And now, we may not need donations in the future.
In case you didn't see it, Charlie (sfl) was going to donate 1/3 of the squarenose raffle proceeds to the x for hosting. I didn't see that for a while, but once I did politely declined.
Since I setup the Auctionads, we've become more than self-sustaining finally. I'm hoping donations aren't needed anymore, unless Auctionads shuts down (they have been kinda shaky lately, supposedly from growing pains).
The plan is after every month's payout, as long as it's more than the hosting, to make another hosting payment. We're currently 4 or 5 months ahead, so if we make another payment every month, we'll stay that way, plus any surplus will stay in the account to build up for giveaways, domain renewals, software upgrades, etc.
We made over $500 in November!!!