Thread: Please take Note!

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Im all for user pays,in the great discussion I made it clear I thought the min annual cost should be higher than it has been set at.INC made it very clear he only wanted to charge the minimum needed to future proof the website and keep it available for everyone if god decided he was required upstairs to sort some IT issues.

For those who say fee paying websites dont work,any Ozi Explorer or Ausfish members please put your 2 Bobs worth in.
Andrew

Wasn't talking about user pays, talking about the content of general chat, I have an elephants memory, sometimes. Bob

Originally Posted by Eevo

how does the money we provide go towards future proofing?
is it put into a trust fund? bank account with high interest for rainy day?
or is it used for the here and now?






cloud computer is becoming big thing.

Perhaps you havent been around that long.Myself and other moderators/members have been involved in fund raising efforts in the past to buy new servers as older units failed to keep this place running at the speed people DEMAND.Withouth those efforts we may not have been here now for the likes of you to ask why something like AULRO should cost ANYTHING to run,despite all the volounteers helping Dave out.
Andrew

Originally Posted by Chucaro

It is not your business

it is very much my business . we should know how our money is going to future proof the forum.

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Perhaps you havent been around that long.Myself and other moderators/members have been involved in fund raising efforts in the past to buy new servers as older units failed to keep this place running at the speed people DEMAND.Withouth those efforts we may not have been here now for the likes of you to ask why something like AULRO should cost ANYTHING to run,despite all the volounteers helping Dave out.
Andrew

thanks for the reply but that wasnt what i was asking.

Originally Posted by Eevo

you still dont get it.
the users are providing the service to each other.
no users, no forums. its very simple.

charging users will mean less users.

as long as we all know and accept that as a consequence.

I am a subscriber, I try to give help to others. But I am not so arrogant as to think that I alone can supply more information than the other thousands of contributors on this forum. I have been helped the odd few times by other forum contributors. This would not be happening without a mechanism on which people can interact - a forum. The forum needs to be paid for to survive. For that service I am willing to pay. If you think the contributions you make are worth more than the contributions made by the thousands of others to which you have access, then setup a forum and charge people for your services. Supply and demand will decide your fate.

Cheers,
Tom.

P.S. No forum, no users.

I found this forum and the people within it so helpful that I subscribed to it even before I put the order in for my Defender.

Can't recall what level I went for but happy to pay more if it helped keeping it ticking over for the long term.

Thanks to everyone on here who have already made my transition in land rover ownership a much more rewarding and interesting experience than I expected.

Excuse me Inc, just a thought, not knowing if it has been considered, so please mods don't read anything into it (not a conspiracy!).

Would LRA be interested in a sponsorship?

Reason I suggest it is that they mention the site in their very recent exclusive welcome packs for new owners. This site (from examples I've read) has allowed users to diagnose faults and share this with their LR dealer, sometimes leading to a Topix release or similar alert.

I believe there is an overall positive relationship between this site and LRA that would be mutually beneficial (includes continuity).

So confirming, I'm a subscriber, don't have a problem with the status quo, just suggesting additional avenues.

Carry on...

I've never been a forum kinda guy before. Until I happened upon aulro. I was a parasite for a while. Then I gained a glimpse of what was involved in supporting/maintaining the freeby ride I was enjoying. And began to appreciate the value I gained from being a part of this forum.

Happy to continue subscribing for all the value it brings. Cheap at twice the cost.