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"?
| >
| >
| >
|
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