LOOKS LIKE GOODBYE

[Mallory {The Boss}]

As most of you know, KITG survives by donation only. This website is owned by Ning, who charges us a huge yearly fee to keep us online. Every year in July, we ask that members donate to keep the site going. The fee is due around late August and is about a thousand dollars, depending on the specifics. With 7000 members here, we should be able to cover that easily. But, the reality is not everyone wants to donate and every year we just barely make it. Sad, but true.  

This year, we have a new problem. As you may have noticed, there was no Donation Period. KITG was created five years ago by Dvhour, my site partner/friend. I helped him first behind the scenes, from the beginning, until I took on the role of Site Admin a few months in. We both have contributed and collaborated on ideas for the site and it has evolved nicely over the years. As the years have passed, DV has had less and less time to give to the site, due to work projects and family obligations. I will always have love for my friend, but the reality is that I have been carrying the site for the past two to three years. He checks in behind the scenes once in a while, but I believe in showing a presence and have done so nearly every single day. Lately though, I have been been wrapped up in several job and family situations, including being the caregiver to a very sick family member. This is taking up all of my time and some days I have no internet access (which is why videos were piling up to be approved). DV is aware of my situation, but as I've said, he is rarely here. He is not the bad guy; sometimes life gets in the way.  

Here's the deal: DV is the one who handles the Donation Period every year; all notices from Ning go to him because he is the Site Creator. I have been reminding him many, many times since June that we need to get this going. We haven't spoken much lately, so I leave him messages and sometimes catch him on g-chat, where he has assured me several times that he would take care of this. As I told him, I've been doing 90% of the work, so all I ask is that he do the Donations. Again, he assured me he would. But, here we are quickly approaching the end of August.and I have heard nothing from him since August 3rd. So dear members, I felt it was time that I be straightforward with all of you and tell you the truth: I do not know what is going to happen to KITG. I do not know how much time we have left online. I don't have specifics on deadlines, I only know that our fee is usually due by the end of August. If Ning does not receive its payment, I have no idea how long it will be before they take us offline.  

I wanted you to know that I tried...and tried...and tried, but it is out of my hands now. If this is indeed the end, and with every day that passes, it's looking more and more like it is, I want to go out with truth. Dvhour laid out the foundation, and I think I fleshed out the basics and gave this place a personality. Yeah, admittedly at times that personality was borderline bitchy, but gottdamn it's hard to keep this shit going day to day, dealing with 7,000 different member personalities, enforcing the rules, keeping the troublemakers out, going through loads of new material and member applications every.single.day. But I thank DV for trusting me enough to run the site.  

The fun part was decorating the homepage and chatting with my beloved Chatmonsters :) I've met some really cool peeps here and even had an adventure or two (meow ;) I've learned a lot from you and I thank you sincerely for your candor. I shared a lot with you too, and THAT is what I am most proud of, that DV and I created a place where we all could feel comfortable and BE FREE to talk and share and express ourselves in a fun and friendly community who share a love of this wonderful fetish. All the time and energy, all the blood, sweat and tears...it was all worth it to have shared this with you.  

Someone here once told me that I was the heart and soul of this place. From the heart and soul, I thank him...and you.

May you all find your bb Nirvana.

~ Namaste ~ ♥ Mallory

[2swollen]

Maybe we can have a donation reminder at the beginning of every month and have it as an ongoing thing, and maybe occassionaly run a special reminder.  A suggested donation guideline might be helpful as well, all the while understanding that not every one can nor will donate (and that is just fine).  

I would suggest that KITG is worth at least a buck a month for everybody who logs on here, whether they participate or lurk in the background, so consider a $12 contribution appropriate on an annual basis.  If you really enjoy the content, whether they be the stories, chats, groups, videos, pictures, profiles or what not, add another $5 bucks.

If you get off on any of the content or with somebody in a chat... add another $5 bucks, hell, if it was really, really good for you add some more.  

And add a little something something for the administrators:  MalMal deserves at least one day to be totally spoiled for her work here, you know something along the line of a full spa day (massage/mani/pedi/hair whateverah the hell she desires) not to mention an extremely nice dinner out,

and DV, well we should at least help him afford the deductible on his health insurance;P!  

Oh, and if you appreciate the lack of ads n shit polluting this website, add a few bucks more.

If it was my site, I would be looking for this group to be contributing something along the lines of $2,500 a year.

[Mallory {The Boss}]

Swo, you are fucking awwwesome...we need about 7,000 more like you :D 

True, we never wanted that horrible look of tacky-ass flashing ads, so your

contributions not only keep us online, but also keep the site's light n 

friendly ad-free vibe. We cannot stay online without donations!! Thanks Swo :)

[Wimpy Guy]

I feel like I have to pay something for that site even If You wont achieve enough to keep this site online. I have never donated before and wasn't so active from the beginning but I feel like I owe a lot from this site. I had no idea who exacly have been working here but If You said that this site is managed by 2 people (or even one...) for 7000 members.... jesus what a sacrifice! and You keep this site away from the ads! It is really amazing...

Cheers!

[Mallory {The Boss}]

Thank you Wimpy...here's hoping we get enough donations to stay online :)

We have less than 3 weeks left...fingers crossed !!

[3dk1tm29uk1v2]

I know this would be extra work, and probably no time for it, but what if one were to put some sort of indicator to show how close we are to the goal of paying it off that gets reset every time the bill is paid, along with an indicator of how much time is left? Maybe you wouldn't have to do some annual fundraising drive, if this were sort of automated??? 

Just an idea. 

[0svgd7j5cgmt3]

Why not add additional admins to help you guys out? Why can there only be 2 admins I've done some checking and seems Ning allows as many admins as the owner chooses with multiple levels of permissions I do not understand why it is just 2 of you for so many members it makes no sense .

[Harvey B]

Do you mean you volonteer ?

[Rob S]

I have supported this website every year like a small minority of users here whilst thousands freeload and don't lift a finger to help. So sadly this year I will no longer be subsiding the vast majority of people on here who simply do not care.

[2swollen]

Hi Rob, 

Sorry to hear that.  However, you should never let the behaviors of others influence how you behave.  And you might ask who yourself a couple of questions;  Who am I hurting with this decision?  Who am I helping with this decision?  Am I being true to myself?

And thanks for supporting the site in the past, and hopefully you can find your way to supporting it again in the future.

[David UK]

Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own ~ Chinese proverb

[David UK]

In the end these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully did you love? How deeply did you learn to let go? ~ Buddha. X

[comrade]

I am expecting a paycheque on the 17th and plan to donate after that... is there a point if we're shuttin her down?