I propose a 10% cut, payable to myself since I'm the one who got this thread rolling after all :P
Michael, your list helps in many ways. You should have a new payment in your pay pal account. Thanks again. Adam. ps. My initial post wasn't serious; just in case you had any doubts. > -----Original Message----- > From: Lee Fuller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 11:15 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: [admin] List status - A CHALLENGE > > > Ok.. Putting on my "board of directors" hat... > > So, if I read things properly, we're (at best) about 3700, > and at worst > (if you figure 1/2 are simply not active) 900. > > To be conservative, we're looking at 3/4 of the actual subscriber base > (not NNTP) as "potential donors". That makes it about 1400. > > After all is said and done, you'll need more than $5000, even with the > wonderful generosity of some who are donating systems (thanks guys!!). > I'm guessing more like $6500. > > Simple math says... > > 6500 / 1400 = $4.64 per subscriber. > > Reality is, that's a "perfect world" scenario. But it also shows that > it's not a huge issue to overcome. > > So, I will offer a challenge to all of whom are able to do so. Donate > $200 to the fund to build up this list. If you cannot donate > $200, then > donate whatever you can. However, if we cut the number above in 1/2, > it's about $10 each. If you cut it into 1/4, it's about $20. So, I'm > willing to pay for 40 of the 1400... Anyone else? > > Let's move this forward quickly, and support the > person/entity that has > tirelessly supported us. He deserves it. > > Check's on the way Michael, payable to you. > > > Lee Fuller > Chief Technical Officer > PrimeDNA / AAA Web Hosting Corporations > > > > > | -----Original Message----- > | From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > | Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 9:01 AM > | To: CF-Talk > | Subject: RE: [admin] List status > | > | > | Sorry, Judith's sick in bed and I just got into work and > | online. The list membership for CF-Talk has been down > | reciently to 1856 members on list. If you add in the NNTP > | readers, archive readers and all we'd have about double that. > | This is the reason I want to provide better resources. To get > | the information to more people through more channels. > | My goal for the lists are to have them as lists with > | immediate delivery, digests on the hour on up to once a day. > | An archive that can be searched and posted from that will > | include the proper threading (message id and reference id) > | when a message is posed from them. An NNTP interface so that > | a post can go from NNTP to the list and the archives in one > | fell swoop. Finally, a web service interface so that other > | devices can get the data. > | This may sound like a lot of work but it's rather easy if > | done in steps. The staggered digests and the archive are > | done. Plugging a verity search into that is simple to do and > | automating parts of it are one of my specialties (I think I > | use the scheduler more than anyone else around). The posting > | from the archives to the list is done on the back end and > | just needs a nice front end for it. I wrote a new CF_MakeTree > | that's tighter than hell to get the threading done right. > | NNTP is something that I'm talking to someone about and they > | can comment on it if they want. Web services is just a quick > | CFC to the archives with no real front end. > | Step by step it's being done and will get done. > | > | At 11:21 AM 5/15/02, you wrote: > | >Still didn't hear... > | > > | >Michael, > | > > | >How many of us on this list? And do you have any stats on > | how many are > | >"active"? > | > > | > > | > > | > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
