Re: ADMIN: More on upcoming list changes--READ ME

[Marilynne Smith <marilyns -at- QUALCOMM -dot- COM>]

The list is important to me.  If it means I have to read ads or pay a
subscription fee, that's fine.

Marilynne

At 01:57 PM 8/3/99 , Eric J. Ray wrote:
>> Okay, Eric, I'll throw this idea out for discussion:
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>> Is there a way to make this a paid subscription service? If half the
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>As soon as we move to a new host, yes, that's possible. That is,
>it cannot happen while at Okstate, but, given financial resources
>to start it up, it could happen on a new list host, and yes
>at $5/list member and 2000 members participating, it'd certainly
>be feasible. That said (again, based on the response in the last
>week to ads etc.), the money to start it would have to be in place
>_before_ making the change. Taking your thoughts a bit further,
>at that assumed membership and price, it'd also be possible to have
>TECHWR-Grammar or TECHWR-Im-bored-and-wanna-chat or TECHWR-unmoderated
>or whatever, all available to any of those $5 players without additional
>overhead costs.
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>> current listmembers were willing to pay $5.00 per year, that would
>> generate $10,000, which ought to be enough to cover the overhead of
>> handling the transactions online as well as the overhead charges you
>> describe. (I'm assuming half the list members would be too annoyed or
>> lazy to cough up the five bucks; I may be overly pessimistic in this. If
>> more signed up, there would be money to support other features, maybe
>> return a little to you guys for your management efforts, something I for
>> one would not resent in the least.)
>>
>> Dick
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>Eric
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