This forum and the MCR-VTEC website have been designed to make your experience of MCR-VTEC as enjoyable as possible. The MCR-VTEC team will always do what they can to improve your time with us in any way they can. You can see that by looking around at the upgraded site and forum, all made possible with the help of donations to the club. This is an ongoing process and we value any support you can give. At this time it is free of an annual charge to join MCR-VTEC and benefit from the site, the forum, the meets and the knowledge of its members. To allow us to continue to offer the facilities mentioned above we rely of donations from members.
Donation Button
There has been a new addition to the site; it is a make a donation button. The following will explain what it is and why it is there - if there are any questions or comments, please feel free to post them up…
What is it?
The button takes you to a secure paypal hosted form whereby you can log into your own paypal account and make a donation to this club if you feel you wish to. In order to make a donation you will need your own paypal account or credit/debit card.
Why is it required?
Well, in short. It isn’t. Our aim with this site has always been and always continues to be, for it to remain 100% free for members to use. We would not wish to impose any membership fee, or infer in any way that donations are obligatory in any way what so ever. The server on which this forum resides, the stickers, banner, fliers, spotted cards and other items have all been purchased by the team on an ongoing basis with the help of some members who have donated already. Purchasing stickers etc isn’t the same as a donation as the items are offered at almost cost price to members anyway.
So if you don’t need it why bother?
Since MCR-VTEC was born in late 2007, an awful lot of members have joined and many of those have expressed, at various points in time, an interest in making a voluntary contribution to the site to show their appreciation.
This put us somewhat between a rock and a hard place. We were reluctant to accept such donations, as we felt it somewhat went against our preference to keep the site 100% free for members, but also we did not want to look as if we were ignoring these requests from our members. Our own pockets are unfortunately not bottomless.
So what will you do with any donations?
Every single penny will be spent on items which enrich the experience of being a member here. Whether this be running costs for servers, stickers, or even funds to get merchandise ideas off the ground (many places have minimum orders). Whatever the funds are spent on it will be items accessible and enjoyable to all. When making decisions on items such as merchandise, if these are not T-shirts or similar, we may gauge opinion of the members on what they would like to see, to ensure we don’t waste a single penny on anything that we are not confident members will enjoy.
Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES will donations be spent frivolously, or left lying around doing nothing for extended periods of time.
Can I donate if I don’t have a paypal account?
Yes. Upon clicking the donate button, you can either choose to log in to paypal or elect to pay by credit/debit card. Other than purchasing merchandise such as stickers or T-shirts, there is at present no other way of making a donation to the club. In future we may be able to accept these credit/debit card payments for merchandise (check on any merchandise threads).
If you choose to donate via paypal, then the donation ammount received by the club will be reduced by the paypal fees (currently 3.4% + 20P).
i.e. if you donate £10 to the club, you will be debited £10, the club will receive £9.46.
Other options for donations are being investigated and will be announced once they are in place.
Will other people know if I have donated?
If you would prefer to stay annonymous then please do let us know. However to show our gratitude we can, if you prefer, alter your forum title to “MCR-VTEC Sponsor” or another title of your own choosing. This in no way gives members who donate any ownership of the club it is simply a small gesture from us to say thank you. Feel free to send a PM to the administrator, if you wish to let us know, and you will always have our gratitude.
How much should I donate if I want to?
This is totally at the individuals discretion. If you win the lottery and want to share, then we certainly won’t stop you (and it would be free Mugen exhausts all round if that were the case I’m sure!). Similarly if you want to give us the bus fare you saved by walking home, it will be accepted with just as much gratitude. It is peoples choice on whether to donate at all, and if they do, how much is also their decision to make.
Your support is welcomed and appreciated.
MCR-VTEC, be a part of it.
