If there is a system to donate to forum costs and stuff, count me as willing to put my money where my mouth is.
As stated in the past, I spent a few years running a forum for F-body enthusiasts before selling it off. As we grew, hosting and things always increased. Although different, we were a regional forum. And I still remember fresh in my mind, getting help was always tough. I'd organize monthly meetups, but no one really wanted to help out. Sadly, I sold it to some guys that abused the members. And I think the community has since died.
BTW (I know this is bragging) I designed our forum in 2006
I used to even write plug-ins for the vbulletin forum software back in the day:
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/member.p ... 35&u=19847 but I haven't touched them since they got bought out. XenForo is better now anyhow. And phpbb has come a long way too now.
We're keeping our Power Wagon. And I'd like to see the community here continue to thrive. So any help I can I can offer, I am sincerely offering.
I'm just trying to offer quality feedback.
*Also totally agree about mod abuse. This is why I'm no longer in the f-body community. A lot of abuse from mods and know it all mods on LS1 and other sites that won't be named. Then they went and sold their sites. And they turned to even bigger piles of_____
The best forums still seem to be the ones where the owners are still in control of the site, and not some company. There are a few "Ram" forums where you can't even post links to other forums even though the answer someone is looking for, might be there. I HATE THAT CRAP.