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Are we not seeing enough beginners bows?
willie:
--- Quote from: WhistlingBadger on December 17, 2023, 12:38:11 pm --- I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, of course, but I think we'd see a revival if the owners of the site would put a little work into updating the place. Their choice. The security issues and the difficulty of posting pictures probably drive a lot of people away, since there are many other options.
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The PA community has been geting a bit of a free ride for quite a while. Maintaining a forum is not free or effortless. In addidtion to the volunteer work of the mods, the owners pay for the server and whatever server administration is needed to keep the ball rolling. The ads generate some revenue, and the users, thus far, have only been asked to support the magazine. How that all pencils out for the owners is probally indicitive of how much updating and maintence we see.
Without a new business model for the owners..........we only have to look at Paleoplanet for an example of whats on the horizion.
Typically in situations like this, someone has to step up to the plate. They would need a business model or otherwise have a finacial plan.
And the time to do the ongoing maintence.
Selfbowman:
I’m a beginner with hickory. Should I post my current build?🤠
Bob Barnes:
--- Quote from: Selfbowman on December 17, 2023, 03:06:15 pm ---I’m a beginner with hickory. Should I post my current build?🤠
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YES...please... :)
Gordon:
--- Quote ---Maintaining a forum is not free or effortless. In addidtion to the volunteer work of the mods, the owners pay for the server and whatever server administration is needed to keep the ball rolling. The ads generate some revenue, and the users, thus far, have only been asked to support the magazine. How that all pencils out for the owners is probally indicitive of how much updating and maintence we see.
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As a retired CIO, I totally appreciate your point. Maintaining and administering the infrastructure necessary to host a public forum like this is not without significant cost, and I doubt that ads alone are covering it. Unless a better business model reveals itself, I don't see a happy ending here.
There is one thing that members can do to help right now. I know that ads are annoying, but for better or worse that is how this site is being financially supported. So, click through an ad whenever you visit this site so that some ad revenue can be generated.
WhistlingBadger:
--- Quote from: willie on December 17, 2023, 02:52:55 pm ---
The PA community has been geting a bit of a free ride for quite a while. Maintaining a forum is not free or effortless. In addidtion to the volunteer work of the mods, the owners pay for the server and whatever server administration is needed to keep the ball rolling. The ads generate some revenue, and the users, thus far, have only been asked to support the magazine. How that all pencils out for the owners is probally indicitive of how much updating and maintence we see.
Without a new business model for the owners..........we only have to look at Paleoplanet for an example of whats on the horizion.
Typically in situations like this, someone has to step up to the plate. They would need a business model or otherwise have a finacial plan.
And the time to do the ongoing maintence.
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Yeah, you're right. I hope I didn't sound like I was just griping; it's just the way it is, and I hate to see it happen. That's all.
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