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[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Mark W. Tonner

I’m curious Geoff, what is the approximate monthly operating expense of the forum, I think that would give people a better understanding of the monetary requirements that are needed to keep MLU up and running. A membership fee of $20.00 dollars a year works out to approximately $ 1.67 a month per member.

Cheers

Sorry Mark, I missed this earlier.

You're really missing the point here; whether my costs are $35 per month or $135 per month - USD, BTW - is irrelevant. I've had to pay both extremes and regularly in between. There are domain charges, software charges, bandwidth charges and much else.

The point is that I want to make MLU better, and I can't do it by myself. I want to streamline the whole operation and I want to offer you all things which I know you want. For better or worse, having been pensioned off last year I haven't the resources... and part of that is because of the time and money which go into MLU every damned year.

As I said before (and no doubt will again), all but a handful of you have gotten a free ride for twelve years. It's been a pleasure and a privilege to bring this unique entity to you, but we can't grow without your help.

In short, it's your turn. I can only repeat that MLU doesn't run and fund itself. How much is all of this worth to you? 18,000 posts a year, on average? A cup of coffee a day too much? Entities like ours, so unique in their own right, do not grow on trees.

Thanks,

Geoff