I pay for these forums out of my pocket.
The income raised from donations and banner ads (which are on a per click basis) I kindly donate to the club by way of reducing or eliminating my club expenses.
So when it starts costing the club an extra $1000 a year, how does that help? I thought you wanted to support the club?

This forum (as opposed to the club bb) has been the main form of communication between members since Greg Susong created it 24 years ago. It's not a relationship I developed for any purpose of my own. I owned it will before I was a BoD member.