Some good points here Mike. And clearly, based on some other posts, many don't feel there is enough value here to pay for. That said, I propose the following:

All UT memberships should be FREE, and with that in mind, all funding is done through Advertisements. www.foxforum.com is free, as well as a bunch of other stuff. In looking back, there is no reason why anybody should have to pay for anything here. I am sure Michel gleans value from this whole thing. One thing that I did not like is the whole idea of selling a CD with content the WE put up here..... That was total bull shit...

So that is the deal... Let it all be free, and fund it through Advertisements. If it cannot be economically viable to do that with regard to making the necessary infastructure improvements up here, I would suggest Michel stepping aside and letting somebody else take over that will fund this thing on something other than a shoestring....


>Hi JVP,
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>>Why should anybody get a free ride here??
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>Don't you? Naw, I'm just kidding about that, you've earned it, BUT!, if it weren't for a free membership I owuld have never made it in here. I That means I wouldn't even know the community even existed, it would just be dumb old me with no help in front of a computer.
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>On top of that, not everyone can pay $50 US Dollars, especially non North Americans. We would have never seen the likes of Cetin Basoz or Arnon around here.
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>Its hard to sell a $50 dollar membership to something you can't see, but, those that do use the UT can gladly find $100 dollars worth it.