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[corel]

I think fruit emu should have one-off fee of a fixed amount which can be paid for infinite membership for life. What does everyone think the amount for the fee should be if it was implemented?  It will increase funding for the site in short space of time.

[I have finished]

Hi Corel, I really have no idea as I am not really into finance. I have just started my new induction program back at college today, unfortunately due to amounts of people not getting their funding, we only have 75 students, most of them "returner learners" as quoted by Julie the BTEC business teacher. I am, however, starting to learn about money management in a business in a 1-to-1 hour lesson with the other teacher, Steve Ramsdail. The teachers seam like good and funny characters. they were telling us about this gun-shaped scanner that some of the big supermarkets have where you can scan the items, put in your debit/credit card and pay without queueing for a til is this reality or just their insanity? lol

[ady]

I think fruit emu should have one-off fee of a fixed amount which can be paid for infinite membership for life. What does everyone think the amount for the fee should be if it was implemented?  It will increase funding for the site in short space of time.

 

Just recently Duplu has had to move from a dedicated server to a shared one...

 

I'm not speaking for him but on a personal note here...

 

All too often we see "yeah i'll support" blah blah in threads then silence..........we even see leechers in the creating side that have NEVER added to the 'pot' yet screw resources...the excuse is "I don't have the bandwidth"...

 

A) How the hell do you then leech?

 

B) Don't moan when the site is slow!

 

C)  How the heck do you think the site creator managed?

 

Nice idea coral, but I doubt much will work....Just wish those that enjoy FME would actually support it.

 

I looked at the DADs thread and the posters and those that had ever (I admit I have only twice) added funds........but jeeze it makes me laugh!

[richy1976]

It may make a boost in funds at first, but long term the site will be at a loss I thinks.

[corel]

I used to study marketing so love coming up with such ideas

[stanmarsh14]

Similar idea was tabled at the Mecca and same conclusion came to..... would just create a rather elitist feel to the forums and loose members in the long run, resulting in the eventual death of the forums.

[Zoltar]

Well theres Children In Need. Theres even been Sport Aid. And we all know about Comic Relief. There was once even a Compost-Aid a few years ago

 

 Could we not send the moderators to some of the poorest amusement arcades in errm, Africa? And demand funds from the public 'Geldof style' to help save and enhance the lives of starving cash attendants?

 

 Just £1 can buy a small helpless child a bag of 2p's for the pushers...

 

 £5 can keep a whole African family entertained on a Party Time Arena for at least a minute.

 

 

 

 Just a thought...

[Idontknow]

I think fruit emu should have one-off fee of a fixed amount which can be paid for infinite membership for life. What does everyone think the amount for the fee should be if it was implemented?  It will increase funding for the site in short space of time.

 

That would be similar to what reelsoffun has just started with its "membership for life" is that what you mean?

 

Not sure it would work here but I agree we need to come up with a way to fund this site for the long term, just not sure how without upsetting people, its a tricky balance really.

[altharic]

Why not have crowns...

Sure they tried that.

[Magz]

If it's just bandwidth that causes the site to be expensive to run, I just had a thought. Would it make sense to store / copy the uploaded file data into an online sharing service that can offer read only access. Then, when someone wants a file they can just install the client and accept the share invite. New files would then appear automatically (or with approval at the client end) but the bandwidth issue would be with the cloud provider. As these providers have huge bandwidth available I doubt they'd notice.

 

Of course, there are issues of authorities snooping etc but I doubt they really care about binary files as oppose to music / mp3 copyright.

 

Anyway, just an idea that came to mind.

[Anosha]

I'd have to disagree too. You would end up making a lot of cash up front, but unless you get recruiting a lot of new people in the upcoming years would be at a loss. Maybe if you charged a yearly fee instead? That would allow a yearly income for the site rather than a one time deal. Then you could always keep donations up too.

[policematrix]

If it's just bandwidth that causes the site to be expensive to run, I just had a thought. Would it make sense to store / copy the uploaded file data into an online sharing service that can offer read only access. Then, when someone wants a file they can just install the client and accept the share invite. New files would then appear automatically (or with approval at the client end) but the bandwidth issue would be with the cloud provider. As these providers have huge bandwidth available I doubt they'd notice.

 

Of course, there are issues of authorities snooping etc but I doubt they really care about binary files as oppose to music / mp3 copyright.

 

Anyway, just an idea that came to mind.

very good idea multiupload would be a good place to store downloads , there are others where you need a password to download making it less public