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<blockquote data-quote="seech" data-source="post: 212433" data-attributes="member: 4572"><p>xxx, I can understand the difficulty in running a club. Its a pretty thankless job. All the members whining about why like this, why like that, but thankfully we have dedicated people in the committee who care enough to want to start something up. I also agree that you should not be funding this site personally. My point is this, there are those which want to sign up to be an official member and attend all the events etc. and there are those that like this forum and cannot join in on any of the other events.</p><p></p><p>We all can find information about our Bimmers anywhere else on the 'information superhighway' so why is it we like to hang out here? Its not just about the info since everyone knows you can get info anywhere. Its about a sense of community. Let those who want to take it further officially join the club. Those who want to join will certaintly join. Those who don't can still participate in this forum and still remain part of the community. Making this forum one of the benefits doesn't make sense if all the non official members are shut out and there's no more activity within this forum. </p><p></p><p>If the idea is to keep certain sections of this forum 'exclusive' to the 'official' members then may I suggest starting up another section title 'For Official BMW Club Malaysia Members Only' and make that section only for 'official' members. Then only those 'official' members can post there and the non official members would not be able to see what they are discussing. Wouldn't that achieve the same effect? If this doesn't make sense then how would shutting out certain sections of the existing forum make any more sense? </p><p></p><p>In any case, all of us have contributed in some way to those sections that are now closed. So both 'official' and non official members were the ones that initially posted on the closed sections so why is it that those that contributed initially to make the forum what it is can no longer view what they have posted. Its almost like all the post which were posted by BOTH 'official' AND non official members are now property of only the 'official' members.</p><p></p><p>Another idea would be to block out any post from 'official' members so that only 'official' members would be able to see what other 'official' members are posting. After all, that is the idea of having a private forum for 'official' members only isn't it? So that only 'official' members can see what other 'official' members are posting. That way, any special info that 'official' members have can only be viewed by other 'official' members. I'm sure the other non official members would not have a problem with that. If they wanted to find out what the 'official' talk is then they would also 'officially' join the club.</p><p></p><p>If the question is about funding this site then can we all find out how much it actually costs to fund the site? What is the total cost of running ONLY this site? I will gladly pay to become a member of the cyberspace version of bmwclubmalaysia.com in order to keep this forum up and running. I don't want the any stickers, t-shirts, etc. etc. but am willing to support keeping this site up and running.</p><p></p><p>Can we all find out what is the cost of keeping this site running? I'm sure our fellow forummers would appreciate the transparency. Then we can figure out how many members would be willing to join the cyberspace version and hence how much each member should pay to keep this site up and running.</p><p></p><p>Anyone else willing to do the same? Lets see how many fellow forummers, who are willing to join a cyberspace version of the club just to keep the site up and running, are out there?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="seech, post: 212433, member: 4572"] xxx, I can understand the difficulty in running a club. Its a pretty thankless job. All the members whining about why like this, why like that, but thankfully we have dedicated people in the committee who care enough to want to start something up. I also agree that you should not be funding this site personally. My point is this, there are those which want to sign up to be an official member and attend all the events etc. and there are those that like this forum and cannot join in on any of the other events. We all can find information about our Bimmers anywhere else on the 'information superhighway' so why is it we like to hang out here? Its not just about the info since everyone knows you can get info anywhere. Its about a sense of community. Let those who want to take it further officially join the club. Those who want to join will certaintly join. Those who don't can still participate in this forum and still remain part of the community. Making this forum one of the benefits doesn't make sense if all the non official members are shut out and there's no more activity within this forum. If the idea is to keep certain sections of this forum 'exclusive' to the 'official' members then may I suggest starting up another section title 'For Official BMW Club Malaysia Members Only' and make that section only for 'official' members. Then only those 'official' members can post there and the non official members would not be able to see what they are discussing. Wouldn't that achieve the same effect? If this doesn't make sense then how would shutting out certain sections of the existing forum make any more sense? In any case, all of us have contributed in some way to those sections that are now closed. So both 'official' and non official members were the ones that initially posted on the closed sections so why is it that those that contributed initially to make the forum what it is can no longer view what they have posted. Its almost like all the post which were posted by BOTH 'official' AND non official members are now property of only the 'official' members. Another idea would be to block out any post from 'official' members so that only 'official' members would be able to see what other 'official' members are posting. After all, that is the idea of having a private forum for 'official' members only isn't it? So that only 'official' members can see what other 'official' members are posting. That way, any special info that 'official' members have can only be viewed by other 'official' members. I'm sure the other non official members would not have a problem with that. If they wanted to find out what the 'official' talk is then they would also 'officially' join the club. If the question is about funding this site then can we all find out how much it actually costs to fund the site? What is the total cost of running ONLY this site? I will gladly pay to become a member of the cyberspace version of bmwclubmalaysia.com in order to keep this forum up and running. I don't want the any stickers, t-shirts, etc. etc. but am willing to support keeping this site up and running. Can we all find out what is the cost of keeping this site running? I'm sure our fellow forummers would appreciate the transparency. Then we can figure out how many members would be willing to join the cyberspace version and hence how much each member should pay to keep this site up and running. Anyone else willing to do the same? Lets see how many fellow forummers, who are willing to join a cyberspace version of the club just to keep the site up and running, are out there? [/QUOTE]
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