Donation Accountability Question

[Womble]

I'd like to donate some funds to the effort.

I clicked on donate and it took me to the gameservers website....

Question>>>>>

Who exactly does this funding go to?

What is it used for?

Who controls the spending?

Just want to ensure it's going to us ( I would hope to be used for hardware maintenance/server upgrades, etc))

CWO W

[Ford 1st MRB]

That link takes you to our, paypal account, which all the officers have access to.

Donations pay for our servers, forums, and ventrillo.

[Kirkendall 1st MRB]

When you Donate to our server, it donates to the Paypal account that is tied directly to the Gameservers account which purchased the servers. In this case, Captain Parker has ownership to the account, but the command staff has access to see the funds, and where they are distributed.

Money donated to the servers travels directly into the servers themselves, so to speak. We are charged monthly for the servers to stay online, this includes the Public server, the Private server, the Ventrilo server, and the Website hosting. All of these are automatically charged to the PayPal account when the billing period is due. When you ask, "Who controls the spending?" I assume you would mean who has ownership of the account, which is Captain Parker. However, spending other then server maintenance is somewhat rare, although some server modifications that we've examined would cost extra to be implemented. I'll move this topic to the Mess Hall, as I would think a Civilian Announcement about it is a bit much.

[Vivid]

When you Donate to our server, it donates to the Paypal account that is tied directly to the Gameservers account which purchased the servers. In this case, Captain Parker has ownership to the account, but the command staff has access to see the funds, and where they are distributed.

Money donated to the servers travels directly into the servers themselves, so to speak. We are charged monthly for the servers to stay online, this includes the Public server, the Private server, the Ventrilo server, and the Website hosting. All of these are automatically charged to the PayPal account when the billing period is due. When you ask, "Who controls the spending?" I assume you would mean who has ownership of the account, which is Captain Parker. However, spending other THEN server maintenance is somewhat rare, although some server modifications that we've examined would cost extra to be implemented. I'll move this topic to the Mess Hall, as I would think a Civilian Announcement about it is a bit much.

I believe this should be 'than' instead of 'then.'

[Kirkendall 1st MRB]

I believe you are wrong there, since "than" is a conjunction which is used only in comparisons. I do believe I used "then" in an addition sense, thus correctly.

[Yamagata 1st MRB]

Getting back to the point, using the paypal account is secure. The money that is donated will go towards bettering the unit and the servers and nothing else.

[Womble]

Thanks, spoken like a CWO........solid copy. Lima Charlie. Closed. Thanks

[Vivid]

I believe you are wrong there, since "than" is a conjunction which is used only in comparisons. I do believe I used "then" in an addition sense, thus correctly.

Actually, "than" is not used only in comparisons. It is also used as a conjunction, and also as a preposition. In the case where the word 'other' is placed in front, it is always a 'than.'

[Kirkendall 1st MRB]

Actually, "than" is not used only in comparisons. It is also used as a conjunction, and also as a preposition. In the case where the word 'other' is placed in front, it is always a 'than.'

I'm afraid you'll need a citation there. Since the Oxford English Dictionary actually labels it as just a conjunction.

[Parker 1st MRB]

Topic Closed. This is not a topic for a random debate.