At the risk of derailing this thread again, I'll just say that it is a fallacy to tell yourself or others that you'll donate when you are richer. This is true in life and in the pool. If you are greedy with your current salary, you will be greedy with your future higher salary. Greed knows no limits. Start donating when you are "poor" or it will hurt too much to start when you are "rich".
^^ This x1000!!
imo, this is not hijacking - this is the point of this thread - how is Eligius running and how do we keep it the best pool. being good, contributing members WITH each other should be the topic until everyone stops preaching forced fees. There's nothing more central than that.
Stop being cheap people. Give.