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Grex > Coop6 > #14: A moneymaking idea for Grex? | |
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chelsea
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response 25 of 45:
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Sep 28 18:27 UTC 1994 |
Oh-key-dough-key. This is now linked from Summer Agora
to Co-op.
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robh
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response 26 of 45:
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Sep 28 19:22 UTC 1994 |
Re earlier responses about adding a question to newuser - from
talking to new users who "write help", one of the things that
appeals to users, and in particular to the users who stay here,
is that we're non-commercial. We don't have ads popping up
on the screen a la Prodigy, we don't demand money or we'll
throw you off, etc. If we do put in a question about being
on a commercial mailing list, I think remmers and brighn
are right, we'd scare off a lot of users who would otherwise
love this system.
Sorry, rcurl, but that sounds like something AOL would do. >8)
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popcorn
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response 27 of 45:
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Sep 28 20:09 UTC 1994 |
Re 23: It's for post office mail, not e-mail.
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wh
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response 28 of 45:
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Oct 5 17:44 UTC 1994 |
I agree that this is not the kind of message a lot of people would
like to see when they first see us. It would make some feel uncomfortable,
others would get *completely* the wrong idea--that we are some
commercial group, which we are proudly and sometimes-strapped-for-
cashedly most definitely not!
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tsty
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response 29 of 45:
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Oct 10 06:41 UTC 1994 |
First? no, but "later," not a problem.
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pegasus
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response 30 of 45:
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Oct 10 13:21 UTC 1994 |
I couldn't find an item for this, and I didn't want to create a whole
item, so I'm posting here. My apologies if I offend anyone.
Has anyone thought of the members from faraway places who can't now get
into Grex? How long exactly has the link been down? Some people may
ask for their money back. Has anyone thought of this? Is Grex able to
rebate people for inability to use?
Pattie
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rcurl
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response 31 of 45:
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Oct 10 13:36 UTC 1994 |
Re #26, 28 etc. Gotta admit I don't understand the objection: it would
be entirely, 100%, optional, and some people would want to get more
junk mail, and those that don't, needn't. However I will acknowledge that
there may be lots of others things in such optional categories, so I
will suggest that we have a *place* where people can sign up for freebies,
as they wish. Maybe a lynx page, so you just need to select the hypertext,
and you get put on the list (and a way to get off by selecting a remove-me).
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carson
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response 32 of 45:
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Oct 10 20:39 UTC 1994 |
re #30: what money?
if you're referring to memberships, danr will more than likely
extend the membership for the number of affected days. I won't
speak for him, though.
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steve
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response 33 of 45:
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Oct 11 01:03 UTC 1994 |
If Grex doesn't come up tonight, then it almost certainly will
by Wednesday. I think we can make allowances for extending members
membership periods.
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popcorn
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response 34 of 45:
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Oct 11 16:10 UTC 1994 |
100 members times $3 for half a month's membership is $300.
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steve
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response 35 of 45:
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Oct 11 19:06 UTC 1994 |
Half a month? We were down for 7 days...
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popcorn
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response 36 of 45:
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Oct 11 21:06 UTC 1994 |
I might be wrong, but I think Dan does all memberships in half-month
segments, starting either at the beginning or half-way through the month.
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chelsea
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response 37 of 45:
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Oct 11 22:04 UTC 1994 |
And I thought these were donations. ;-)
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mwarner
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response 38 of 45:
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Oct 11 22:25 UTC 1994 |
I think it is a donation, but I can see where a goodwill extension might
be in order. How about E-mail to membership offering the extension? I
would not request one. Others may. This could be accounted as "lost
income" when we sue the turd. (oops that just popped out, I meant to stay
civil)
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rcurl
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response 39 of 45:
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Oct 12 06:25 UTC 1994 |
I do not wish for any extension. I say, "for better or for worse, or
until we divorce". During the down time, I implicitly received an
enormous amount of donated time and effort from staff members, who
brought the system back up. I'm in favor of praising them highly,
instead of grumbling about our (selfish) lost time. What about their's?
That's my opinion.
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tsty
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response 40 of 45:
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Oct 12 14:31 UTC 1994 |
Esxactly what rcurl said, reinforced and ---staff perns: THANK YOU!
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carson
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response 41 of 45:
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Oct 12 22:15 UTC 1994 |
besides, it's not like we couldn't DIAL in. :)
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aruba
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response 42 of 45:
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Oct 13 02:27 UTC 1994 |
I agree with #39.
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srw
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response 43 of 45:
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Oct 13 06:10 UTC 1994 |
Well, Carson, some people couldn't dial in, and those are the ones that
I think Pattie was trying to speak for. I think I agree with #39, but
I wouldn't object to extending a membership if the downtime got to be
greater than half a month and the member was upset about it.
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carson
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response 44 of 45:
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Oct 13 06:15 UTC 1994 |
but Steve, ANYONE can dial in! it just costs a little, is all...
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rcurl
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response 45 of 45:
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Oct 13 17:10 UTC 1994 |
I soften my stand a bit, when confronted with members that would have
liked to have exercised their membership privileges of voting, and
discussing Grex issues in coop, etc. That is, those membership privileges
provided in the bylaws (and therby sanctioned by state law). However,
only if there is *no way* for the member to exercise those rights. I
don't think any of those conditions applied in this case.
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