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Hello Bear Down Wildcats-

Thank you for taking the time to read this post / thread. I hope everyone takes the time to read it.

Over 6 years ago a rabid community of Arizona Wildcat Fans (and many non-Arizona sports fans) were suddenly left without a community home. There was no way to create that same community by joining up with other board communities. We had to create it on our own.

We had to do it our way, we had to do it quickly (before we lost contact with our core community) and we had to do it at no cost for our members.

Oh, and we had no one with any real experience setting up a message board.

In June 2014 we had exactly 1 person step up for the task. And that person was UADevil.

In a matter of days UADevil set up this site and we were off and running. Most people said we would never re-create our old community and thought we would quickly disappear but 6 years and almost 500,000 posts later (Mostly by Merkin and Chicat) we are still here. Thanks to all of you who make this place what it is.

In these 6 years we have never asked anyone for a single penny to help support this site. Not once.

In these 6 years – UADevil has paid for this site year after year, maintained this site when it has gone down unexpectedly (UADevil spent several days getting us back up and running this last week), had to rebuild this site several times because of necessary upgrades… all without ever asking to be compensated or complaining about the burden.

And let me be clear…. He is still not asking to be compensated.

But this burden should not be his alone.

Costs include: Hosting, domains (purchased a new one recently, will be a fully functional backup site for extended downtimes so folks can still interact), some extra security addons with the host, and a couple of software licenses for various editors. Annually it runs about $600.

Also, there are some potential future upgrades that come with a price tag… including upgraded hosting

The Mods here feel awful for not doing this sooner, but the time has come for this community to step up, make sure we have a future and let UADevil know how much his work / effort and his invested $$$ are valued.

THE PLEA

We are now asking for donations. This will never be a pay site, but we will need to contribute from time to time. No one is going to make money from this… it’s all going to be for covering the maintenance costs.

If you’ve been posting here since 2014… You should donate.
If you’ve been lurking here since 2014… You should donate.
If checking in at BearDownWildcats is part of your daily routine… You should donate.
If you freak out when our server goes down… You should donate
If after a day of our site being down, you felt like a family member died… You should donate.
If you come here for UofA sports info….. You should donate.
If you come here to get some inside UofA info from a few inside sources here…. You should donate.
If you come here to make fun of ASU…. You should donate
If you come here for heated politics discussion… You should donate
If you come here to troll… You should donate.
If you come here to discuss movies, music, whiskey, places to eat in Tucson, places to visit all over the world, the stock market, Natural disasters, dead people, stupid people from Florida, etc….. YOU SHOULD DONATE.

No amount is too small, none too large. It doesn’t have to be today (Although today would be a great day to make a donation!) 1 large donation, several small ones…. Whatever works for you.

We are having trouble getting an integrated PayPal portal set up on this board so for now, please direct all PayPal donations to:

UADevil

PayPal ID: rsbtrekker@gmail.com

Feel free to comment on this thread if you make a donation to show this community that you support it.

Thank You and

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Thank you for all you have done for us UADevil.

Just made my 1st donation for $20
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Just made mine as well!
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Thanks, UADevil.

Just sent $20
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Just sent in mine, although I probably owe 10x what I contributed just due to all the bandwidth my posts take up.
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Sent $50. Thanks UADevil for all you do!
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Just requested my $20 from Ron. Am I doing this right?
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azgreg wrote: Fri Nov 13, 2020 1:51 pm Just requested my $20 from Ron. Am I doing this right?
Only if you send $120 back.
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Got Ron's address via PM. Gonna do my snail mail thing. And before you toddlers crawl up my ass laughing at me consider that I now know a good man's name and have bypassed some corporate Shylock's vig in favor of perpetuating the evil postal service and its mission to destroy future elections. Now get off my lawn!
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$20 sent. Will try to do some each month. Wish it could be $200.

Good thing you don't charge by the number of posts.
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Love this. Great breakdown. Yes. If everyone reading forgoes a pizza twice a year, this place keeps its lights on and gets the upgrades technology allows.

Not demanding. But this isn’t difficult.
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Just donated $10 per year x 6 years.

Ron - you're the man, man.
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Thanks for the support folks. It is humbling, and most appreciated.
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$50 en route by Pony Express this AM. Thanks Ron.
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$50. Good luck!
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A 100 Aussie dollars on the way.
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RichardCranium wrote: Sat Nov 14, 2020 5:38 pm A 100 Aussie dollars on the way.
29 cents?
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I promise I will donate when I can. Things are getting a little tight with mama going to school full time now and the kids' birthdays/Xmas lined up. Keep the paypal open and I will flood it with money soon. Thanks Devil for this site my man.
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$5/month donation
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Done. Thanks, UADevil!
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$25 in from me
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Just dropped $50 in, this site is the only UofA fan site that matters.
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I dont do pay pal. How else can I send support?
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I don't do PayPal either and I want to help out.
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DoveCanyonCat got in touch with Ron and made alternative arrangements.

If you don't do PayPal and still want to contribute, send a DM to UADevil and I'm sure something can be worked out.

Thanks everyone here with such a great response. I love this community.
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Is there a Venmo way to pay. I do not have a PayPal or I can send a check if that would work. Please advise
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You can use the rsbtrekker@gmail.com address for Venmo or Quickpay.
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Venmo and Zelle with the same account is as my PayPal.
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I appreciate it it folks. Thank you!
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$20, well spent!!!
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Just dropped a few bucks by snail mail. Thanks!!!
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Please PM me an address and I will donate via mailed personal check
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Just sent you $30. Thanks for all your effort.
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Just sent in $20.
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Please PM me address
dovecanyoncat wrote: Fri Nov 13, 2020 3:12 pm Got Ron's address via PM. Gonna do my snail mail thing. And before you toddlers crawl up my ass laughing at me consider that I now know a good man's name and have bypassed some corporate Shylock's vig in favor of perpetuating the evil postal service and its mission to destroy future elections. Now get off my lawn!
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Occasional viewer but glad to help. Thanks Ron!
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aznavcat wrote: Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:03 am Occasional viewer but glad to help. Thanks Ron!
This was your 3rd post and you are donating?

That is awesome! But I will insist that you now post more.... it's already paid for!
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dovecanyoncat wrote: Fri Nov 13, 2020 3:12 pm Got Ron's address via PM. Gonna do my snail mail thing. And before you toddlers crawl up my ass laughing at me consider that I now know a good man's name and have bypassed some corporate Shylock's vig in favor of perpetuating the evil postal service and its mission to destroy future elections. Now get off my lawn!
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It absolutely does
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Paypal is free
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But nonetheless I'm thrilled so many people are willing to support our tiny corner of the internet regardless of how.
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Unless you can show me the math you better get off my lawn.
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$30 your way. Thanks for all you do, Ron
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Paypal sent Monday if I remember correctly
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Thanks all. You folks rock!
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I am Thankful for our community here. You all really came through.

Happy Thanksgiving to you all
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Alieberman wrote: Thu Nov 26, 2020 7:33 am I am Thankful for our community here. You all really came through.

Happy Thanksgiving to you all
Have we covered all of Ron's costs for this year's renewal and are we now on our way to covering future years?
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UAEebs86 wrote: Thu Nov 26, 2020 8:23 am
Alieberman wrote: Thu Nov 26, 2020 7:33 am I am Thankful for our community here. You all really came through.

Happy Thanksgiving to you all
Have we covered all of Ron's costs for this year's renewal and are we now on our way to covering future years?
Probably getting close, but then we’ll get to paying back former years. Besides small donations here or there, he’s been fronting all of us for a while.

Thank you so much to everyone who donated. I’m sorry that we dropped the ball on making this plea sooner, and I can’t tell you how much it means that so many of you are so willing to help out.
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I'm sorry I didn't see this. I sent $20 through PayPal. Thank you for all you do.
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