Thanks to everyone who has responded to this request. You have confirmed my initial feeling that this was not something I wanted to post on my blog! Siobhan
Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, MSLIS Community Outreach Liaison National Network of Libraries of Medicine - MidContinental Region Creighton University Health Sciences Library 2500 California Plaza Omaha, NE 68178 402-280-4156/800-338-7657 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nnlm.gov/mcr/ (NN/LM MCR Web Site) http://medstat.med.utah.edu/blogs/BHIC/ (Web Log) http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/siobhanchamp-blackwell (Digital Divide Network Profile) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Snow Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 5:14 AM To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Subject: Re: [DDN] Charity Advantage? Folks, If you are paying more than $100 per year for web hosting, then you are paying too much. I volunteer with a little nonprofit that provides web hosting to others. the hosting comes with access to a control panel where you can do whatever you want. it is easy to learn and "works". This is a good little revenue stream for a small nonprofit organization. The group I am connected with (The Charlotte Folk Society) makes roughly $1000 a year by reselling web hosting to small nonprofits at low rates. The aggregate provides them with the revenue, plus they have their own site hosted for free. Engaging in reselling is easy to set up and manage. The Folk Society does no advertising for clients and we have 10. We're looking at adding some tiered services to lower the price even more to individual organizations and microbusinesses. The fact that the organization is unclear about its status is a big red flag. That they charge so much so "you can add pages..." is ludicrous on its face. $35 per month -- if THEY do all the heavy lifting MIGHT be acceptable. But for YOU to do it....no way. My $0.02. Steve Snow ======================================== Stephen Snow, MA, National Certified Counselor [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Where love stops, power www.commcure.com begins, and violence 704.569.0243 and terror." -- CG Jung ---------------------------------------------------------- GROW BY GIVING: VOLUNTEER Artist-Blacksmith Assn. of N. America (www.abana.org) Assn. For Community Networking (www.afcn.org) Charlotte Folk Society (www.folksociety.org) Int'l Society for the Study of Dissociation (www.issd.org) Int'l Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (www.istss.org) Si Kahn (www.sikahn.com) One Special Christmas (www.onespecialchristmas.org) American Counseling Association (www.counseling.org) N.C. Counseling Association (www.nccounseling.org) ======================================= ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Gemelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Digital Divide Network discussion group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 2:28 PM Subject: Re: [DDN] Charity Advantage? I don't believe they are, as I cannot find them in Guidestar (which lists all registered nonprofits. It also seems like alot of money $35 just for web hosting! Tim Gemelli Principal { www.eNonProfits.org } _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
