[Karen]

Originally Posted by Connecting with Sauce

Hi Karen,
I knew this was debated quiet at length at the same time of going to a subscription in November last year... So I did a search and here are some of the threads which came up with subscription in the search engine.
http://projectavalon.net/forum/showt...t=subscription
http://projectavalon.net/forum/showt...t=subscription
http://projectavalon.net/forum/showt...t=subscriptionhttp://projectavalon.net/forum/showt...t=subscription
http://projectavalon.net/forum/showt...t=subscription
For me I use conscious media network and World Puja Network and these have free archieves and I feel that mild ethical advertising and a combo of paid for latest interviews is a way to go. This was what I said at the time when we had a real buzz on the forum. It also limits people posting who are unable to use a credit card etc, most people will just go else where rather than 'ask' for a freebee.
I feel most peoples view was a forum should not be paid for because relative to how many people use it they should be free and that the funding should have come from another source to keep the posting alive and free.
I had no issue in paying for Camelot in some way but not Avalon. My view still stands.

Ah yes, the great subscription fee discussions. I came into the moderating team too late to have much influence over that. I studied what people were saying and made a last ditch effort to see if proper and full out fund-raising, rather than a passive donation button could help the financial picture enough to postpone or stop the subscription fee. But I got myself into some hot water over that one. So I did the next best thing I could and arranged for the freebies and to be the one to organize and follow through to make them happen. Nothing I can do about the ones who don't want to ask.

It is on the table for more discussion as soon as Bill Ryan can free up a time to meet with us, but Project Camelot has taken some turns behind the scenes that take up a great amount of his time and energy - and some of them quite urgent.

I do like the comments from the ones that enjoy the energy of those who stay and pay. This has been my most favorite time on the forum - great bunch of people here. Some have characterized it as "peaceful."

I'll put in my buck twenty though to return the forum to non-pay and switch to fund-raising. If you read Kerry and Bill's responses (one link in my first post) on the subject, they will not do advertising - they looked at all the suggestions such as the Conscious Media model but stayed the course on a subscription fee.

In a one on one conversation with Kerry she pointed out several information sources where she pays the monthly fee - Coast to Coast, Rense, etc. At least with Project Avalon and Camelot you can access all the information for free and that is how she wants to keep it - no paying to get to ALL the info.

Karen