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Re: LUGNET Memberships
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lugnet.people
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Tue, 16 Nov 1999 05:09:33 GMT
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In lugnet.people, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.people, "Richard Franks" writes:
> > In lugnet.people, Alex Roode writes:
> > > Ummm...
> > > I don't really want to pay anything... do I have to?
> >
> > Nope!
> >
> >
> > > And if I don't, will I still be able to post messages on LUGNET?
> >
> > 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 lot • more
> > things to come in the future (see the long-term plan on the first web-page),
> > obviously including things we haven't even thought of yet! But for now,
> > membership for me means support for something that I think is worthwhile,
> > deserves to grow, and also a way to say thanks!
> >
> > But as Todd wrote in the message that you responded to - membership isn't
> > something for everyone.
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>
> I'm sending out a follow-up message to clarify things... I pasted a copy
> below...
>
> (Yuck, I hate sending out unsolicited e-mail in quantities like this -- it
> feels like spamming. :-( Last time anything like this went out to everyone
> who'd registered to post was about a year ago.
I love e-mail! As long as it takes at least two minutes to read, I love it!
(except for those dumb webpage newsleter thingies, I HATE those!)
> Once a year is more than
> enough, if you ask me. I wish I'd made a checkbox for "email me important
> announcements about new LUGNET features" so that people who might not want
> to see this wouldn't have to...)
>
> --Todd
Okay, I'm sorry if I don't wanna pay anything, but I don't use money on the
internet. I mean, all the stuff you've done for us. I also have to thank
Kevin Loch for bringing the 2000 catalog! (I bought the 4940 today, and it
didn't have the new catalog! :'( dang...)
Besides, I don't like auctions (im a bad speller (unless of corse, i acctually
spelled that right) !)
> ============================================================================
>
> <Gulp!>
Don't gulp in brackets! You might choke! ( and ) are much better.
> Sorry about the confusion, folks!
>
> Several people wrote in and asked whether LUGNET memberships and/or the
> fees were mandatory.
>
> The answer is no -- definitely not.
>
> Nothing about LUGNET is changing, except that something new (memberships)
> are being added. The memberships are 100% optional. You don't have to,
> and aren't expected to, become a member unless you yourself want to.
>
> The word "membership" is somewhat confusing because LUGNET has only had
> users up until now, and it's mostly only the old-timers who remember the
> original LUGNET Plan documents which talked about memberships. So...
>
> - A "user" is someone who accesses data in the system and reads news
> and possibly also posts messages. (This is about 3000 people over
> the past year.) And this is all free. Nothing is changing here.
>
> - A "member" is someone who has all the capabilities of a "user" but
> also has a personal page on the website
page on the wbsite? Wha??!
> and an actual account with a
> password and a member ID number and lots of other neat things into the
> future (like holding auctions and participating in formal surveys and
> voting and things like that).
and
- A "founder" is Todd.
>
> So, just to reiterate -- if you don't want to pay anything, then you don't
> have to -- and you can keep using LUGNET exactly as you have been.
>
> No money is being charged for news or data or anything like that.
> Memberships are just something extra -- something to form the backbone
> of new infrastructures being built atop everything else.
>
> Here are a couple relevant pages describing a bit about memberships,
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> http://www.lugnet.com/admin/plan/4.html
> http://www.lugnet.com/admin/plan/8.html
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> from the LUGNET Plan document which was published in late 1997:
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> http://www.lugnet.com/admin/plan/
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> Again, I apologize for any confusion...I should have made it more clear in
> the first message.
>
> If anyone has any more questions, feel free to ask them on the lugnet.people
> newsgroup:
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> http://www.lugnet.com/people/
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> Over and out,
Roger.
> --Todd
>
> p.s. About 90 people have filled out membership enrollment forms so far
> in the past 36 hours.
I think it would TAKE 36 hours to fill out that form... =O
Alex Roode
USER of Lugnet, not a member. ???
P.S. I like the Lugnet logo thingies on the minifig pic at the member place.
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