Ladies and Gentlemen of the Guild. I've just rolled out a new way to support The Cartographers' Guild based on suggestions from my recent funds drive/financial status thread. First of all, thank you all for stepping up and donating to fund things ahead for a bit. It's a huge load off my shoulders to know it's not going to come out of my pocket.
So, the Gracious Donor tag has been reset to August (I think). I've also added two new methods of donating that involve a bit more of a commitment via subscription, or recurring payment. There's Guild Supporter, and Guild Sponsor.
Guild Supporter is a commitment of 30 dollars per year, or 3 dollars per month. This will currently only earn you a title of Guild Supporter.
Guild Sponsor is a commitment of 90 dollars a year or 8 dollars a month. This will currently earn you a title of Guild Sponsor, and an ad-free experience while browsing the site.
There will more than likely be a few more perks added to these subscription levels, and there may also be other options made available in the future based on response. I do want to keep the perks somewhat limited because I don't want to give the impression that this site is a paid membership site.
You may of course continue to do one-time donations using the existing system, and I'm going to leave the donation goal bar visible for the time being...donations from supporters and sponsors will not show up on that bar however, at least not for the time being.
There is a new tab on the Nav Bar called Support The Guild, which has a dropdown for either a one-time donation, or a recurring donation. The new subscriptions are under recurring donations, and all of the options should appear there. Please keep in mind that unless you cancel them IN PAYPAL, the subscriptions will automatically rebill either annually or monthly, depending on which you choose.
I've done some initial testing on this process and everything seems to be in order, but there may be some hiccups as we move forward. Please let me know here or via PM if you have any problems.
Again, thank you all SO MUCH for your continued support!