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Your Generosity Keeps Us Running! |

Throughout the years since our debut in 1999, the amount of
time and monetary resources put into this website are,
unfortunately, seldom realized by the average user. Those of us
that continue to work on bringing this wonderful site to you year
after year do this essentially for free. You could even say
we keep IM.com up and running for less than free, as it is a rare
occasion for us to break even in terms of sponsorship and
donations, sadly enough. With your help and generous donations, we
can continue to lessen the burden of expenses placed upon our
shoulders due to the cost of our dedicated servers used here at IndianaMarching.com and the
Indiana Music
Educational Network.
Our yearly, base expenses top off around $4,200.00 for our
dedicated servers and licensing alone. The hardware we use is an
absolute requirement in order to accommodate the amount of
bandwidth (data transfer) and Community traffic we receive in a
years time. Without dedicated hardware, hosting this monster,
reliably, with no downtime would simply be impossible. With over
25,000 registered members and at times over 800 users online
simultaneously, our popularity can sometimes be our biggest
nemesis. The expenses above do not include those our staff
incurs or utilizes during the fall. For example: camera
equipment, lenses, tapes, wireless EVDO internet for live
updates, notebooks, ticket expenses, staff polo shirts, gas for
travel, etc. The list goes on, and every bit of it is
out-of-pocket.
Below you will find the list of incentives you may request from us
upon donating to IM.com, as well as the various upgrades to your
Community Profile. Any donation is accepted, and there is no
minimum required. Your generosity is greatly appreciated, and
will certainly not go unnoticed. Thank you!
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