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Cynthia
Of course everyone would rather have it for free, but as several previous posters have put it, this forum is WORTH paying for and if that is what it comes to, I will pay to stay!
I have learned more from the professionals in this forum in the last couple of years than I have from any magazine, book or class. This thread is making me nervous that this forum will fold!
My main concern about a fee is that the forum would change, for the worse. If you do go fee based, as I think Lisa pointed out, I believe it would take more effort on your part to make sure the forum stays at this level or better.
I don't know what the answer is. Im not clear on whether it is money you are needing or more man hours to maintain the forum. If it is the latter would you consider asking volunteers to help? I would be willing.
I'm an internet junkie, and belong to many forums. None of them are fee based, however some, like the EZ boards are set up to take donations. The donations keep all of the pop ups off. We can see at the top of the board how much money is in the pot and the members hate the pop ups so much and love the forum even more, that that pot always seems to have enough in it to keep the forum rolling. I KNOW that forum has many many more posts a day than this one.
Other boards rely heavily on volunteers to do the mundane and they keep on rolling.
I hope you find your answer. This forum is amazing.
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