Coming back to our subject,
I have had this kind of discussions in the past with terryW and with other members,
I believe that the forum members that are also arillas visitors or potential customers of any business situated in Arillas and area SHOULD NOT have to pay for what they get from arillas.com
Those who ought to pay the "damage" SHOULD be the people who are benefited ( including my self) from all you people that love Arillas.
This is my personal opinion, I find it a bit embarrassing from the point of view that the consumer has to pay for the product's advertisment
I'm also very worried that we may decide and arrange donations etc but WE are only a fraction of our forum's majority. I must say that this is common in online-forums.
most forums like ours have about 2000-3000 members but only 30-50 people do most of the posts and answers.
However, I have never been able to calculate exactly how much it costs me to run this website but I think if I add my internet connection , hosting & bandwidth transfer per month , domain registry, hardware & software , wireless antenas, powers stabilizators ( ups), books and everything else I may need per year, then it comes on about 2000.oo euros per year ( DON'T TELL MY WIFE). part of this money I get back from some commercial advertising space that you must notice in some parts of the website ( Googleadds)
This is something that I can afford to pay as I see it as a hobby and not as a business opportunity.
Running this website I have dicovered capabilities in me that I never knew I had and I'm looking forward to expand my knowledge as much as I can.
If you people think that it is necessary to donate or if that makes some of you feel better the I can add a magic " donate box" to my paypal account and within minutes you can get rid of your money.
Be sure that you will not decrease my costs by doing that.
I will still be spending my 2000 more or less euros per year PLUS the money that comes on top form donations etc.
I think I wrote enough of my thoughts now I;m not always that inspired.
Please let me know what you think!