<VV> CORSA finances and Dues

[Bryan Blackwell]

Hi Bruce,

I'll make two comments:

  - One of the conditions of VV is it's free - that's in the charter.   
I personally think charging for this, given the overall size of the  
budget, is a little unreasonable.  CORSA regularly gets new members  
from VV.  The entire server costs each member $0.21 per year.  Let's  
see, that's the main site, all the chapter sites, all the lists (there  
are a bunch), everything.  BTW, FastVairs is a free Yahoo group, CORSA  
pays zilch for it.  And that's really the crux of it, if you charge  
for VV, what's to stop someone else from setting up a free list  
somewhere?

  - What would be great is the idea many have come up with to expand  
the Members Only part of the CORSA site to include back issues,  
additional content, etc.  I think that would be worth paying for.   
Searching the VV archives is one thing, but finding complete articles  
is another.  A fully indexed searchable site would be a gold mine.   
Who will build it?  I can set up accounts, point to references, and  
configure software for it (I think we already have the pieces).  It  
doesn't need to be done tomorrow, but it needs to be done.

--Bryan

On Dec 4, 2009, at 1:05 PM, Bruce Schug wrote:

> So, CORSA pays $850 for this service and gives it away?
>
> Doesn't it make sense to either make these mail lists available only
> with CORSA membership or to charge separately for them? Someone else
> mentioned a free 30-day VV or FV membership, then you're hooked and
> you send your check in. Who, that regularly participates in VV or FV
> wouldn't pay, perhaps, an additional $30/year for them? The money to
> support all this has to come from somewhere, either ad dollars or
> membership dollars. No smoke and mirrors here.