DSMCentral Update, Regarding current issues Options

[awd4kicks]

As many of you know, we've had some technical difficulty with the site lately. Apparently our server was having some configuration issues that were just recently corrected. I appologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Because of this recent issue and previous problems with the gallery storage limit, Mike has been researching other services available. As luck would have it our one year agreement with the current service provider is about to end. I have already registered with a new provider upon Mike's recomendation. Mike will be conducting the transfer details over the next couple of days. If there are any changes or updates that will affect your use, we will pass that information along.

This yearly service costs roughly $90 per year. So far myself, Mike and a couple others have chipped in to make this happen. If anyone has any ideas on raising money for such causes or would like to make a donation please contact me.

Thanks,
Marcus

[awdnot2]

I think that dues, as much as everyone hates them, may be the way to go. But then how do you enforce it. I mean you don't want to say someone cannot post unless they pay their dues. So maybe the way to do it is to make a little money off of the dues and then in return a member gets maybe like a t-shirt and a sticker. You have stickers and if not I am sure that Gabor with DSM decals that does our decals could do some for us fairly cheaply. And I could look into the T-shirt deal.

That way people get something for their money and it makes it a little extra incentive for those people who don't want to join- to join.

Just a thought.

And yes, it appears that the Cordova thing could be a money maker. There could be a different member price versus non-member. Gosh I don't know for sure but it is definitely something to look into seriously because just like the web service provider, nothing in life is free.