Posted: 21 October 08 11:21 pm
Echoed c@w's comments delta_foxtrot2. You have mentioned you are new here (that's fine). There has been discussion ongoing for ages *years* about how to fund the wonderful system that the developers who write the code and i! provide for nothing at the moment.
And while there has been a lot of talk about it, forming an association to fund it etc in reality nothing has happened.
There is a good reason for that - because it is working as it is now. So nobody wants to take on the effort of creating something new - that won't offer any immediate improvement even though it will allow planning for the future. Human nature, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
But at the moment we are relying on i!'s largesse to use his server. And many thanks of course to him. But at the same time it needs to grow and this is an opportunity to get the funding do so. And I have no real idea about server hosting costs apart from what has been mentioned in these forums.
As part of the Senate who was formed to look at this I think we are all there because we love what is available on this site. Care about it, and want it to continue as free and open.
So as part of the so-called temporary Senate - I don't think we are going to be approving intrusive pop up ads or annoying advertisting. There may well be GCA sponsored by xxx somewhere on the page but we won't allow mch more than that.
It is at the stage where we have gone back with a list of questions to them before we decide whether to proceed. And in reality the company that is proposing the sponsorship is not interested in cachers using their product (there aren't enough of us to make a difference to their bottom line) but in using the concept of caching to promote their product as outdoor and adventure friendly.
From the discussions so far promotion on our server will be low key. Promotion externally is one of the questions we are asking.
And while there has been a lot of talk about it, forming an association to fund it etc in reality nothing has happened.
There is a good reason for that - because it is working as it is now. So nobody wants to take on the effort of creating something new - that won't offer any immediate improvement even though it will allow planning for the future. Human nature, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
But at the moment we are relying on i!'s largesse to use his server. And many thanks of course to him. But at the same time it needs to grow and this is an opportunity to get the funding do so. And I have no real idea about server hosting costs apart from what has been mentioned in these forums.
As part of the Senate who was formed to look at this I think we are all there because we love what is available on this site. Care about it, and want it to continue as free and open.
So as part of the so-called temporary Senate - I don't think we are going to be approving intrusive pop up ads or annoying advertisting. There may well be GCA sponsored by xxx somewhere on the page but we won't allow mch more than that.
It is at the stage where we have gone back with a list of questions to them before we decide whether to proceed. And in reality the company that is proposing the sponsorship is not interested in cachers using their product (there aren't enough of us to make a difference to their bottom line) but in using the concept of caching to promote their product as outdoor and adventure friendly.
From the discussions so far promotion on our server will be low key. Promotion externally is one of the questions we are asking.