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

["Ed Wurster" <eawurster -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

oudeis wrote:
> I'm still trying to figure this one out. The Rays have explained that
> they don't even break even taking in 65k in ad revenues. It pays for
> the basic expenses, but it doesn't pay for their labor, which they've
> kindly donated lo these many years. IT seems to me that, if that's
> the case, we need to raise 65k a year, at least, to run this list and
> maintain/invest in/grow
> the site.

It's simpler to start another list. Without knowing what the expenses are,
no one can say anything about the total. Without knowing the traffic and
disk requirements, we can only speculate about hosting requirements.

One thing we know, it is simpler and cheaper to start a list today.

The larger investment is admin labor, and that is in short supply.

Ed Wurster
http://www.ewurster.com/blog/

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