Sounds to me like a subs cost is inevitable. Despite how many regular posters there are I just can't see you convincing 40 or so people to part with enough money regularly to keep it running if its voluntary. This will all be forgotten in a few months time and it'll be you up shit creek. Don't worry about the cap in hand stuff, after all, its not you with the cap in hand, but Gwlad. -- Gwlad - Welsh Rugby Chat

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Date Posted: 17:11:29 01/31/06 Tue
Author: Mayhew
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Subject: Sounds to me like a subs cost is inevitable. Despite how many regular posters there are I just can't see you convincing 40 or so people to part with enough money regularly to keep it running if its voluntary. This will all be forgotten in a few months time and it'll be you up shit creek. Don't worry about the cap in hand stuff, after all, its not you with the cap in hand, but Gwlad.
In reply to: Ceri G 's message, "Trying to work on the MySQL problem now - with not much success may I add :( Anyway - I'm looking roughly at a couple of hundred quid for the move, maybe more could be less - one time payment. I can't out a figure onthe admin cost as I've no idea what state the machine will be in when I get it back - if we decide to go ahead, and I don't see much alternative? The monthly cost for a decent server is likely to be 399 USD per month which is a significant jump from the 149 USD now, but I can't see away out in the short term . Hopefully we either, get enough in donations to carry the increased cost or have enough to purchase our own server ( there is reduced cost for own server in their datacentre). I don't think we can lok forward to a Gwlad future without a subscription service and relying on the sme people time after time doling out money for this. I for one don't feel the least bit comfortable doing the cap in hand stuff everytime there is a crisis or I throw a wobbler." on 17:02:01 01/31/06 Tue

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Nobody perceives ewe as being cap in hand, Ceri mun. Annual suscdiption would be fine by me. Am planning a whip-round at ODP on Saturday an' all - so turn up, bois (NT) -- chilli, 17:16:53 01/31/06 Tue
- I wonder if Rich at the F3K could sort out a whip round on Saturday. I reckon Gwlads been pretty good to him through the years (NT) -- Mayhew, 17:22:54 01/31/06 Tue
  - I'm in no doubt - give him a call or prime him on Friday Night? A couple of buckets on the bar would be good - maybe even a % of the St David's profits too could be arranged. (NT) -- Rhondda Exile, 17:27:21 01/31/06 Tue
    - Will do, I'll see if he's in on Friday (NT) -- Mayhew, 17:28:39 01/31/06 Tue

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