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I am putting together some basic guesstimate numbers for the sake of discussing the LUGNET financing topic. Please do comment. Membership Numbers: Current membership: 1,500 Membership growth per year: 500 Lurking potential members: 4,000? Income (...) (23 years ago, 4-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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(...) Honestly I think $250/year is quite high. I like to consider myself generous, but I still don't think I'd shell out $250/year. I could see plausibly $120/year, based on $10/month or so, but even that's pretty high. I might pay that. Maybe. I'd (...) (23 years ago, 4-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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(...) Interesting numbers. But I don't think the membership base will increase as fast with higher associated costs (think of a simple supply/demand graph). Remember, there is a risk that LUGNET would price itself out of business. Especially if (...) (23 years ago, 4-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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(...) ... I imagine that the lurk factor is much higher. For comparison, BrickLink has over 7,700 registered members. The LUGNET Admin probably has a pretty good idea of the numbers though, based on server bandwidth and number of unique IPs. Cary (23 years ago, 4-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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(...) I think a simple membership icon would be appropriate. But I am against public member ratings unless it were confined to that member's profile page. If people feel that they should be rated highly in order to be considered a "good" member this (...) (23 years ago, 7-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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(...) I guess the impetus for me would be the ability to see who's who rather than who's respected. Used to be I could recognize maybe 70% of the names on Lugnet-- now it's not so easy. Only helps me insofar as I can say "Is this person a newbie?" (...) (23 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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Well said Kevin, it is just a pity nobody highlighted your message. ;) Scott A =+= Have you inspected Arthur’s Seat yet? (URL) reasonable man adapts himself to suit his environment. An unreasonable man persists in attempting to adapt his environment (...) (23 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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David, I can understand most of this, but why should it matter if a person chooses to be a member or not? Scott A =+= Have you inspected Arthur’s Seat yet? (URL) reasonable man adapts himself to suit his environment. An unreasonable man persists in (...) (23 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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(...) I assume you meant to ask me why it should matter for me to know: (...) As for why it should matter? It shouldn't. But I find it easier to know who I'm talking to. It may help me to decide whether or not I should reply, how I should reply, or (...) (23 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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