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Thanks for visiting the Mended Drum OpenCollective Page. The Mended Drum is a Mastodon server hosted at mendeddrum.org, and serves as a friendly social place for fans of Terry Pratchett and/or Neil Gaiman to connect to 'the Fediverse'.
Running the server is of course not free, so your contributions are welcome! I strive to be as transparent as possible about the financial aspects of the Drum. Expect monthly financial updates in the news section below.
The running of the server is a private undertaking for family and friends, and any gifts are personal gifts for tax purposes. To prevent me from being taxed (and your money therefor being collected by the taxman and not one of the goals below), there is a €2000,-/year maximum donation limit (per supporter). (Dutch tax laws would kick in with higher amounts, so Elon you needn't apply). Just to be absolutely crystal clear: donations are voluntary and no rights can be derived from them.
Any donations raised will be spent in the following order:
Running the server is of course not free, so your contributions are welcome! I strive to be as transparent as possible about the financial aspects of the Drum. Expect monthly financial updates in the news section below.
The running of the server is a private undertaking for family and friends, and any gifts are personal gifts for tax purposes. To prevent me from being taxed (and your money therefor being collected by the taxman and not one of the goals below), there is a €2000,-/year maximum donation limit (per supporter). (Dutch tax laws would kick in with higher amounts, so Elon you needn't apply). Just to be absolutely crystal clear: donations are voluntary and no rights can be derived from them.
Any donations raised will be spent in the following order:
- To pay for the current (or last) months hosting bills;
- To improve the server capacity where deemed necessary;
- To save for the coming months hosting bills up to a maximum of 12 times the last bill[1];
- Every six months, any superfluous donations will be given away, in turn, to support Alzheimer Research and the Orang Utan Foundation, in remembrance of #GNUTerry.
Thank you for your support, have a drink and don't mind the Orang Utan at the bar!
[1] If ever the Drum ceases to exist, or this buffer isn't necessary anymore, the amount will be added to the donation as in #4.
[1] If ever the Drum ceases to exist, or this buffer isn't necessary anymore, the amount will be added to the donation as in #4.
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News from MendedDrum
Updates on our activities and progress.
March 2024 update
Hi there, It's past April 1st again, and therefor all information in this update is guaranteed to be 100% true. Or so I hope. Please pay special attention to the last sentence in this update, as action is requested! It's been rather an unev...
Published on April 5, 2024 by Patrick Dersjant
February update
Thank you again for reading another of my monthly updates. This month started with two security updates in rapid succession. Luckily the installs went smoothly, but the third update (not security critical) released this month has not been i...
Published on March 7, 2024 by Patrick Dersjant
January update
It's a wrap. Another eventless month with a quietly running Drum, just as I like it. Wait. What is that? A critical security update? Technically, this was released in February (yesterday), but as the update still has to be written and it wa...
Published on February 2, 2024 by Patrick Dersjant
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Financial Contributions
Budget
Transparent and open finances.
Credit from Cohnina to MendedDrum •
+€5.00EUR
Completed
Contribution #752979
Credit from Gabe to MendedDrum •
+€8.88EUR
Completed
Contribution #706710
+€2.50EUR
Completed
Contribution #614348
€
Today’s balance€988.34 EUR
Total income
€1,401.27 EUR
Total disbursed
€412.93 EUR
Estimated annual budget
€1,077.09 EUR