That's quite a suggestion. But the point of a bulletin board is the free exchange of knowledge over the internet. If you start charging money to use the board, that whole concept gets negated. Your idea could work, but I have the feeling most people would just move to another location that's free.
73, Josh KJ4VYR On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 6:46 PM, K4FEG <[email protected]> wrote: > I propose that AMSAT-NA start charging to post on the BB. My proposal goes > something like this; > > to be able to post on the AMSAT-BB, the individual posting must link a > PayPal account or Valid Credit Card that AMSAT-NA can charge each time that > they post on the BB. > > The fee schedule would be as follows: Members; $1.00 per post, > Non-members; $1.50 per post, a monthly charge for members of $60.00 per > month for unlimited posts for that month and non-members a monthly charge > $100.00 for the same unlimited monthly posting. Then there could be an > annual charge to members of $500.00 for 1 year of unlimited postings or for > non-members an annual charge of $750.00 for unlimited postings. > > Finally we could sell Lifetime Posting Privileges for a one time fee of > $5,000.00 for members and non-members a charge of $7,500.00. > > These fee schedules are in line with many of the other organizations and > just think of the funding that could be brought in for launching new > satellites!! > > Heck we could have HEO's, MEO's, LEO's and NEO's. There aren't enough > engineering schools in the world to help us build the satellites. In the > last month alone the fees would have funded putting a linear transponder on > the MOON! > > This is just one simple man's idea of how we could raise the money to get > us some more Satellites in orbit!! > Heck, we are being charged for everything else why not tap into this > valuable resource and raise some money for a good cause! > > And you folks thought it would be tough to raise the money! > > The simple ideas are always the best! > > K4FEG > ______________________________**_________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: > http://amsat.org/mailman/**listinfo/amsat-bb<http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb> > -- https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=H6NHECSJCHV64 _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
