I'm going to throw in my $0.02 now... I DO realize that financially we're in a bad way, but I also know that my site that I host here runs on a showstring budget also, which allows for a max of about $5 per month in hosting costs...I see that in last few months, my costs have been well below that due to many more members than when I joined in Jan 2005, so making up the difference wouldn't be that much of a problem...however, should the costs go above that $5 a month, I might have to look elsewhere as there could possibly be some other provider who gives me the four things I need, which are:
1) Cost as decsribed 2) Ability to execute my own CGI scripts, and have some control of who executes them and how 3) Reliability 4) Easy access to "tech support" for issues related to site HCoop has done these in the past, and as long as it continues, I'll be happy here...and as long as service levels that I see for my site are the same as when I joined, any significant increase in that is really of no use to me, so sharing in those costs could be a potential problem for me...yes, having 150 users requires more resources than for 50, but as long as what we are using matches that and isn't setup to handle many more users than we'll ever have in near future, then all is good...let's not too big and fancy until we have the users to support it, IMHO. And IF there was a way to easily send $$$ without Paypal fees, then all the more can go to HCoop! -- Franklin Gordon Bynum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 04/29/2007 09:40:57 AM, Adam Chlipala wrote: > With the sum that's there now, divided evenly, it would be $44.42 per > member. Using the pledge amounts on the portal, it's minimum $24.50 > per member. This is more than fair, especially given the massive upgrade in service we're about to undergo. > Should I post to hcoop-announce to see who isn't willing to pay his > pledge-based share of that total, and we can try charging everyone > for the back-charges at pledge rates and arrange special > subsidization for people who "can't afford" their calculated shares? Sounds good to me. Hopefully people can up their balances by the end of this week; _______________________________________________ HCoop-Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://hcoop.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hcoop-discuss
