Horizons Unlimited Membership
Support your favourite website and
get additional privileges and goodies!
Why become a member?
Member Benefits incl HUBB Privileges
Pricing and Membership/Contribution Fees
Get Member Products, tshirts, DVD's and more at the HU Souk (store)
Why become an HU Member?
For those who may not be aware, Grant works
full-time+ on the website / bulletin board / e-zine, usually 8-12 hours per day and 7 days a week, and Susan works part-time on the site as much as she can.
(Her full time job enables the site to keep going - and feed us!) Grant has been full-time
on it since 1998. We're not a big multi-national company, just
two people who love motorcycle travel and have grown what started as a hobby in 1997, but quickly (by 1998) became a fulltime job and an unpaid
labour of love.
You've told us how
important this site and it's Community is to you. We intend to survive, and have been trying to figure out just how for a
long time. Currently, the site is funded approximately equally from advertising, motorcycle travellers meetings and now sales of DVDs, t-shirts and other products with a very small amount from memberships.
We are very grateful to the advertisers
we have, and hope to attract more, so if you know anybody who should be advertising
with us, please send them around! Ad
rates and information here.
Coming to a Horizons Unlimited meeting is a great way to meet fellow travellers, and your meeting registration fee also helps support the website.
Response to the Achievable Dream DVD sales has been very encouraging, so we're planning to produce several more this year!
When you decide to become a Member, it helps directly support the site, and is very much appreciated. In return you get additional privileges on the HUBB, access to the Members Private Store, and more to come on the site as we roll out the new system.
Member Benefits
Currently there is no requirement to be a member to access the website, the HUBB or to receive the monthly e-zine. For now, what you get for your membership contribution is our sincere gratitude, good karma and knowing that you're helping to keep the motorcycle travel dream alive.
What we are able to do, as a result of the major upgrade to the HUBB software, is to provide additional features which people who voluntarily contribute to the site can use, such as having more space for posting pictures, since people have asked for that, especially if they don't have their own website. The table below summarizes the HUBB benefits for members. Please note that we have taken nothing away from the privileges Registered Users have, we have just added additional privileges for contributing members.
More details on Member privileges and more, in the HU FAQ here.
HUBB User Privileges:
|
Registered User |
Contributing Member |
Gold Member |
| Can View Member Info |
y |
y |
y |
| Can View Others' Profile Pictures |
y |
y |
y |
| Can Open / Close Own Threads |
n |
n |
y |
| Can Rate Threads |
n |
y |
y |
| Can Upload Attachments / pictures - size total allowed |
1 mb |
10 mb |
25mb |
| Can Post Polls |
n |
y |
y |
| Maximum Stored Messages |
10 |
50 |
100 |
| Maximum Recipients to Send PMs at a time: |
2 |
5 |
5 |
| Can Use Custom Title |
n |
n |
y |
| Profile Picture Maximum Width (pixels) |
50 |
100 |
100 |
| Profile Picture Maximum Height (pixels) |
50 |
100 |
100 |
| Profile Picture Maximum File Size (bytes) |
10240 |
25000 |
30000 |
| Can Upload Custom Avatars |
n |
y |
y |
| Custom Avatar Maximum Width (pixels) |
0 |
50 |
80 |
| Custom Avatar Maximum Height (pixels) |
0 |
50 |
80 |
Suggested amounts to Contribute for Membership are:
Contributing Member: US$20
Gold Member: US$45
Calculate Exchange to your currency at www.xe.com
Of course any amount you decide is fair for what YOU get out of HU is fine! All contributions are appreciated and will be acknowledged.
Pay by PayPal
NOTE you can use your Amex, Discover, Visa, Mastercard, e-Checks with PayPal - you do not need a PayPal account. And of course you can contribute any amount you wish in your preferred currency (or PayPal will convert automatically if you use a different currency):
New
to PayPal? Sign-Up here, but it's NOT necessary - you can use any common credit card.
You can contribute to Horizons Unlimited via PayPal (just
click the PayPal button above.)
Sending money with PayPal is free to you. PayPal is secure - your financial information is never
shared with us, and there's no risk of checks getting lost in the
mail.
All contributions will be acknowledged and gratefully accepted.
If you later decide you do want an item from the store, let us
know and we will arrange it.
Pay by Cheque
You can send a check for any amount, in US$, C$, UK£ or Euros. (As I said, we've lived in a
lot of places and have a lot of bank accounts ;-)
Please make the cheque payable to Grant Johnson, (NOT Horizons Unlimited!!), and mail to your closest address below:
USA or Canada |
UK, Europe or other international |
Grant Johnson
102-15910 Fraser Highway
Suite 472
Surrey, BC V4N 0X9
CANADA
|
Grant Johnson,
Suite 621
24 St. Leonards Road
Windsor, Berkshire SL4 3BB
UK |
All contributions will be acknowledged and gratefully accepted.
If you later decide you do want an item from the store, let us
know and we will arrange it.
Good reading:
Libera
Manifesto - The Libera Manifesto intends to speak for those
who provide something online for free. VERY good reading for
all.
Get Member Products, tshirts, DVD's and more at the HU Souk (store)
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