Jeff,
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Since I've been a participant here for some time now, I think I would pay to keep it. I'm not sure I'd pay if I were new here, and didn't know how much I would benefit. Therefore, a free trial period may be useful.
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Yep, got that one covered.
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If you don't allow non-paying people to read posts, how will they know what they'll get for their money? Read for free--post for fee.
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As said, there will be a free trial period. But, it's interesting, there's always more "guests" on than there are registered members. Right now there are 12 members on and 20 guests. Almost always there are a lot more guests reading and lurking than members on. Every one of those guests that downloads pages and images increases the bandwidth.
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Here's a major issue. You don't want to discourage well-known pros from participating. I think they should all get free memberships, while guys like me should pay.
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Definitely!
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This forum's greatest assets are artists like Marvin, Karin, Igor, Scott, and Tim. If they have to pay to be members, you're shooting yourself in the foot.
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Stroke of Genius main site members all get free membership. That covers everyone you mentioned except Tim and Scott. Scott? Why aren't you on my web site. But, I would certainly make concessions in order to have the quality artists come on.