sourceofprovidence,
I do not know the views of Karl on this but I can however express the following.
Firstly, Project Volucris is a newly developing MMORPG. It is elaborating and expanding on the game engines used and inspired by Xenimus. This is not Xenimus or anything relating with it in terms of content, therefor characters transfering from Xenimus is irrelevant and not a valid option for that matter. That would be like trying to transfer your World of Warcraft character into Xenimus, that is not an option.
Second of all, Project volucris is not a private server. I am sad to inform you that donation for "gear" or in game weapons and armour is a very intuitive idea if you are the owner and developer of a private server, this is not. The donations provided will help in the developement of the gameplay and content itself, which in my opinion is the bigger picture, and any contributions recieved help to create NPC's, Items and even Naming or even designining Quests possibly.
I hope that you understand that this is by no means the little brother of Xenimus, in fact it more so the entire
Family in which Xenimus did not create.
Thank You.
Richard