Registration Payments

[Trev]

Hello,

I regret to inform you all that since Bram's passing, I had never
updated my registration fee payments in PayPal. I have made months of
payments to regi...@moolenaar.net. Not only are my payments perhaps
piling up where they are not helpful, but I am missing out on valuable
contributor clout! I honestly can't recall the last time I was sent a
registration "key" and my amount "contributed" does not match the number
I've actually donated.

I hope you can recover the donations. What should I do from here?

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Trev : 0FB7 D06B 4A2A F07E AD5B 1169 183B 6306 8AA1 D206

[Christian Brabandt]

On Mo, 11 Mär 2024, Trev wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I regret to inform you all that since Bram's passing, I had never
> updated my registration fee payments in PayPal. I have made months of
> payments to regi...@moolenaar.net. Not only are my payments perhaps
> piling up where they are not helpful, but I am missing out on valuable
> contributor clout! I honestly can't recall the last time I was sent a
> registration "key" and my amount "contributed" does not match the number
> I've actually donated.
>
> I hope you can recover the donations. What should I do from here?

Just wanted you all know, I am taking this off-list and checking with
Trey and the ICCF directly.

Thanks,
Christian
--
The best way to preserve a right is to exercise it, and the right to
smoke is a right worth dying for.

[Al SW Moreau]

Actually what is the correct way to register / sponsor now? The links from vim.org still take you to a PayPal form sending payments to Bram. I've been wondering about that for a while and this discussion seems to imply this information exists elsewhere.

[Christian Brabandt]

On Sa, 06 Apr 2024, Al SW Moreau wrote:

> Actually what is the correct way to register / sponsor now? The links from
> vim.org still take you to a PayPal form sending payments to Bram. I've been
> wondering about that for a while and this discussion seems to imply this
> information exists elsewhere.

As mentioned, the paypal account should still work. Unfortunately,
no-one can anylonger relate the donators to the respective vim.org
accounts. That's why the accounts are no longer updated. And at the same
time, the voting feature is no longer useful.

Thanks,
Christian
--
The human race never solves any of its problems. It merely outlives them.
-- David Gerrold

[Al SW Moreau]

> As mentioned, the paypal account should still work

Sorry, I can't find where this is mentioned. I think the above discussion continued off-line. As the OP asked, where do these donations go now?

> at the same time, the voting feature is no longer useful

OK, perhaps this should be mentioned on vim.org. I'm not sure who maintains it; https://www.vim.org/huh.php links to https://www.vim.org/community.php which links to the mailing lists and IRC channel.

As things stands now, it's impossible to tell by visiting the site whether any particular page has been updated after January 2024 (and more generally if what it says is still true -- a simple "last updated on" would help somewhat).

[Christian Brabandt]

On Sa, 06 Apr 2024, Al SW Moreau wrote:

> > As mentioned, the paypal account should still work
>
> Sorry, I can't find where this is mentioned. I think the above discussion
> continued off-line. As the OP asked, where do these donations go now?

Nothing changed with regard to the donations. They still go to the ICCF.

> > at the same time, the voting feature is no longer useful
>
> OK, perhaps this should be mentioned on vim.org. I'm not sure who
> maintains it;

I maintain it.

> https://www.vim.org/huh.php links to https://www.vim.org/community.php
> which links to the mailing lists and IRC channel.

Sorry, I don't follow. The community channels are still active.

> As things stands now, it's impossible to tell by visiting the site
> whether any particular page has been updated after January 2024 (and
> more generally if what it says is still true -- a simple "last updated
> on" would help somewhat).

Well, what exactly do you expect on updates? there wasn't anything that
needs to be update since the 9.1 release


Thanks,
Christian
--
Patience is a minor form of despair, disguised as virtue.
-- Ambrose Bierce, on qualifiers

[Christian Brabandt]

I removed mentioning of the voting system from the Vim Homepage.

Thanks,
Christian
--
Actors will happen even in the best-regulated families.

[Al SW Moreau]

> I maintain it.

>> https://www.vim.org/huh.php links to https://www.vim.org/community.php
>> which links to the mailing lists and IRC channel.

Sorry, that was meant as a disclaimer, as in: the links I found don't specifically mention a webmaster, so I realize that by replying to you, I'm possibly not talking to the actual webmaster. But apparently I *am* :)

> Well, what exactly do you expect on updates? there wasn't anything that
> needs to be update since the 9.1 release

I meant that in general. A "last updated on" header / footer can help the viewer decide which information might be stale. OTOH you're right, if it doesn't need updating, it doesn't.

> I removed mentioning of the voting system from the Vim Homepage.

Not on the homepage, but https://www.vim.org/sponsor/faq.php still talks about voting benefits.

Anyway, I'm not here to nitpick, much less nitpick the website. Thanks for all your work on vim (and on maintaining the site)!