The IUOMA is free for all members because of the many sponsors that donate to the IUOMA or because of the IUOMA bookshop that brings in money to keep this platform alive & free.
you can visit the bookshop at:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/iuoma
and when you order a few books, a small fee will be going to the IUOMA and you will get some lovely books on Mail-Art.
Ruud Janssen
May 8, 2011
Ruud Janssen
Want to support the IUOMA with a financial gift?
The money will be used to keep the IUOMA-platform alive. Current donations keep platform online till: September 2012. IUOMA is a non-profit organisation. If you want to donate to get IUOMA-publications into archives and museums please mention this with your donation.
By watching videos on
IUOMA TV
you can also sponsor the IUOMA. Every advertising you see brings in money to host the IUOMA.
So far members generated since May 2010 with 5459 views a total of $ 26,89
(update 8-5-2011)
May 8, 2011
Ruud Janssen
The trick to bring the IUOMA some dollarcents instantly:
1. Click on IUOMA TV and let the video's run
2. Minimalize the browserwindow of the videos
3. Turn off the sound
4. Move to a new window to do your online work.
when the IUOMA TV channel runs for -lets say- 30 minutes , it brings the IUOMA about 0,10 US$
It costs you nothing, and yet, you sponsor the IUOMA.
May 8, 2011
Ruud Janssen
May 10, 2011
De Villo Sloan
May 13, 2011
Ruud Janssen
May 15, 2011
Ruud Janssen
Thanks to dozens of small and larger donations the next year of hosting IUOMA on NING has been arranged. ~Thank you all. If in the coming year more donations come in to pay for another year that would be great.
We have grown into a group of almost 1900 members now. Access is free for all members because of the donations ans sponsor activities like the selling of books (on IUOMA book store, PR materials from the IUOMA store, and even watching viedos on IUOMA TV in which the adverstings bring a few cents.
All is set for another year on Ning thanks mostly to the sponsors!
Ruud Janssen
Jul 23, 2011
Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)
'Just discovered this group now, Ruud! Will sponsor IUOMA ;-)
Thanks for all you do! May we have 2,000 members for the 3-Year IUOMA-ning celebration in November! Yay!
Jul 23, 2011
Ruud Janssen
Aug 13, 2011
Ruud Janssen
we are reaching 2200 members.
Jan 5, 2012
Ruud Janssen
Now 2600+ members. Also two generous members made donations and the IUOMA will continue for several more months...
Nov 27, 2012
Ruud Janssen
Now we have 2775 members. Again a kind donation arrived, and the IUOMA network will be alive longer. Thanks!
Mar 21, 2013
Ruud Janssen
another great donation reached IUOMA and payed for another month of hosting. The hosting of this IUOMA network is paid through the donations that members bring in. The hosting costed last year $239,90
May 1, 2013
Ruud Janssen
3070 members already.
Aug 25, 2013
Ruud Janssen
Another kind donation helped to build up the finances till April 2014.
Sep 1, 2013
Ruud Janssen
two more generous donations set the date for August 2014. Thank you!
Oct 14, 2013
Ruud Janssen
Another wonderful donation arrived, and this platform of IUOMA at NING is alive till October 2014. Thanks to this specific donation!
Nov 6, 2013
Ruud Janssen
This august the hosting of the IUOMA platform was payed again with the help of the kind donations by members. For 299,00 US$ we are online till august 2015 again.
Aug 16, 2014
Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)
Good to see IUOMA.ning can stay safe until August next year!
...and if and when we can donate FluXus Bucks , then we might
survive for centuries!But paypal, bitcoins, etc. are good too!
Aug 16, 2014
Ruud Janssen
Two kind donations from Portugal paid for another month of hosting the IUOMA platform on NING.
Jul 18, 2015
Ruud Janssen
The bill for hosting IUOMA on NING just came in as is payed for. TO save costs I payed for a year in advance. The hosting costs about 20 US$ for a month. Also a price for the high volume of trafic with over 1,000,000 pageviews each years. Donations are always welcome. I am already investing a lot of time in moderating the website, so paying it all by myself would be too much.
Jul 22, 2015
Ruud Janssen
another donation from USA came in yesterday and payed for another month. I choose not tho mention the donators on the website. I do keep a list of all the donators each year and eventually will do something with that.
Jul 22, 2015
Ruud Janssen
buy a T-shirt or mug at:
http://www.cafepress.com/iuoma
also helps to fund the hosting of IUOMA and you get a lovely IUOMA gadget yourself!
Jul 22, 2015
Erin Young
I want to buy a T-shirt and a mug but there is an error with the link... Page can't be found :(
Jul 22, 2015
Mim Golub Scalin
I guess I became a member of this group awhile ago when I donated before but I'm happy to continue as a sponsor.
Jul 22, 2015
Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)
Me, too...'been a sponsor for a few years now.
In the future, will drachmas be ok, too, Ruud? :-)
...nice owl bit coins?
Jul 22, 2015
Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)
19 more new members and we will be 4000!
If each member donated one euro...that would get IUOMA.ning
a few more years of existence, yes?
Jul 22, 2015
Mim Golub Scalin
yes, Erin's correct, the link doesn't work. hmmm
Jul 23, 2015
Mim Golub Scalin
I went to Cafe Press and tried that directly and still can't find IUOMA stuff. Hmmm
Jul 23, 2015
Ruud Janssen
Thanks to two more donations the hosting is paid for another two months. Thank you both!
Jul 23, 2015
Ruud Janssen
You can also buy John Held Jr.'s new book. It is published by TAM-Publications, and when you buy it a small donation goes to the IUOMA . You can order it at:
http://www.lulu.com/shop/john-held-jr/small-scale-subversion-mail-a...
Jul 23, 2015
Ruud Janssen
Since the new changes on NING for higher prices, the IUOMA will depend more on donations from members. In this group I will keep all informed. The IUOMA network will stay FREE for all members. The donations are just needed to keep paying the hosting. All other tasks (moderating, mentorship) are on a non-profit basis.
Sep 3, 2016
Ruud Janssen
Sep 3, 2016
Ruud Janssen
In the previous years I also kept lists of sponsors, I only didn't publish them. So the list of sponsors is quite large. They keep IUOMA alive and free for all. I am now working on the list for the next year. When new donations come in they will fill the list for next year.
Sep 3, 2016
Mim Golub Scalin
Thanks for the update Ruud. Glad we've received enough for 2017.
Sep 4, 2016
Ruud Janssen
Also with a few returning monthly donations, it seems the IUOMA will stay online for a longer time indeed.
Sep 4, 2016
Ruud Janssen
In October also some donations came in and the year 2017-2018 is now also almost paid for. We will stay here for quite some time...!
Oct 23, 2016
Jan Hodgman
Hoorah through 2018! Thank you deeply, Ruud, for all the efforts you put in to making IUOMA what it is. And thanks to all who participate and donate.
Oct 24, 2016
A.Hennig
Thank you Ruud! I hope my little donation helps keeping IUOMA great as it is.....
Nov 7, 2016
Ruud Janssen
Dec 4, 2016
Ruud Janssen
Some more donations for 2018-2019 came in, so that is going well indeed. Thanks for all of you out there to keep this platform alive and well.
Feb 22, 2017
Ruud Janssen
the bill for hosting IUOMA on NING has just been paid, so we'll be online for another year for sure. Thanks to kind donations from some members we have many more years to come. Thank you for your help!
Jul 21, 2017
Ruud Janssen
Jul 21, 2017
Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)
Someone is on the Greek island of Limnos?
"Ενωσης"..."Union", like good wine, like IUOMA :-)
Jul 21, 2017
Mim Golub Scalin
It wonderful to know that members are supporting IUOMA. I'll be back to my regular donation schedule as soon as I feel I don't have to give so much to help my progressive political candidates here in the U.S. It's an uncertain time. So I donate and write postcards to get out the vote.
IUOMA is the happy place to escape the disgusting politics.
Aug 29, 2018
Ruud Janssen
a few more donations arrived from kind members, so a few more months are paid for to keep our network alive and well.
Oct 4, 2018
Ruud Janssen
Some more donations came in by members, so the number of months that are paid for has increased
Jan 26, 2019
Ruud Janssen
Thanks to some kind donations the next bill for hosting this social network site kan be paid. Thanks for that!
Jul 4, 2019