38 replies to this topic

[Foxy]

..and dont forget the unofficial "unpaid" troll hunter.. 

[jonnyboy]

It pays that guys golf club membership that's about it. What is his name now I can't remember? OP is quite right normally there is something backing up the subs or some kind of activity that makes it resemble a club but basically all the subs here just go to that steel company. Realistic hosting costs what £120 per year. No real benefit at all to paying £12. When we ran meganesport.net we did a pack with a sticker or keyring or pen or wherever each year and put loads of work into events and shows that was run like a proper club. The sad thing is that because this site is not run properly one day it will just disappear never to be seen again and all the content will be gone. About 7 years ago when we were having constant outages I got hold of the guy that bought the site off Thorney and offered him £10000 for it. Bet he wishes he'd taken it now! Obviously facebook has rendered forums a bit obsolete now but the info and guides I really hope one of you mods has access to backups So the site could be resurrected.

[JG]

TBH photobucket has screwed most of the guides up anyway

[C8RKH]

I prefer the forum to Facebook as I just do not like Facebook. Hey ho...

[ChrisS1]

Perhaps it's time to have a shakeup?

[Foxy]

I prefer the forum to Facebook as I just do not like Facebook. Hey ho...

Facebook is ok for banter and its more active than the forum but its no replacement for the fantastic resource we have here.

[richardm6994]

Not wanting to rock the boat, but I do feel those people paying £12 a year are getting a raw deal, but then again no one is forcing them into it so it's entirely their own choice and I'm not going to criticise that. 

 

Here is food for thought. 200+ people willing to pay £12 a year to gain access to a few restricted areas in a free forum. They have no control or say over the running of this forum, and one day, all of the good information that has been ploughed into this site could simply vanish overnight if the owner was to 'pull the plug'......what would be left other than a Facebook page?

 

Running a club takes a lot of hard work, and it needs an active committee. Our club's income varies between £9k and £11k a year and the committee is committed to spending 90% of this income in numerous ways that benefits the club members;

Hog roasts and BBQ's at national shows

Christmas meal

Beer / food funds for when a group of members attend smaller shows

Funding towards club organised camping weekends

Funding towards club road trips (both UK and across the channel)

We put on our own show / family weekend

 

Also, the club owns our forum.....not an individual so our forum cannot just vanish on the whim of 1 individual.

 

And if the club disagree with how the money is being spent, they bring it up at the agm......and if they feel strongly enough, they can vote on a new committee.

 

You guys barely get anything for £12 a year and potentially all this could be gone tomorrow..........

 

Being a club takes a lot of hard work and dedicated people to be on the committee. If you don't have that, then you would be no better off than you are now - i.e. not getting much for your money.

 

BTW - our club is open to all makes / models of cars as a lot of our kit car owners eventually sell-up and buy a production car, however they still stay a member / active within our club.........therefore if I'm allowed and not breaking any forum rules, I'll be putting up invitations to our events etc...on here if anyone would be interested in bringing their VX? I know my VX will be going to a lot of it kit car meets now because I love it!!! 

Edited by richardm6994, 31 October 2017 - 08:48 AM.

[JdoubleU]

I'm an avid reader of most posts for free! Paying 12 quid means I can advertise my car for sale when I potentially no longer want to use the forum, makes no sense really. Let's be honest you can put you're car up for sale anywhere nowadays and someone will spot it and mention it on here anyway. VX owners are a nice small group (i like that too) but paying subscribers volume will be low. I'm sure if someone was to pull the plug we'd step in to save it (I hope) and yes I cannot stand Twatbook either, so forum for me all the way.

 

Interesting to hear how other club run things......

[smiley]

I only read bbq. I'm in.

[SteveA]

I suppose somebody could just use a good scraper to backup the content.

[Foxy]

I only read bbq. I'm in.

Had me at Hogroast

[richardm6994]

if only every member in rhocar was so easily pleased.......sounds to me like we've been spoiling them lol

[C8RKH]

I do think given how photobucket has screwed up al the decent "how to" threads etc. that the forum owner should at least be providing a facility for us to rebuild the content in those threads to keep them useful.

 

I don't think that is much to ask and in doing so, they may well encourage more people to cough up a £1 a month to ensure the access to that useful stuff.

 

And as i'm paying, whoever the owner is pull your bloody finger out and get the forum safer - the antivirus/trojan alerts I get from here are appalling and it is the ONLY forum where I get that sh*t from.

[hairy]

I do think given how photobucket has screwed up al the decent "how to" threads etc. that the forum owner should at least be providing a facility for us to rebuild the content in those threads to keep them useful.

 

I don't think that is much to ask and in doing so, they may well encourage more people to cough up a £1 a month to ensure the access to that useful stuff.

 

And as i'm paying, whoever the owner is pull your bloody finger out and get the forum safer - the antivirus/trojan alerts I get from here are appalling and it is the ONLY forum where I get that sh*t from.

 

Mods - is this feasible?

[jonnyboy]

He hasnt bothered for all the time since Thorney so cant see anything happening now sadly. 

[jules_s]

Well, I just added the Chrome photobucket workaround (known about it for a while)

 

seems to work here on my thread anyways

[jules_s]

double post, another annoying thing we cant delete them

 

Saying that given the rise of FB this site must be worth 15p not 15k

Edited by jules_s, 04 November 2017 - 10:00 PM.

[jonnyboy]

I would say the payment would be going in the other direction now  

[ChippyFA]

Another owner in Derby 👍 there are a few of us dotted around .