Author: Swaminathan
Date: 08:59:39 10/25/05
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On October 24, 2005 at 13:35:13, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On October 24, 2005 at 13:24:28, Peter Skinner wrote: > >>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 > >A registration fee at CCC would mean we would get no new members. yes,Some great programmers here like Fabien wouldn't have given us his monster Fruit Maybe,phbb style forum is a very good idea to start the CCC.members wouldn't be using multiple Id's,I'm not active here,as I have less interest in computer chess. there are some testers out there who test lesser strength engine are using multipile Id's >bruce
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