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Camino Chrissy · Jan 29, 2019

I have been a member of this forum for almost two years and a donating member for much of that time. Several days ago my status of being a "donating member" has disappeared from my profile and now I am getting advertisements, which are rather annoying.

I had recently been thinking about making a new donation to the forum and will probably do so. I am however, confused as to why I was not notified about my loss of being a donating member, unless it is some kind of computer glitch.
Has anyone else had this same thing happen??

Sparrow in Texas · Jan 29, 2019

Chris, your situation does seem odd, perhaps just an unintended error. I recently received notice that my status as a donating member was about to end, so I made a donation and all is well as I hope it will be for you soon.

Camino Chrissy · Jan 29, 2019

Thank you, Sparrow.
I didn't receive a notice that I recall which is why I was confused. Maybe I somehow skipped over a notification announcing that I needed to renew by accident. I will make another donation again soon.

Sparrow in Texas · Jan 29, 2019

Must be this Polar Vertex that has us all stirred up and confused!

Tui · Jan 29, 2019

Hi Chris,
I had the same thing happen last week. I believe that I should have my donation paid up for another 2 years at least. Logging in using my password seemed to clear all the advertising, even though I’d never had to before. Or had any problems before! Hopefully it’s sorted now...
Donna

Theatregal · Jan 29, 2019

Hi Chris - wondering if you've sent a message to Ivar with your question? I'm sure he could sort this out for you.

Camino Chrissy · Jan 29, 2019

Theatregal said:
Hi Chris - wondering if you've sent a message to Ivar with your question? I'm sure he could sort this out for you.

No, not yet. I may first just make my new donation in the next few days and see what happens.

ivar · Jan 29, 2019

Camino Chris said:
I have been a member of this forum for almost two years and a donating member for much of that time. Several days ago my status of being a "donating member" has disappeared from my profile and now I am getting advertisements, which are rather annoying.

I had recently been thinking about making a new donation to the forum and will probably do so. I am however, confused as to why I was not notified about my loss of being a donating member, unless it is some kind of computer glitch.
Has anyone else had this same thing happen??

Hi there,

The forum should send out an automated e-mail 7 days before the donation expires. It might have ended up in your spam folder. Will send you a PM.

Thank you for being a donating member for so long!
Ivar

Camino Chrissy · Jan 29, 2019

Thanks for your reply, Ivar. No problem, I will re-contribute as I wasn't sure what happened. I appreciate your response.

Doug Delfeld · Jan 29, 2019

Thx for that info Ivar.
What is the preferred frequency of Donations to keep current and ward off those pesky ads?

ivar · Jan 29, 2019

Any donation is appreciated. No one should feel they have to or that they need to continue to donate. Donations to expire, more here:
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/account/upgrades

alexwalker · Jan 29, 2019

ivar said:
Any donation is appreciated. No one should feel they have to or that they need to continue to donate.

I disagree. Many heavy addicts need to have the forum up & running.

Camino Chrissy · Jan 29, 2019

Thanks for that link, Ivar. This was so easy to do! I think even easier than the first time. I am now good for 2 years! I hope this thread will get some newbies thinking about making a donation, especially if they get as much help and interaction from other members as I do. I appreciate all you do and your help from the mods. They are level headed and do a great job!

Doug Delfeld · Jan 30, 2019

ivar said:
Any donation is appreciated. No one should feel they have to or that they need to continue to donate. Donations to expire, more here:
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/account/upgrades

Thank you Ivar. That clarifies it for me.

SeaHorse · Feb 3, 2019

ivar said:
Any donation is appreciated.

Is there a way to make a donation (because I agree that Ivar's work needs financial support) but still keep the ads? I quite like some distraction. The ads remind me of other things I wanted to do or buy and this way instead of simply browsing I end up doing something useful too.

trecile · Feb 3, 2019

SeaHorse said:
Is there a way to make a donation (because I agree that Ivar's work needs financial support) but still keep the ads? I quite like some distraction. The ads remind me of other things I wanted to do or buy and this way instead of simply browsing I end up doing something useful too.

Yup, in the forum store https://www.santiagodecompostela.me/search?type=product&q=Donate

ivar · Feb 3, 2019

trecile said:
Yup, in the forum store https://www.santiagodecompostela.me/search?type=product&q=Donate

Yes, or just a regular donation and then let me know and I will take you off the "donating member list".

Thank you for thinking of me!

Canche · Feb 3, 2019

Camino Chris said:
I have been a member of this forum for almost two years and a donating member for much of that time. Several days ago my status of being a "donating member" has disappeared from my profile and now I am getting advertisements, which are rather annoying.

I had recently been thinking about making a new donation to the forum and will probably do so. I am however, confused as to why I was not notified about my loss of being a donating member, unless it is some kind of computer glitch.
Has anyone else had this same thing happen??

The same thing has happened to me. I thought I was a donating member but it doesn't show under my name

Saint Mike II · Feb 3, 2019

ivar said:
Any donation is appreciated. No one should feel they have to or that they need to continue to donate. Donations to expire, more here:
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/account/upgrades

Hola Ivar, those of us as members for over 5 years really, truly appreciate your services. Thus this is, I believe just about the best E20 you can spend/donate. Also big thanks for the recent upgrade. I see we now have a range of "likes". Cheers for now

ivar · Feb 4, 2019

Dinah Shaw said:
The same thing has happened to me. I thought I was a donating member but it doesn't show under my name

Hi there,

I see you as a donating member... you show up with two active donations (see image below). If you see ads it might be that you are not logged on to the forum (if you log out, I do not know who you are). Could that be it?

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