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Re: LUGNET Memberships
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lugnet.people
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Tue, 16 Nov 1999 00:50:26 GMT
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Ummm...
I don't really want to pay anything... do I have to?
ANd if I don't, will I still be able to post messages on LUGNET?
In lugnet.announce, Todd Lehman writes:
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> I'm happy to announce that formal LUGNET memberships are now available. :)
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> Things won't be very fancy initially (no map or other web-toys yet) but this
> gets the ball rolling and begins to pave the way for much more to come later
> down the road.
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> At this point, the memberships probably aren't something for everyone, since
> they don't actually do anything (for now, they just store data about you),
> but it's still kinda fun.
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> Here's how to sign up:
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> http://www.lugnet.com/people/members/join/
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> From there, you can hop to the actual enrollment form. The form is quite
> the little beastie to fill out, so I recommend printing a hardcopy and
> jotting down a few notes before beginning.
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> Take your time filling out the form -- there's no rush to get into in queue
> -- because the member ID numbers are assigned upon receiving the membership
> fee, not upon receiving the completed form. (In other words, while a day or
> two might make a difference, a few minutes or hours certainly won't.)
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> It was suggested a while ago that the lifetime membership fee be a high
> number since it was a for-life kind of thing, or to charge some sort of
> periodic subscription fee, but we wanted it to be much more open and simple
> than that, and, most importantly, easily affordable for anyone.
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> So we set it up that you pay what you think is fair, based on what the value
> of LUGNET is to you, with the minimum being 10 dollars (U.S.) for lifetime
> membership, leaving anything else up to you.
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> Enjoy!
> --Todd
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> [followups to lugnet.people]
Alex "Buy LUGNET memberships at Spam R Us (and spambayala) for a limited time
only! [1]" Roode
[1] Okay, so that was not a very good joke. If you liked it please followup to
lugnet.i-am.stupid or lugnet.dumb-jokes-domain or
lugnet.alex's-dumb-jokes...
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| (...) Nope! (...) Yep! AFAIK, everything you see here today is free, and will continue to be so. What memberships will give you is the ability to have an 'identity' on Lugnet, and participate in Auctions where Lugnet is an active hub. There are a (...) (24 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.people)
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| I'm happy to announce that formal LUGNET memberships are now available. :) Things won't be very fancy initially (no map or other web-toys yet) but this gets the ball rolling and begins to pave the way for much more to come later down the road. At (...) (24 years ago, 14-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.people) !!
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