karaklis wrote:Use it what is was donated for. It's as simple as that.
I agree that this makes the most sense, and avoids the problem of people donating for one thing and getting another. Nonetheless a few interesting suggestions have been made, and the speedy and generous responses to Joaz' request indicates that a) L19 is already doing a good job serving the needs of it's users, and b) there is a willingness to invest in the site.
Perhaps instead of discussing what to do with a few excess dollars, we should think more specifically how we might want to enhance the site. Some of you may not know, but in addition to offering the forum, L19 also already streams go videos (http://www.lifein19x19.com/L19TV.php ) and has a pro-games database (http://www.lifein19x19.com/gogames/database1.htm ).
What else do we want? It occurred to me this morning that I would enjoy a fb style popup chat window - but I imagine that if people are interested in that, it probably wouldn't cost much. As for something worth raising money for, I think paying a high level player to play a Malkovitch game is a fantastic idea, and one that would make sense for L19 - the creators of Malkovitch - to sponsor.
Perhaps the best thing to do would be to collect a few more ideas and then put up a poll asking which ideas people would be willing to sponsor/ do the work to make happen.
