When you are logged in, click on your username (top right), then click on User Settings, then on Subscriptions. We have seven subscription levels:
Active Supporter.........($ 12.00 USD per year)
Sustaining Supporter.....($ 24.00 USD per year)
Professional Supporter...($ 36.00 USD per year)
Bronze Supporter.........($ 48.00 USD per year)
Silver Supporter.........($ 60.00 USD per year)
Gold Supporter...........($120.00 USD per year)
Endowment Supporter......($250.00 USD per year)
KFN isn't providing any premiums "at this time" for paid subscriptions other than our sincerest gratitude and the custom Rank Badge shown above, which will appear above your earned post count KFN icons.
Hosting a forum isn't without costs, and those costs have to be paid. Hosting and Licensing costs take the lions share, but other expense exist as well.
We have no idea how many members will want to help support KFN financially by purchasing a Paid Subscription. But every subscription purchased is gratefully received.
We are sensitive to our members, and recognized that many don't want any sort of 'in your face' campaigns in KFN. Paid Subscriptions satisfies these concerns.
Funds received from Paid Subscriptions go entirely to the running and maintenance of Kubuntu Forums.
Thank you.
Snowhog
KFN Administrator
And the other thing, the automatic renewal of subscriptions is NOT in effect (there are no asterisks as mentioned in that footnote, but I thought it strange it would be mentioned in the footnote) -- correct? not in effect? and not in effect, in any case, without permission?
The 'multiples of 12' holds true up to the $60.00 "Silver Supporter" level ($12, $24, $36, $48, $60). Then $120 (Gold) and $250 (Endowment). There is one more level, but it hasn't been enabled: "Patron" ($500.00)