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Grex > Oldcoop > #273: Cyberspace Communications finances for May 2005 | |
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jep
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response 25 of 35:
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Jun 27 15:04 UTC 2005 |
I was the one who mentioned doubling the membership rate. It's the
same now as it was the day Grex came on-line. If we needed more money,
then increasing the membership rate would be acceptable to me.
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nharmon
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response 26 of 35:
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Jun 27 15:05 UTC 2005 |
I'm with Rick. I would object to doubling the membership rate...but I might
sponsor a hard drive or something.
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tod
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response 27 of 35:
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Jun 27 15:57 UTC 2005 |
Anybody want to prime up the auction to raise funds? I don't see a reason
to juice member costs when there are many alternatives that could include the
userbase.
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aruba
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response 28 of 35:
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Jun 27 22:13 UTC 2005 |
I would always prefer to have more members than to raise the amount it
costs to be a member. More members means a stronger community, and I
rather have that than a richer one. We have probably set the membership
rate lower than th intersection of the supply and demand curves, for that
reason.
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jep
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response 29 of 35:
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Jun 28 14:42 UTC 2005 |
I agree that it'd be better to see more members than to get more money
from the current members than to increase rates. However, membership
is declining and no one has been able to do anything about it for a few
years now.
I am not advocating that we increase membership fees. I'm just saying
that it's been a long time that Grex has had the same rates, and if
some increase were necessary, I would be willing to pay more.
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tod
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response 30 of 35:
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Jun 28 14:46 UTC 2005 |
Why not donate?
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marcvh
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response 31 of 35:
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Jun 28 15:10 UTC 2005 |
Ah yes, the lesser-known first draft of Meijer's slogan, "Why not pay more!"
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jep
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response 32 of 35:
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Jun 28 15:39 UTC 2005 |
re resp:30: I do donate when there is occasion for it.
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keesan
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response 33 of 35:
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Jun 28 15:55 UTC 2005 |
ISPs used to charge $2/hour and you can now get unlimited service for
$5/month. The actual costs of running grex have gone down, not up, so why
raise rates?
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ric
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response 34 of 35:
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Jul 5 19:36 UTC 2005 |
(it's rare, but "agreed")
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jesuit
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response 35 of 35:
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May 17 02:15 UTC 2006 |
TROGG IS DAVID BLAINE
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