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Subject: Re: An important message to CCC members....

Author: Deepak Nityanandam

Date: 12:06:46 08/24/04

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On August 24, 2004 at 15:01:41, Tom Likens wrote:

>On August 24, 2004 at 14:56:40, Deepak Nityanandam wrote:
>
>>On August 24, 2004 at 14:27:45, Gerd Isenberg wrote:
>>
>>><snip>
>>>>Bottom line is that any capitalistic advantage that we once had by hosting CCC
>>>>(and CTF) has dwindled to nothing, but the time, work, and expense of operating
>>>>the CCC and CTF have not.
>>>>
>>>>So, what's the answer? There are several choices:
>>>>	a) some other organization can take over the responsibility of hosting and
>>>>running CCC and CTF
>>>>	b) CCC and CTF can be disbanded and members can rejoin the USENET Newsgroups
>>>>	c) members can pay a yearly fee to belong
>>>>	d) members can voluntarily contribute
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Hi Steven,
>>>i stick with Bo,
>>>option d) $50-100 range yearly.
>>>
>>>Contributors have no preferences in moderator elections.
>>>
>>>IMHO in CTF there are often very interesting topics and readings, of course
>>>beside sporadic racist and other questionable posts. I like to keep CCC and CTF
>>>together.
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>Gerd
>>>
>>
>>The voice of reason.Thanks.
>>For a moment I felt a modern day lynching in the making.
>>
>>I don't think CTF can survive on its own.Not everyone in CTF is Evil!
>
>Why not, if CTF is providing a worthwhile service than people should be
>willing to pay for it.
>

You are quite right, but there are far few posters there, hence even if people
pay for CTF it wont be economically viable, unless everyone coughs up ~100+ $
per year.




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