Author: Mike Hood
Date: 13:04:22 08/24/04
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On August 24, 2004 at 13:36:50, Mark R. Anderson wrote: >On August 24, 2004 at 13:22:59, Steve B wrote: > >>> c) members can pay a yearly fee to belong >>> d) members can voluntarily contribute >>> >>hi Steve >>as a long time customer of ICD i appreciate the CCC you maintain even though i >>only discovered it about 2 years ago >>i would be willing to pay a fee to remain a member.. >> >>a number of thoughts though.. >> >>the donations thingy is a problem i think because if not enough pony up we are >>still looking at the same problem >> >>would it be less time consuming and less expensive to eliminate the CTF? >> >>perhaps a combination of a fee for the CCC with the elimination of the CTF >>would make the required membership fee smaller? >>the CTF has nothing to do with chess and basically (in my opinion) is a sounding >>board for rascist,anti-semetic , neo-nazi, anti-US ranting's and ravings. >>while there are a handful of members that do make an attempt to post intelligent >>,well reasoned messages,sadly,by far and away they are the exception rather then >>the rule >> >>so in short.. >>i would gladly pay to play but i think it best to eliminate the CTF all together >>and concentrate on things computer chess >> >>Best >>Steve > >I agree 100 percent with Steve B. If I have to pony up my $$$ every year to >support CCC, that's fine, but not if it also supports the rantings of CTF!! I >also agree with Steve B that CTF has become so anti-US, anti-semitic, etc, that >I don't even visit there anymore, even though I never posted there, just >watched. So, if you must charge a fee for CCC, then fine, but SEPARATE it from >CTF. If the loonies want to pay for their rantings, then fine ... let them, but >don't make us pay for it! > >Mark Anderson My guess is that eliminating the CTF would not save much money. As far as I can see, more is posted on CCC than CTF, so I assume that CTF is read less and consumes less bandwidth. And CCC takes more effort to run, because CTF is unmoderated, except where the posts become extremely offensive.
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