » Tue 3/23/10 9:13 am

Jupiter wrote:Just over $1100!!

That should help with some of your closing costs :wink:

by **Jupiter** » Tue 3/23/10 9:17 am

I wish!!!!

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