Quote Originally Posted by Area51_Hacker2
If you donate the bare minimum ($15), you are guaranteed VIP status for at least 1 year (so long as you follow the rules). We don't want to take VIP away from good members, so if you contribute and follow all the rules you're likely to have VIP for life!
1. Contribute what?

2. Do you think you will ever promote a member to V.I.P. without a donation. (I'm not asking I'm just interested about the criteria)
Contribute to the site. Releases? Tutorials? Anything we find useful. We already have promoted a few users to VIP without receiving a donation. Don't expect it for you, though. It was only because of what they've done for the site.