Call for donations (aka sorry for the downtime)

[Rabshakeh]

How are we doing with donations this year? Do we need a round up?

[Rabshakeh]

Just following up on this. Shouldn't the collection box be going around?.

[Jim Alfredson]

We are set for this year but it's not too early to start thinking about next year!

I'll look into the subscription model. The MusicPlayer forums just started doing that because they are having trouble keeping the doors open as well. They are doing $5 a month or $50 per year in order to have posting privileges.

[mikeweil]

How many subscribers would we need?

[JSngry]

Retired, fixed income, $50.00/yr sounds good to me.

[felser]

7 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Retired, fixed income, $50.00/yr sounds good to me.

Same here on all counts.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

55 minutes ago, mikeweil said:

How many subscribers would we need?

This place costs $1,900.00/year (actually $1,855.00 but I'm rounding up). $1,900/50=38.

So we'd need at least 38 subscribers to keep the place open.

[clifford_thornton]

yeah, I'm in for 2025.

[GA Russell]

Great!  I will need an address to mail a check.

[mikeweil]

I'm in, too. I would cancel a magazine subscription that I thought about ending due to lack of time for reading, and pay for the forum instead. This is one of the few places on the web that I regularly go to.

Okay, let's count: 3

[Dan Gould]

In

[mjzee]

I'm in.

[medjuck]

I'm in but I'm computer illiterate.  How/where do I subscribe? 

[soulpope]

I'm in too .... but would this  still leave the forum for non-subscribers open (which I still would favour to keep traffic/input undiminished) ?

[mjazzg]

Happy to subscribe

[Niko]

happy to subscribe as well but I would strongly advise against making this anything more than a voluntary option... registering here is already quite an achievement these days it seems - so we shouldn't add a second hurdle of having to pay 50$ after making it through the registration before one can start posting... at the very least, I would give people the first 100 posts for free (wonder who the last newbie was to make it past 100 posts... I bet it was some time ago)

[mikeweil]

7 hours ago, soulpope said:

I'm in too .... but would this  still leave the forum for non-subscribers open (which I still would favour to keep traffic/input undiminished) ?

As I understand it everybody can view the forum, but to post you have to subscribe in the model Jim mentioned.

So far a dozen members .... 

[JSngry]

Build it and I will come

 

[felser]

I'm in.

[Eric]

In/happy to subscribe

[Rabshakeh]

Yes me too. 

[Daniel A]

On 12/17/2024 at 2:38 PM, Niko said:

happy to subscribe as well but I would strongly advise against making this anything more than a voluntary option... registering here is already quite an achievement these days it seems - so we shouldn't add a second hurdle of having to pay 50$ after making it through the registration before one can start posting... at the very least, I would give people the first 100 posts for free (wonder who the last newbie was to make it past 100 posts... I bet it was some time ago)

I agree with this. I believe that longtime members wouldn't be less willing to contribute even if it's not mandatory, and this forum would benefit from new blood as well.

Unfortunately, it's probably inevitable that the number of active posters will continue to decrease until the forum is no longer sustainable, but if we'd try to delay it as much as possible both money *and* new members are key components.

Edited Friday at 06:10 AM by Daniel A
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[HutchFan]

I'd subscribe.  Definitely.

 

[mikeweil]

Up to 18!

[kh1958]

I will also subscribe.