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Subject: Re: Upgrade the CCC

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 19:23:01 09/28/04

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On September 28, 2004 at 20:41:22, Steven Schwartz wrote:

>On September 28, 2004 at 20:33:31, Aaron Gordon wrote:
>
>>On September 28, 2004 at 10:39:58, Steven Schwartz wrote:
>>
>>>As of now 87 members have donated a total of $2538 to CCC.
>>>
>>>There are links at the top of the message board if you feel you
>>>would like to help defray the expenses of operating the club.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Steve
>>
>>What would take some time off your hands is upgrading the board to something
>>more modern. Built in search, tons of features, etc. I believe I emailed you on
>>this once before, here is the webpage. http://www.vbulletin.com/
>>
>>A board I go to often that uses it (so you can see an example of it) is at:
>>www.rimfirecentral.com
>>
>>As far as using this software, I don't know how much easier it can get for you.
>>All you'd have to worry about is paying the internet bill to keep the site
>>operational and thats about it. Let the assigned admins do the dirty work of
>>keeping out the spammers/trolls.
>
>
>But what about the dirty work of doing nominations, weeding out trolls from
>nominations, doing elections, weeding out trolls from elections, notifying
>people who are nominated to create bios and moderation philosophies, posting
>same, responding to loads of emails asking for lost passwords, changed email
>addresses, answering questions from moderators, being concerned with possible
>legal liabilities, dealing with the ISP when there are technical problems,
>correcting problems on the board, reading all posts that are complained about,
>and perusing others to keep a handle on possible problems, etc., etc., etc.?
>Steve

Steve,

There is a lack of appreciation for what CCC brings to the table by many
members.  It's just the way life is.  I think $4k or so is fair.  If somebody
else thinks they can exactlty the same job for less -- feel free to volunteer.

Best regards,

Michael



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