Membership and Charging

[Tim Walker (The Bodger)]

Hi I've recently emailed all members regards options for increasing membership and its implications. I'd be greatful for any thoughts, comments or suggestions

 

Cheers

 

Bodge

[1midz0wwbl268]

An email confermation with their membership number  would  work and the necessary pass word for the members only pages., then any welcome packs could go out with the next edition of DT,as long as they are on the mailing list ,  that way you give yourself time  to make up the  welcome packs.

 so how  is this going to work? for us already on here, its easy, but what about new members  once the £150 has been paid, do they get asked  for a donation, or does the fee come down the following year/s assuming the numbers are up on this year? 

[Big Vern]

TBH when I first read your post I thought it a bit negative:-o  though I agree, this site shouldn't be rolled into the DOC site.

IMHO it is upto the DOC to win back its customers. If this becomes part of the DOC site then sooner or later another site well get started by those who become disafffected by the 'official' site and we end up back at square one. If the DOC site offers people what they want/expect then people will naturally migrate to it as they did to this site, if not they'll stay here.

The moggy minor boys have several sites - some more popular and friendly than others but they all seem to work without the need for everything tied to one site.

 I'm happy with paying as a member of this site - separately from the DOC and DOC subscriptions

[Terry Game]

HAppy to pay. Terry

[2e0zs7evyx0vt]

Tim - thanks the email,

More than happy to contribute, as Stephen K says..."I'll have a Ten year in".

Ah well; that'll make 'Blossom'  still under forty even if the Xflows' Forty -Two! (did I hear a cough ?)

[28ullkq4hau58]

anything less than a tenner and count me in,,

[allan wheatley]

quite happy with paying a small fee just got to find away of paying it and finding away of making it a payed members only site or a lot of it ma=embers only pages

[Dave Taylor]

Allan it is already a member only site, you cannot post on the site without been a member. Anyone can read the site that is not a member.
As for members only pages why? If you don't want visitors to the site to see something then don't post it.
The upgrade would enable a live chat room, calendar and lots more.
Wouldn't be hard for Tim to set up a PayPal account for the site

[Dave Taylor]

Look at the at the view count on this topic. That alone shows how busy this site is

[Dave Taylor]

Daryl wish I could stamp my foot, had op on my knee this Tuesday, which looks to have worked I can get back to Duttoneering and sort the Phaeton for Spring.

[1xf87h8w80hlh]

can i just ask what we get if we upgrade other than more members i dont have a prob with a payment to me the more the merryer.

[Adrian Southgate]

Individual pages for each member like the one we have now but customiseable and with more content.

Chat box like instant messenger but helps to keep idle chat off the forum.

There's other stuff too but I can't remember it all.

[Big Vern]

Why do you want to keep idle chat off the forum? isn't that the best bit? The banter/facebook style is what is so popular here and TBH the only reason I'm here