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On 2002-12-04 17:32, bart wrote:
there are over 10000+ mebers here laffen said it costs about 45$ a month. thats 1395$ a month add 105$ extra costs to make an even number so it costs 1500$.
I think you meant 45$ a day
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Posted: 2002-12-04 17:58:00
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I'm still convinced we should be concentrating on funding in the short term. Laffen warned of this situation a couple of months ago - its obviously not going away.
Personally, I would have thought relying on regular users and loyalty would sway it in the short term... but if an added incentive is needed to donate, how about the following:
Rather than ask SE to sponsor the site... which will take time for them to set up and investigate their likely return on investment. Why not ask SE to donate a free P800 (which everyone is up for) and which would be much easier for them to agree to. Then, anyone who donates $20+, for example, is entered into a draw to win the phone.
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Posted: 2002-12-04 18:05:00
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gadgetboytom Posts: > 500
Adverts?
i know one wants them but its a very influnetial site
adverts are the way to go
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Posted: 2002-12-04 18:05:00
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I don't think writing to SE will be useful. They are in a quite bad position in the market (falling from 8-10% market share with Ericsson handsets to 4-5% market share now), and they have to spare cash and to show good bottom lines at the end of each quarter from now if they want Sony and Ericsson to remain investors.
And furthermore, it's NO USE for a short time problem like this one. Let's urgently make donations to have Esato up and running for the next 3 months, and let's search, dig, brainstorm, help, shout every day during these 3 months to find an adequate mid or long term solution.
During these months, admins have to put a HUGE red message on the Home page explaining briefly the situation with the link to donate (accepted in the philippines, as there is many members out there). The small line "RIP Esato" in the "latest post" of the home page is too small for such news !!
But before that, we have to give Laffen a short term solution with donations. Don't forget this step or we will not have the second step (where we search, dig, ...) ever.
Just my 2 pence...
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Posted: 2002-12-04 18:06:00
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Wuz : excellent idea !!
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Posted: 2002-12-04 18:08:00
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Yeah. Not many people know about this crisis. Put it up on the main page. Make this thread a sticky.
This post was posted from a R520
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Posted: 2002-12-04 18:52:00
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The current balance is $183
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On 2002-12-04 18:05, Wuz wrote:
Rather than ask SE to sponsor the site... which will take time for them to set up and investigate their likely return on investment. Why not ask SE to donate a free P800 (which everyone is up for) and which would be much easier for them to agree to. Then, anyone who donates $20+, for example, is entered into a draw to win the phone.
@wus
Really liked you idea about letting
donate a P800 and let one of the donators win this phone. It shouldn't require so much decision making from
, and it's something they could confirm on quickly.
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Posted: 2002-12-04 19:48:00
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Thank you Laffen.
Yes, I'm sure it can work. This way people can make up their own minds : either they are donating to Esato or they are trying to win a much sought after phone. You could state in the rules of the draw that the phone can only be won after a certain amount has been received. (This way if SE say NO, you could always provide the prize yourself out of the donation money... only once financially prudent).
Hope it works.
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Posted: 2002-12-04 19:52:00
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...in fact, coming to think of it, why not try and acquire several phones. That way you could hold a monthly prize draw and thereby help ensure a constant revenue stream.
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Posted: 2002-12-04 19:58:00
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On 2002-12-04 19:48, laffen wrote:
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The current balance is $183
That's not very good! C'mon people, dig a little deeper!!
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Posted: 2002-12-04 20:18:00
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