>Certainly there are a bunch of other folks with an entirely different frame of reference. I understand their plight in needin this to be a free forum.

Absolutely. In fact, I would be willing to sponsor memberships for such people. I Michael can figure out how to administer some sort of sponsorship program for folks like this, I'm there.

>There are alot however, that could pay otherwise, that do not. If ad's can fund this thing, great. If they cannot, then folks are going to have to pay. And, if some folks cannot participate because of cost, it then lies in the owners court to subsidize those folks if he feels he must. At the same time however, you cannot diminish services to folks who are paying the money.

Yup

>In a word, life sucks, and at times, it is not fair.

Yup, Yup

>It is also important to note that Michel has some serious dis-economies of scale in Canada, and perhaps Quebec in particular. There are much better economies of scale in the United States. There are some obvious remedies to this situation...

You lost me here.