First Founding Member group hangout next week!
Thanks to all the Founding Members, we were able to drop the subscription price this month!
Heads up: The first “Founding Member Hangout” is happening next week! If you’re a Founding Member, check your email. If you haven’t subscribed yet… read on!
Earlier this month, The Lunduke Journal rolled out the “Founding Member Subscriptions”. The idea was to have a higher tier of subscription — for those that have a few extra bucks to spare — in order to help lower the cost of the regular Lunduke Journal subscriptions.
And it totally worked. Thanks to Founding Members, the regular subscription price for The Lunduke Journal is down to just $13.50 per year ($1.12 per month).
That’s less than the cost of a gallon of gas — in 1990 — for a mountain of nerdy goodness. 10 books, DOS & Linux video games, exclusive articles and podcasts. So much. Just so much.
Lunduke Journal Founding Member Subscriptions
Here’s how it works:
Those who can afford to pay a little extra, can do so by going to the Subscription page, and selecting “Founding Member”… then entering whatever amount you are comfortable with. Then you get some pretty rad perks (more details below).
$50. $100. $1,000,000 (assuming you have your own skull shaped island with laser sharks in it… I feel like a few of you actually might have one of those). Whatever seems right. Follow your heart.
The more Founding Members sign up, the more we can reduce the subscription price for everyone else — while still keeping the income level for The Lunduke Journal steady.
“Why not bring in corporate advertising and sponsorships?”
The Lunduke Journal is 100% independent. No company can influence the nerdy things that get published here (or what doesn’t get published). I’d like to keep it that way.
Of course, there should be some sort of awesome benefit to becoming a Founding Member beyond simply the warm, fuzzy feelings of knowing you made it possible for more people to afford a subscription.
Cool perks for becoming a Lunduke Journal Founding Member:
A monthly, casual video hang out with just Lunduke and the other Founders. Chat about life, nerdy things, BBQ, movies… whatever the group feels like talking about each month.
A personal Thank You email from Lunduke. Because you’re awesome.
Your name included (optionally, however you’d like it displayed) at the end of each article, with a link to your website (github, twitter, youtube, whatever you like… as long as it’s safe for work and family friendly). A little declaration of “these cool nerds made things less expensive for everyone else”.
Obviously Founding Members get all of the other subscriber perks as well.
Warm, fuzzy feelings. Lots of them.
For anyone who contributes $100 or more also gets:
Request one in-game action in “Linux Tycoon 3 - The OS Wars”, complete with a little custom ANSI artwork. Because… why not?
For anyone who contributes $500 or more also gets:
A 1-on-1 video hang out with Lunduke. Just you and me. For up to an hour. We can talk about anything you like. You can record it and keep it private… or release it to the world. It’s yours.
There you go. Nice and simple.
If you love The Lunduke Journal, have a few extra buckazoids burning a hole in your pocket, and want to help out… you know what to do.