Tech Section

[Doc B]

Membership Subscription

As a newboy to this site I didn't realise that there was a membership subscription. However, having searched the site I now know the score. As soon as I find my cheque book I'll post you a cheque. This is a fantastic site and it's given me a lot of help and the confidence to but a Surf. There's a '94 SSR-G 3.0 Auto with my name on it waiting to be collected (oh yes, and paid for of course!)

[24Seven]

I don't even have a Surf, but this site is well worth my small contribution just for the great trips I have out with the members.

I also like the fact that no one be it Members, Mods or Admins force their opinion on others, which so many forums are like IMO.

EDIT

How about any major trips arranged on here a small charge is made to the attendees, maybe a fiver towards the up keep of the club forums type of thing ??

[chrisinflight]

I think there shouldn`t a forced subscription. After all the tech. info is freely available elsewhere on the internet. If the site remains reliable, interesting and friendly then people will gladly part with cash "donations". I say donations because I for one do not like being hounded for money. Those who do not donate should not be allowed to post in the tech. section or a tech. question in the General section but may research info. themselves.
A point to bear in mind. The time we devote to our trucks and hobbies fluctuates with work and family commitments so not everybody logs on regularly.

[nero279]

How about any major trips arranged on here a small charge is made to the attendees, maybe a fiver towards the up keep of the club forums type of thing ??

Was just thinking something along the same lines, i'd be more than happy to collect in say £2 each for a days laning, or say £5 if i were to organise a weekend trip, that goes back to the forum. The only issue would be that if it was enforced then you would probably need PLI insurance as a minimum, as i'm pretty sure it would fall under MSA jurisdiction if you were to charge for a motorsport event on public roads / byways. Even if we could get around that somehow i'm still not sure this alone would cover a £30-£40 a month shortfall.

Would keeping the subscription method as is, i.e.) voluntary but putting it up a few quid (thinking £12.50 or £15.00 a year rather than the current £10) cover the shortfall? OK it would be the same in that the regulars would still be subsidising the newbies

Enforced subscriptions and / or limited access doesn't sit well with me at all - Let's face it newbies are the lifeblood of the forum and as soon as we begin to lose new members the forum will begin to wind down, and as that happens even the hard and fast regulars that visit every day will begin to visit less, the forum will slow down even more... and so on.


... One thing that has also come up a few times in this thread now is relative newbies not knowing about the subscriptions, push it a bit more without enforcing it, if people don't know about the subscription they ain't going to do it! - Again i appreciate that this may well still not amount to £30 or £40 a month on it's own.

[logey79]

old grumpy boll0cks has convinced me...give me back my subs now Nigel!!!!

btw, i think unneccersary post whoring should be charged..

[logey79]

at...

[logey79]

10p...

[logey79]

per post.

[MattF]

old grumpy boll0cks has convinced me...

Does the new user title look good then?

[MattF]

per post.

You'd be continually skint.

[logey79]

Does the new user title look good then?

being a bit inhibri...inibr..innebria...pi shed, i can't remember...was that your user title before? or have you just accepted it?!?!?

i'm not a whore btw...

[Apache]

I kind of agree with wot Nero said.

The amount of times I've seen "what is the blue star by peoples names?" written by newbies suggests that they dont know that its possible to subscribe.

I think that a decent sized banner on the login page letting people know that they'll be sent stickers for their truck, and will get the warm glow of knowing that they're helping support this place if they subscribe would be a good start. It could be bypassed for contributors - cookies are your friend in this instance.

Like others, thinking about it, I can see how enforced subscription for all could be the death knell.

[MattF]

or have you just accepted it?!?!?

Yup.

i'm not a whore btw...

Not much.......................... ...............

[Tiger]

[QUOTE=Apache;414354]I kind of agree with wot Nero said.

The amount of times I've seen "what is the blue star by peoples names?" written by newbies suggests that they dont know that its possible to subscribe.

I think that a decent sized banner on the login page letting people know that they'll be sent stickers for their truck, and will get the warm glow of knowing that they're helping support this place if they subscribe would be a good start. It could be bypassed for contributors - cookies are your friend in this instance.

Well it's a good place to start, make it more obvious for a month see if it makes any difference.

I don't think you are ever gona loose anybody for £10 they would still get plenty for free and £10 is cheap for all the goodies that would be in the members section / wright to ask questions

[MattF]

I don't think you are ever gona loose anybody for £10 they would still get plenty for free and £10 is cheap for all the goodies that would be in the members section / wright to ask questions

Yes you will. Especially if sections are locked off until it's paid.

Btw, just on a sidenote, is that your official business website in your sig? The one that you actually use to extol the virtues of your business to prospective customers?