# Since money is amovin' **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 2, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-money-is-amovin/534768 "2010-04-02T19:49:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-money-is-amovin/534768/4 "2010-04-03T16:59:00Z")
> [@Sapo](#): > > That way dopers with deeper pockets can help the SDMB. I know you cannot accept donations and I think this would be a simple workaround to that problem. I never quite understood why they can’t take donations. Is there some law or something? The thing is, they also said they could never take volunteer help from the many programmers/ DB experts around here when they were having so much trouble keeping this place up and running smoothly, but it seems they had no problem with xash spending a bunch of time and being given high end access to work on the “Charter Member recoup” solution. > [@OFFER EXPIRES MAY 27! Lapsed Charter Members can regain their title](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offer-expires-may-27-lapsed-charter-members-can-regain-their-title/534725/21): > > It was for all practical purposes, until I decided to spend time to figure out a technical solution. TPTB saw it as an important priority, and they gave me access to parts of the system that mods and admins have never had access to in the past. > > It took considerable effort, and I now have a solution. TPTB decided to make it available to our members who have supported us through the years. > > - **xash** > Administrator --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-money-is-amovin/534768)._