has whirlpool been mentioned?
Hardly an Elon Musk, but I've PM'd my interest in buying. I got a bit of a response, but not a very comprehensive one.Gerry, How much to buy the place?
Everyone, I'm thinking we just need to form a volunteer committee, (meet via Zoom etc) organise some funds, start a membership structure and purchase the burden from Gerry?
Unless there is a single Elon Musk around us whom wants to get in first?
Or Existing Reno / Cit / Peugeot car clubs... make Gerry an offer?
Lord no - there's an irrational hatred of French cars (and much else it must be said) there...has whirlpool been mentioned?
I have a whole stack of AF car stickers.I’m new here but will happily pay $100 annually for a sticker to put on my Pug. The information and entertainment is unquestionably worth at least 30 cents a day.
They'll be worth $$$ after Jan 26th next year.......I have a whole stack of AF car stickers.
How many do you want to buy??
Jo
I've ran a couple of forums in the past and can tell you it is a rather big commitment/knowledge and needs admin/moderator input on a daily basis to keep points 1 and 3 going. Actual costs are not that high but if there is no income then the owner is always expected to foot the bill as members come and go..... We have tried membership fees in the past but that simply didn't work long term. One of the forums I am currently an admin and moderator for, costs AU$ 455.40 a year to the web hosting provider plus a few hours a day of work. The amount of scammers and hackers trying to get into forums these days is enormous. I am banning 20 or so a day and they still try to get in. Those wanting to take over should realize it's not a short term commitment. Still leaves the main question though; point number 4 above. If a current owner wants the forum dormant then it's his/her choice and I congratulate him for keeping it running for that longI don't want to lose what we have here, but it is Gerry's right to do with it what he wishes.
It seems to me we need 4 things to be able to keep AF going:
1. Administrator power to run a functional forum;
2. Money to pay for it;
3. Moderator power to keep it nice;
4. Gerry's willingness to transfer it.
The first 3 things do not have to come from the same people. My feeling is although in some ways it would be cleaner for a single person to own AF, we might be better with a co-operative structure. I would buy shares and be willing to be involved in the governance.
Roger
Willingness to pay for the forum to stay alive here too.
Unfortunately I have no idea what running a forum means, but I imagine at some point you really have to pay someone to do Gerry's job. I have no problem with that.
Anything but facebook.
Another website that I witness go through a similar transformation was Luminous Landscape. I think they charge now something like 1 dollar a month? Something like that. It's not a forum, but it does have a forum section plus many articles written by professionals and it is now run by Kevin Raber, and Australian photographer. Maybe that is a good model.