Donations to Steve's bid are still being sought and standing order donors are being urged to change their order to a new account.
Why is more money needed?
The team has, in my view, been unacceptably secretive about the finances.
All we really know is information disclosed by Fidgetbuzz, the former keeper of the purse.
My reading of his posts is there is enough money to finish the attempt in August, and still leave a 'five figure' surplus.
Clearly, there has been a parting of the ways between Fidgetbuzz and the team.
The change to a new account will presumably - and deliberately - take him out of the loop completely, meaning donors' access to financial information will go from nearly to absolute zero.
I accept the team - or anyone - can ask for money and not give any details about how it is spent.
But as a matter of financial propriety, that is not good enough.
If I were in charge of the finances, I would want to publish reasonably detailed accounts so everyone could see I was doing the job correctly.
With Steve's bid, we now don't even know who is doing the finances, let alone the numbers.
To reiterate, as donors we are not entitled to anything, but I believe the team should publish where the money's gone/going and justify their request for more.