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Originally Posted by mick
Right lets sort this out i have been speaking to Roys dad about this and he said it would not work.
1) he said roy would not exept it
2) the idea of sponsorship from local firms is the best way and we have already talked about this but are wateing for Roy to come back to see if the software will do what we want
3) Roys dad said that if people payed to use the site then the site would belong to them not roy he would be working for them and being payed .
DONT get me wrong i would be the first inline to pay Roy for all the work he has done.
also think about the tax man looking on the site.
also if people payed to use the site it would put them off comming on or new members
and we dont want that DO WE?
it could also start a lot of argueing ie i have payed to use this site i want this game on or that game on .
I have also been round to 1 or 2 firms and they would be glad to sponser the site ie
we advertise there firm they give us 10% discount 5% to members 5% to the site .
but will have to see if it can work
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Hi everybody,
ok lets try to get things a little bit calmer than they appear to be at the moment, in the first place on this site I am known as Less NOT Roy's dad. Secondly I have absolutely no authority whatsoever about what does or does not go on on this site, Roy will make any decisions that he deems necessary when he gets back from Russia (no doubt taking into account the advise given to him by the administrators etc.).
To expand on what Mick & I discussed the other day i would like to submit the following:-
NONE of the following has been discussed with Roy, so what was quoted above was my opinion & nothing at all official.
1) I did say that I thought Roy would not except this for precisely the reasons that have shown up in recent posts on this topic
a/ It could easily cause friction between fellow members.
b/ It would create all of the difficulties that have emerged as to how & how much it would be fair to for members to pay.
2) The idea of sponsorships from local firms this, could be a real advantage to Roy, members & local business as a whole as could the recent adverts that Roy has placed on the site at present.
3) My thoughts towards people paying to use the site are based firstly on the priciple that so far as I know Roy wants the site to have freedom of accessibility to ALL members, if we had paying & non paying members would there be parts of the site deemed only for the exclusive use of those that pay? Also, if the site is left in Roys capable hands then important decisions can be dealt with quickly otherwise I can see the formation of the accyweb committee which would slow things down worse than the old servers Roy has upgraded us from.
So far as anything else is concerned I think that we should note that this all started when someone enquired as to where their posts had gone & that they would have to re-submit them. Roy replied along the lines of (this is not an exact quote), you think you've got problems I've got the whole site to sort out! Knowing Roy's sense of humour that was probably said & should have been accepted as just a little bit tongue in cheek.
Until Roy can either get back on site or until he returns from Russia can I suggest that we put this topic on hold until we can hear direct from the horses mouth because all this in fighting is no good for any of us.
Sorry to have gone on for so long in this post but I hope we can all get back to the way things should as quickly as possible.
Cheers,
Less