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Subject: Re: How much is 20 US$ a year?

Author: Tony Hedlund

Date: 09:57:55 09/30/04

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On September 30, 2004 at 11:10:40, Fernando Villegas wrote:

>Looking at the answers to my post asking about who are or are not prepared to
>pay something to keep CCC and his sister, I concluded first that those that
>accepting the idea simply say "yes", but those that does not, give lot of
>explanations. Interesting. Anyway I would like to make a more concrete question.
>Do you consider reasonnable 20 bucks a year?
>
>In my country and from any country 20 bucks is less than the cost of purchasing
>one average book in Amazon
>In my country and I think in any country 20 dollars is less than put some gas
>-not to fill it- in the car, once.
>...and less that go to the cinema with the girld friend or wife.
>...or less than those triffling expenses you make in a supermarket, anyday,
>almost without realizin it.
>
>I ask this not as coordinator of this place neither under any official or
>informal position here or making a "due diligence" under a third party command :
>It is just my curiosity to know how far we are prepared to go to keep this place
>running.
>
>"How far" is of course a joke: 20 dollars a year are not "too far" I guess...
>Fernando

I think we can go farther than that. Perhaps 50$, and with 100 members we have
5000. It might be enough.

Tony



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