Author: Peter Skinner
Date: 10:24:28 10/24/05
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On October 24, 2005 at 09:59:17, Mike Hood wrote: >I don't know how the moderation team discovered this, but I hope it's the start >of a new trend. After all, it's part of CCC's charter that everybody should use >their real name. If it were up to me I'd require proof of identity on >registration, and re-registration should be demanded from all current members by >causing all current memberships to expire on a certain day. A small one-time >registration fee, payable by cheque or credit card (not cash!) would furnish >adequate proof, as well as giving a boost to the funding of CCC. Interesting idea, and I like it. You wouldn't even need to charge a fee to become a member but the use of a checking account or credit card with an pre-authorization charge (a charge that is not actually billed, but verifies card/account holders information) then I believe we could seriously illiminate some of our problems. Here is the only problem with the idea. If we were to have 15,000 members, most credit card companies charge a 40-50 cent transaction fee, even on the pre-auth's. 15,000 x .40 = $6000 Even if we were to only get 5000 _real_ users out of the number that is in the database, then that is still a fee of $2000. A better way of doing it would be a $1 fee via PayPal. Again you get authentic information, and $1/person to help Steve out with costs. This wouldn't be a yearly fee, but every little bit helps here. Wouldn't you agree? Peter
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