• Want to help support KFN financially? Now you can.

    As of March 19, 2012, members who want to help support KFN financially can do so with a Paid Subscription. This is completely voluntary, and membership in KFN continues to be free. But for those who find KFN to be a resource worth supporting, and want to help, now you can.

    When you are logged in, click on Settings to go to your User Control Panel. Scroll down and click on Paid Subscriptions. We have seven subscription levels:

    Active Supporter.........($ 12.00 USD per year)

    Sustaining Supporter.....($ 24.00 USD per year)

    Professional Supporter...($ 36.00 USD per year)

    Bronze Supporter.........($ 48.00 USD per year)

    Silver Supporter.........($ 60.00 USD per year)

    Gold Supporter...........($120.00 USD per year)

    Endowment Supporter......($250.00 USD per year)


    KFN isn't providing any premiums "at this time" for paid subscriptions other than our sincerest gratitude and the custom Rank Badge shown above, which will appear above your earned post count KFN icons.

    Hosting a forum isn't inexpensive. Backup storage hardware; software; licenses; subscriptions; repairs; hardware replacements. All come with a price.

    We have no idea how many members will want to help support KFN financially and purchase a Paid Subscription. However, we continue to receive requests to provide some means to contribute.

    Before we made the move from running KFN on Simple Machines Forum software, and on a Hosting service running Windows, we had a Donate to KFN campaign that utilized a PayPal donation button. We were able to raise enough funds to make the move and to run KFN for about one year.

    We are sensitive to our members, and recognize that many don't want to have such an 'in your face' campaign here in our shiny new KFN. Making Paid Subscriptions available seemed to be a good alternative.

    The funds received from Paid Subscriptions will go entirely to the running and maintenance of Kubuntu Forums.

    Thank you.

    Snowhog
    KFN Administrator
    Comments 9 Comments
    1. Jonas's Avatar
      Jonas -
      I just signed up for a sustaining supporter account. I wish to add in a true FOSS manor, that transparency is welcome and there be a annual report on what and where the money go to. I think this also will encourage more to pay as they/we see where the money went. Any possible and future reserve could go to a developers fund.

      B.R

      Jonas

      PS; if 10 % of the members subscribed for the minimum account, that would annualy generate 25 k $
    1. Snowhog's Avatar
      Snowhog -
      Quote Originally Posted by Jonas View Post
      PS; if 10 % of the members subscribed for the minimum account, that would annualy generate 25 k $
      If that were ever to happen, it would foretell the onset of the second coming (with all due respect to our Christian members)!

      As to an annual report, I'll bring that to our hosts attention.

      Thank you very much for your expressed support for KFN by your purchase. It is greatly appreciated.
    1. tek_heretik's Avatar
      tek_heretik -
      I don't see a link to pay by Visa, I don't use PayPal, sorry.
    1. Snowhog's Avatar
      Snowhog -
      PayPal is the mechanism used for our paid subscriptions.
    1. tek_heretik's Avatar
      tek_heretik -
      @Snowhog...I know what PayPal is, am going to try to get a subscription by paying with Visa through PayPal.
    1. Snowhog's Avatar
      Snowhog -
      I see that you were successful. I wholeheartedly thank you for your financial support of KFN. I too, support financially, endeavors that I benefit from (not just KFN). Many do not. Expressing support for FOSS endeavors - financially - puts you a notch above the crowd.
    1. tek_heretik's Avatar
      tek_heretik -
      It worked, thanks for the nice 'Professional' badge. =)
    1. Snowhog's Avatar
      Snowhog -
      You are welcome. The 'badge' was created by me, along with the others. Again, another way that I can help 'pay forward' the help that I've received from this forum over the years.
    1. infoholico's Avatar
      infoholico -
      I'd really love to contribute but here we have a control exchange and I can't buy foreign currency, I'm sorry