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Re: Is it Just Me or is the RTL on its way out!?
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lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Tue, 29 Jun 1999 13:59:09 GMT
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I hope Todd didn't draw everyone away from rtl so he could start charging an
entry fee.
This never occurred to me before.....this is the advantage of a news
group....free entry.

Mark H.

Sproaticus wrote:

Larry Pieniazek wrote:
In lugnet.general Todd Lehman wrote:
This place will be here for as long as the net is around and there are
LEGO enthusiasts on the net who want to talk about it, which could be
indefinitely but I figure at least must go until 2025.
Sounds good. BUT... (Not to be morbid, but...) what if you and Suzanne
are hit by a bus tomorrow? What will happen to Lugnet then?

A valid concern, but not the one bugging me most right now.  How will LUGNET
be funded through 2025?  How will it be funded through 2000?  I want to plan
for this.  Are paying memberships coming up in the future, and if so, what
kind of dues are we looking at?

Cheers,
- jsproat

--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@geocities.com>
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/5249/
Darth Maul Lives



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  Re: Is it Just Me or is the RTL on its way out!?
 
(...) The news services here are free and will remain so. Nobody "drew" anyone from RTL. Those of us who have mostly abandoned it have done so because RTL is full of more and more bullshit nowadays. If you'd actually read what Todd has said on this (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jun-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: Is it Just Me or is the RTL on its way out!?
 
(...) A valid concern, but not the one bugging me most right now. How will LUGNET be funded through 2025? How will it be funded through 2000? I want to plan for this. Are paying memberships coming up in the future, and if so, what kind of dues are (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)

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