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Duncan Stevenson-Price

£120 GBP since Dec 2023

rhardware

£105 GBP since Jan 2023

Tim

£74 GBP since Feb 2023

Stephen

£73 GBP since Jan 2023

Roy Adams

£69 GBP since Mar 2023

Dave Thornley

£69 GBP since Apr 2023

Harald Walker

£66 GBP since Apr 2023

Andreas Marienborg

£66 GBP since May 2023

Ankur Sinha

£60 GBP since Jun 2023

Michael

£60 GBP since Jul 2023

LightMaking

£60 GBP since Jul 2023

Kevin

£51 GBP since Oct 2023

Stephanie Jane

£39 GBP since Apr 2023

Nils

£39 GBP since Aug 2023

Clare H

£39 GBP since Jan 2024

Mark Hughes

£30 GBP since Feb 2023

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£30 GBP since May 2024

Ian Turton

£21 GBP since Aug 2024

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£20 GBP since Jan 2023

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£20 GBP since Feb 2023

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Marcus Young

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Duncan Steven...

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£120 GBP

rhardware

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£105 GBP

Tim

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£74 GBP

Stephen

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£73 GBP

Roy Adams

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£69 GBP

Dave Thornley

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£69 GBP

Harald Walker

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£66 GBP

Andreas Marie...

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£66 GBP

Ankur Sinha

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£60 GBP

Michael

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LightMaking

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Budget

Transparent and open finances.

Today’s balance

£407.59 GBP

Total income

£1,311.61 GBP

Total disbursed

£904.02 GBP

Estimated annual budget

£756.00 GBP

Expenses

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Expenses paid

Amount disbursed

£904.02

Tags	# of Expenses	Amount
no tag	2	£21.50

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Contributions

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Contributions received

Amount collected

£1,392.50

Tiers	# of Contributions	Amount
recurring	28	£1,073.00
one-time	32	£319.50

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News from Rambling Readers

Updates on our activities and progress.

Thanks and News

Thanks to everyone who has contributed over the last year; it is very much appreciated. Contributions made were sufficient to cover ten months of virtual server costs (May 2023 - Feb 2024 inclusive). That really makes a dif...

Published on July 3, 2024 by Marcus Young

Thank you to all contributors

Thanks to everyone who has contributed this year so far, It is very much appreciated. Contributions received so far this year have been sufficient to cover four months of virtual server costs (Jan - Apr inclusive). That really makes a diffe...

Published on June 20, 2023 by Marcus Young

Estimated annual running costs

It currently costs around £1000 per annum to run the Rambling Readers BookWyrm instance. This includes:Server and file storage space (Mythic Beasts, Cambridge, UK): £62.16/monthOff-site backup file space (Digital Ocean, Frankfurt, Germany):...

Published on January 15, 2023 by Marcus Young

About

Rambling Readers is a friendly community of book lovers. You can track your reading, talk about books, write reviews, and discover what to read next.

We are a UK based instance of BookWyrm. Anyone is welcome to join and no particular genre is favoured. You can follow and interact with users on other BookWyrm instances and on Mastodon.

We are committed for the long term to the Bookwyrm project, to maintaining the Rambling Readers instance, and to ensuring a responsive and reliable user experience.

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Marcus Young

Admin