Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 18:25:34 10/25/05
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On October 25, 2005 at 14:30:30, Uri Blass wrote: >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 This forum wouldn't exist if Steve charged to post here. It is bad enough that you have to register to read it. Our community would be much bigger if you could read the forum without registering, because people would see a post they wanted to respond to, and register. bruce
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