19 replies to this topic

[franky]

I think most members will agree that the site is great for everything from airguns, info, and even some banter, so with 74 members so far, if everyone donated ever a £5 it would be a nice way of showing their apprecation and help keep it going. I know a few other guys who run club sites that i am in, and know how much time it takes, so lets show some support.

[webmaster]

I've taken the donation button away at the moment, as we really should have discussed it first... thoughts guys? We could support the site by buying the likes of chronographs etc???

[mosstrooper]

Either donations, sales, or both. I have no idea how much it costs to run a site, but it must be something, not to mention the time involved. It would be good to keep it going. Is there any point in allowing advertisers on the site or is that just a pain?

[webmaster]

Does donations put anyone off? I don't know? Server costs about £500 pa but I have one other paying forum on this server so I'm happy to pay the other half!!

[vespaman]

i say it should stay

we need sites like this and only the members can make it work,it also gives us a voice that the local press cant
pee us off with,if air gunning goes down and gets banned you only have yourselfs to blame.

this might be a small rant but it will be bigger in time,you never know the money raised could help out a member.

thanks for my small bit

[webmaster]

Maybe we should get others to pay? Like for adverts? Or does that lose us our independence and impartiality??

[vespaman]

ads are ok but most members pop-ups stop them,

why not add a debate to see who would be willing to sponser the site an thus hosting it.

just a thought.

colin

[Bandit]

I’ve no objections to donations or commercial sponsorship, adds for relevant companies and services would be a good thing but i would imagine that there's not a lot of shooting related companies in Scotland and even less who would be willing to advertise !
But whatever it takes, we should do it. In this gun paranoid Island groups like this are essential!

[Mav]

dont mind making a donation if the people who run it are active users and contribute! also its great that lenny is active orginises discounts group purchases and offers!

[webmaster]

There's no hassles at the moment, money wise, I pay for the hosting as part of my main account, maybe the proceeds from the imminent shop will subsidise it... ok, we have orders for about 8 chronos, but maybe badges and stickers are next??

[mosstrooper]

It's a good site already and it is early days. It has the potential to be much better. If it needs funding then it needs funding! I am happy whatever way we do it. It would be a great pity to lose something like this.

[franky]

What would the possibility be of organizing some sort of members day with some sort of target shooting for fun and and charge an entry fee, you could also have a barbaque for food on the day and again charge for the grub. If a few people can help out with everything and keep the costs down..... all money made could go to the site, and if it was possible to get some mugs or badge's made, you could sell them to members.
Not sure how realistic this would be to set up, or maybe something else along this line.

[webmaster]

Yeah, good idea, although it is similar to the existing club shoots, due to geographic spread, would this work out? We could however have more of a FUN shoot as opposed to HFT/FT.

Another side to this, SACs membership would cover us as a club if we held a small competition as a club!

[mosstrooper]

A FUN shoot sounds.... well.............fun!

[Kenny]

mosstrooper, on Aug 25 2008, 10:23 PM, said:

A FUN shoot sounds.... well.............fun!

How about a AGS annual charity shoot!

Say for example, open to all shooters! regardless of membership to associations or clubs!

So invite as many people as you can, the shoot is free entry but donations (say for example £5)
are collected and the money
paid into the forum account.

You could then run it as an annual competition and each club takes a turn if interested in hosting the event!

Trophies could be purchased, reclaimed from the donations made! (trophies are cheap and gives shooters something to go for)
Or try and get the shoot sponsored, or say backed by UKAHFT and see if they could organise and speak to a manafacturer and maybe put up a rifle or scope as a main prize!!!

Just a thought, i have no problems with Juniper Greens ground being used as a venue, hell if it means encouraging new people to the sport and for free then it cant be a bad thing.

rgds
kenny

p.s. as Lenny has pointed out SACS would cover us and all shooters at any such event!

[Bandit]

Kenny, on Sep 2 2008, 05:42 AM, said:

How about a AGS annual charity shoot!


rgds
kenny

p.s. as Lenny has pointed out SACS would cover us and all shooters at any such event!

Great Idea and it would bring the sport some positive press

[Kenny]

Bandit, on Sep 2 2008, 09:03 AM, said:

Great Idea and it would bring the sport some positive press

Even better, just been out shooting and it's a great time to think about things!

here's a better idea how about hosting during this week???? http://www.nationalshootingweek.co.uk/

Could just have a host club who gives the use of the land, as many people as possible help to set the course up the day before, stay the night camping on site.
Have a wee knees up and get to know members etc.

make the course open any kind of set up HFT / FT / Plinker / open sights...blah blah

basically anyone with any kind of rifle can turn up, if theres enough interest i dont see it being a problem setting up a pistol course aswell.......any thoughts?

kenny

[Bill]

AGS annual charity shoot sounds good to me and donating to the site is ok with me too, I'd pay . These things don't run for free, someone has to pay

Lenny, one thing, what about Mr Tax Man if you are receiving money?

[Kenny]

Bill, on Sep 3 2008, 02:04 PM, said:

AGS annual charity shoot sounds good to me and donating to the site is ok with me too, I'd pay . These things don't run for free, someone has to pay

Lenny, one thing, what about Mr Tax Man if you are receiving money?

Im sure 'gifts' are fine if i remember from my forum days!

kenny

[webmaster]

Yes, gifts are fine and there is a ceiling which if you are under you are ok...

Loads of people make a fortune on ebay without grief!!

Charity shoot sounds great, but we should maybe raise money for an actual charity? Great PR, says he in a cynical way... I don't mean that actually, great to donate to charity and any profits made in here, shop etc. I would rather go to site running costs, after that, charity would be great in my opinion!!