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

Author: George Tsavdaris

Date: 11:54:28 09/30/04

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On September 30, 2004 at 12:57:55, Tony Hedlund wrote:

>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.

That's the best in my opinion! That's perfect. I'm in..........

>
>Tony



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