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jedi-knight83:

--- Quote from: Greeners on September 14, 2012, 07:06:30 pm ---I don't remember Steve asking for suggestions of how to make money for the forum??  :confused:

He has asked for people to come forward if they feel they are able to take on the Admin role as he has his hands full!  :rolleye:

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He didn't ask.. and i'm not sure if he is presuming the new admin will take over the cost or if he would continue to cover this himself?

Either way.. Its not completely fair 1 person paying the cost.. At the same time I dont think moving to a paid subscription is the way forwards purely because it will stunt the growth of the forum. Cost aside, most people will log on, see it costs money and not want to bother sorting it out so they will go elsewhere. I think the forum has become as big as it has because its free and easy to join and see ALL the sections from the start. I look at it from my point of view.. Yes I'm an active user and I would probably pay a small annual fee now.. But at the start when I first logged on it would have put me off and I'd have never signed up.

I like the idea of the paid sales section though. Either £1 per item or £5 for 1 month for unlimited items or similar? Not sure how easy it would be to implement on this forum software though.

This is help cover the running costs and maybe even create a pot of money for future upgrades / expansion.

h4rdy:
I actually can't see anything wrong with a tenner a year say.

The reason?

Have you seen the members list with people who join then never come on here?

Also it stops the time wasters and people who just want to wind people up, sammy, trolling I think its called.

 :popcornsoda:

jedi-knight83:

--- Quote from: h4rdy on September 15, 2012, 09:19:23 am ---I actually can't see anything wrong with a tenner a year say.

The reason?

Have you seen the members list with people who join then never come on here?

Also it stops the time wasters and people who just want to wind people up, sammy, trolling I think its called.

 :popcornsoda:

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Yeah thats great for all of us. But can you honestly say that when you first came to the forum, without having seen it, or got to know any people, you would have paid a tenner to join?

h4rdy:
Its not really difficult all this is it?

Restricted membership until you join fully.

The Mitsubishi Evo forum has the same format and they get a magazine, lanyard etc etc.

Not that bothered about all that but I am just saying paying for all the fun I have on here is not a big deal.

RedRobin:

--- Quote from: Greeners on September 14, 2012, 07:06:30 pm ---
I don't remember Steve asking for suggestions of how to make money for the forum??  :confused:

He has asked for people to come forward if they feel they are able to take on the Admin role as he has his hands full!  :rolleye:


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....Nath, I think that the thread's title "History of the Forum" has become 'Future of the Forum' and it does seem an ideal opportunity for folks to post and share their views and ideas about how the forum can best manage to self-finance itself (without financial profit) in its new future without SteveP as Admin.  

Of course, any Admin team can choose to ignore the views expressed and arrange matters as only they think best. The forum isn't a democracy AFAIK.

 :happy2:

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