wwhat is getting lost here I THINK, is that Randy has been very clear whenever thtis has been brought up - that he does NOT want to make FT a paid site. Whenever you charge money for something you have the repsonsibility that goes with it. If you pay a fee can you request your $$ back if the site goes down? Seeing as Randy has no staff dedicated to FT specifically (witness how weekends are an issue if the site goes down or flames explode) I can't imagine he will change his mind and change his business model because we can't work it out.

And there ARE hassles with a paid site, just in terms of administration and maintenance. There ARE people (not any current FT'er of course) who would complain if the site was slow for a few hours...

[This message has been edited by squeakr (edited Feb 01, 2004).]