Debs

Debs · 02-10-2006, 13:53

I’m posting this to announce that I have to step aside as a co-owner of MM. I'm also posting to try once more to get a system of regular contributors set up to insure the future of the site and the forums.

This isn’t a decision that I’ve come by easily; after all MM has been in my life for nearly 8 years and I’ve “owned” it for the last 3 or 4 years. My reasons are twofold—paying back a huge loan to get the roof of my house fixed and having to take over the payment of the taxes on my house. I’ve never tallied up how much I’ve paid into MM, but it’s time now to pass that responsibility along to others.

We—Rezag and I—have a handful of people who contribute, and for that we are thankful. What needs to happen now is for us to secure more people who want to see MM continue, and for that pool of people to be large enough that no one person has to pay more than a certain share. Right now we’re functioning in such a way that 3 of us are covering any deficits or sometimes just one of us ends up doing it and that cannot continue to happen. It is not fair to anyone!

The common question when this is raised is how much will each contributor have to put in? It’s simple math—the more people who step forward, the less each has to contribute. We pay $160 per month. If 10 people will agree to be regular contributors, that’s $16 per month each. If the magic amount is $10 per month, then we need 16 people. The key to it all is that you MUST pay regularly.

I keep trying to get across the point that if we had a pool of 20, 25, 30 people, then you could work out a payment system, like 10 could say I’ll cover this month, and so many more could do another month and so on. THE MORE PEOPLE THE BETTER!

This isn’t the first time I’ve come to the mods and the members about this, but if we don’t find an actual solution, this may be the LAST time. OK folks? Bottom line is that we find people who want to be co-owners and pay a regular amount on a regular schedule or we’ll be saying goodbye to Milan Mania. This is no idle threat. When I first talked to Rezag about it, he said we’ll set the end of October as our deadline. I’m in total agreement with that deadline. Too often this year I’ve had to ask one among us to help us out; it’s now time for anyone who cares about MM and who can do something, anything, to step forward.

So I’m going to leave you to mull over are these points:
-MM will go offline by the end of October unless we find contributors or co-owners
-contributors/co-owners MUST agree to regular and equitable payments
-payments are going to have to be on some sort of regular schedule, and I’ve asked Rez if he can set a date for us
-we need solutions fast!

02-10-2006, 13:53	#1
Debs Administrator Join Date: 03 1999 Location: Planet Earth Fave Players: Maldini......	SOS--Save our Site! I’m posting this to announce that I have to step aside as a co-owner of MM. I'm also posting to try once more to get a system of regular contributors set up to insure the future of the site and the forums. This isn’t a decision that I’ve come by easily; after all MM has been in my life for nearly 8 years and I’ve “owned” it for the last 3 or 4 years. My reasons are twofold—paying back a huge loan to get the roof of my house fixed and having to take over the payment of the taxes on my house. I’ve never tallied up how much I’ve paid into MM, but it’s time now to pass that responsibility along to others. We—Rezag and I—have a handful of people who contribute, and for that we are thankful. What needs to happen now is for us to secure more people who want to see MM continue, and for that pool of people to be large enough that no one person has to pay more than a certain share. Right now we’re functioning in such a way that 3 of us are covering any deficits or sometimes just one of us ends up doing it and that cannot continue to happen. It is not fair to anyone! The common question when this is raised is how much will each contributor have to put in? It’s simple math—the more people who step forward, the less each has to contribute. We pay $160 per month. If 10 people will agree to be regular contributors, that’s $16 per month each. If the magic amount is $10 per month, then we need 16 people. The key to it all is that you MUST pay regularly. I keep trying to get across the point that if we had a pool of 20, 25, 30 people, then you could work out a payment system, like 10 could say I’ll cover this month, and so many more could do another month and so on. THE MORE PEOPLE THE BETTER! This isn’t the first time I’ve come to the mods and the members about this, but if we don’t find an actual solution, this may be the LAST time. OK folks? Bottom line is that we find people who want to be co-owners and pay a regular amount on a regular schedule or we’ll be saying goodbye to Milan Mania. This is no idle threat. When I first talked to Rezag about it, he said we’ll set the end of October as our deadline. I’m in total agreement with that deadline. Too often this year I’ve had to ask one among us to help us out; it’s now time for anyone who cares about MM and who can do something, anything, to step forward. So I’m going to leave you to mull over are these points: -MM will go offline by the end of October unless we find contributors or co-owners -contributors/co-owners MUST agree to regular and equitable payments -payments are going to have to be on some sort of regular schedule, and I’ve asked Rez if he can set a date for us -we need solutions fast! __________________ ...not your normal paranormal....