Author: Uri Blass
Date: 11:30:30 10/25/05
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On October 25, 2005 at 11:59:39, Swaminathan wrote: >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 I believe that Fabien's decision to release Fruit is not related to this forum. Uri
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