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DVA4290
Senior Captain, CRJ-200
Joined on April 04 2007
50 State Club
Online Triple Century Club
Quincentenary Club
"Lightning coming out of that one"
Houston, TX USA
502 legs, 829.4 hours
340 legs,
575.5 hours online
421 legs,
683.7 hours ACARS
41 legs,
81.2 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 01 2007 01:02 ET by Andrew Lynn
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I know and understand that running a large operation like this with all the technology tied into it is certainly not free, although we get to enjoy it for free. I read in the NOTAM's about the buying shares thing but it seems outdated as it was for 2006. How do I go about making a donation for the continued sucess of our great organization?
Andrew LynnSenior Captain, CRJ-200
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DVA057
Senior Captain, B777-200
COMM
Joined on June 02 2002
Events Century Club
Six Century Club
Online Quintuple Century Club
Everett 500 Club
50 State Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
"We Are ... Penn State!"
Atlanta, GA USA
672 legs, 1,338.4 hours
531 legs,
1,076.4 hours online
392 legs,
786.1 hours ACARS
190 legs,
406.3 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 01 2007 01:38 ET by Terry Eshenour
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Andrew, you are correct that there are costs associated with providing services. We are fortunate that the professionally created software and site maintenance is provided by volunteers, mainly Luke Kolin. Site hosting employs a dedicated server in a industrial strength facility. Our out of pocket is $119 per month. Members voluntarily provide financial support using a share system.
Friday was the close of our fiscal year. We will be reporting to current shareholders the outcome. They will have first priority to purchase shares. Shortly we will open up share purchase to the membership at large.
Thank you for your interest in making a donation.
Terry EshenourSenior Captain, B777-200
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DVA4193
Captain, MD-11
Joined on March 16 2007
Online Quintuple Century Club
Six Century Club
"It's Always Sunny On Top"
Grand Forks, ND USA
627 legs, 1,470.6 hours
594 legs,
1,383.7 hours online
583 legs,
1,347.5 hours ACARS
19 legs,
63.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 01 2007 13:45 ET by Daniel Johnson
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I too would love to donate to this wonderful VA. Its worth every penny
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DVA4905
First Officer, CRJ-200
Joined on August 25 2007
Southeastern United States
6 legs, 7.0 hours
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Posted onPost created on
September 01 2007 20:28 ET by Chris Vuille
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just wondering, but does the share system work in anyways like real life, where the shareholder benefits in some way? I know obviously we wont get any money back, but do we get anything in return? Anything in the longrun?
Someone needs to make a flight PASSENGER simulator.......lol
Chris VuilleFirst Officer, CRJ-200
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DVA2569
Senior Captain, B757-200
Joined on September 12 2005
B757 100 Club
50 State Club
Everett 1500 Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Two Million Mile Club
Bi-Millennium Club
Midwestern United States
2,160 legs, 5,214.0 hours
77 legs,
140.5 hours online
2,112 legs,
5,093.5 hours ACARS
2 legs,
3.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 01 2007 20:34 ET by Manuel Hernandez
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Chris, in return you have this wonderful virtual airline. The shares, are to offset any operating costs that we incur.
Manuel HernandezSenior Captain, B757-200
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DVA3787
Senior Captain, CRJ-200
OLP
Joined on December 01 2006
Double Century Club
50 State Club
Online Double Century Club
"Small planes don't make small brains"
Western Europe
277 legs, 515.9 hours
204 legs,
397.0 hours online
244 legs,
456.2 hours ACARS
39 legs,
80.6 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 01 2007 22:36 ET by Mark Salter
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I emailed the email in the NOTAM's section to donate a share months ago but never got a reply back. I would love to make a donation as well. It's little to ask a few members for ten dollars for hours woth of total enjoyment from the greatest VA out there.
Mark SalterSenior Captain, CRJ-200
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DVA043
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP
Joined on June 10 2001
Event Half Century Club
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Everett 1500 Club
Bi-Millennium Club
Four Million Mile Club
"Col. Panic"
Marietta, GA
2,347 legs, 9,466.0 hours
240 legs,
553.9 hours online
2,005 legs,
8,259.1 hours ACARS
75 legs,
196.3 hours event
2,383 legs, 9,600.9 hours total
91 legs dispatched, 66.4
hours
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Posted onPost created on
September 01 2007 23:21 ET by Luke Kolin
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We only solicit donations once a year, and then only after the existing shareholders exercise their option to contribute again at the same level. It's unfortunate you didn't get a response, but not surprising. I'm not sure if we're going to be taking on new shareholders for next year - Terry sent me a draft FY08 budget and it looks like our accumulated surplus is approximately 50% of our budget and we intend to draw it down so fewer shares will need to be raised.
I'd like to emphasize how grateful I am for everyone's contributions over the past few years. After having funded DVA 100% for several years, it has been wonderful to have people contribute and this has allowed us to get a MUCH better server than I could provide. Our current levels of over-subscription means that finances are not a worry; anything we reasonably need we can afford. I can tell you first-hand that Terry has been a frugal and sensible guardian of the purse; there are a number of technical ideas we have had in the area of redundancy and disaster recovery that would have been expensive that we didn't go for. We don't spend a lot, but what we do provides some great value.
At the same time, in FY08 we have budgeted for some interesting improvements like a quarterly subscription to NOAA approach charts, and we have purchased some additional domains for potential future expansion. If we remain oversubscribed in terms of share purchases for FY08, then in FY09 we may consider reducing the share price and further limiting the maximum number an individual may subscribe to, in order to broaden the shareholder base. My personal goal has been to have as many people as possible contribute, rather than getting large donations from a small number of people.
Cheers!
Luke KolinSenior Captain, MD-11
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DVA4905
First Officer, CRJ-200
Joined on August 25 2007
Southeastern United States
6 legs, 7.0 hours
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Posted onPost created on
September 02 2007 02:16 ET by Chris Vuille
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the airline is great and all, and getting it in return is great as well because......its all we got pretty much lol.
But anyways, a good idea that might help pennypinchers donate would be they would recieve some sort of little recognation or something, like a special sig that had some sort of little thing like "I GAVE", something like that. Or a title on their profile, you know.
People always like getting something 
Chris VuilleFirst Officer, CRJ-200
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DVA3280
Senior Captain, B757-200
COMM
E-MAIL
Joined on June 28 2006
Online Six Century Club
Events Double Century Club
Million Mile Club
Millennium Club
50 State Club
Safari Club
Tin Dispatcher
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"Keep Climbing!"
Coral Gables, FL
1,235 legs, 3,325.6 hours
1,200 legs,
3,254.3 hours online
1,144 legs,
3,053.6 hours ACARS
259 legs,
682.3 hours event
211 legs dispatched, 126.8
hours
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Posted onPost created on
September 02 2007 14:42 ET by Robby Chiste
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Chris, I strongly 2nd Manuel's statement: "in return you have this wonderful virtual airline. The shares, are to offset any operating costs that we incur."
Robby ChisteSenior Captain, B757-200
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