RE: ADMIN: An Open Letter to the TECHWR-L Community

["Downing, David" <DavidDowning -at- Users -dot- com>]

There are two other questions I might add to the survey:

1.  Would your willingness to pay that $20 depend on the how you were
required to do it.  For example, some people might think it was no big
deal to give their credit card number, but would want to take the
trouble to mail a check.  Others might PREFER to mail a check because
they wouldn't want to risk sending their credit card number.

2.  Would somebody be willing to handle the collection and processing of
the fee?

-----Original Message-----
From: Dick Margulis [mailto:margulisd -at- comcast -dot- net] 
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 9:16 AM
To: Downing, David
Cc: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: ADMIN: An Open Letter to the TECHWR-L Community




Downing, David wrote:
> Something like $20/year wouldn't be a big deal, but
> $20 a MONTH might be a problem.
> 
> 

Okay, this reprises a figure I tossed out a couple of days ago, with the

idea that lurking would be free, but posting and voting (in a new 
non-profit set up for the purpose) would require annual dues of $20.

Does anyone have a suggestion of how to test the feasiblity of such a 
fee? That is, I know Deb could post it as a techwr-l poll, but that 
doesn't really produce statistically valid results, especially where 
people's pocketbooks are concerned. What I really want to know is how 
many different individuals typically post in a given year and what 
percentage of them would actually cough up $20 for the privilege of 
remaining in the techwr-l community.

If you have a notion of a way to arrive at reasonably reliable numbers, 
or if you want to take on the responsibility for conducting a valid 
survey, please speak up.

Please do NOT just respond with "Yes, I'd pay $20." Wait for the 
resulting survey.

Dick

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