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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 three months, any superfluous donations will be given away, to support (open source) projects that help run the Drum, 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 remaining 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 remaining amount will be added to the donation as in #4.
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News from MendedDrum
Updates on our activities and progress.
April 2025
Hi there,Sorry for the delay of this quarterly update, but life intervened a bit and I only today get around to writing the update.The drum has been running fine for the last couple of months. Of the 285 accounts, just more than 100 are reg...
Published on April 12, 2025 by Patrick Dersjant
January 2025!
Happy new year, denizen of the Drum! I hope 2025 (or (20+25)² for geeks) will be a good year for you, and wish you health, peace, and above all happy personal connections. As the last wish is the main reason I started the Drum more than two...
Published on January 3, 2025 by Patrick Dersjant
October 2024
Hi there, In the last update which was sent in July I announced there will be quarterly updates from then on, so here's the next one. The last three months were quiet, with a couple of new users on the Drum (welcome!) bringing the total num...
Published on October 2, 2024 by Patrick Dersjant
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Financial Contributions
Budget
Transparent and open finances.
Credit from Howard Chalkley to MendedDrum •
+€5.00EUR
Completed
Contribution #796719
Credit from Keith to MendedDrum •
+€5.00EUR
Completed
Contribution #790578
Credit from Pete Little to MendedDrum •
+€5.00EUR
Completed
Contribution #767527
€
Today’s balance€2,222.60 EUR
Total income
€2,635.53 EUR
Total disbursed
€412.93 EUR
Estimated annual budget
€1,197.46 EUR