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Old 16-Feb-2006, 12:14   #14
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Originally posted by Henners
The number of club members using the website isn't the point. The purpose of the website is the point.

What is the club's reason for having a website in the first place? If it's to allow non club members and members alike to have access to an online community for all the good reasons that can offer then we need a website.

If we need a website we need one that offers a good level of performance. Currently with broadband and a new computer running huge processor speed and 1GB RAM the pages on this site still take anything up to 15 seconds to load. Why? No other messageboard I visit takes that long.

If we need new software it's not expensive to get. If we need a new ISP then they're out there. If we need to pay someone to transfer it all the club has to decide to pay that money - if - the business case for providing a website as part of the club package is proven.

So it's not about how many paying club members post on the site - it's how much value the site offers the club.

Exactly Henners.... as has previously been stated for members (paid up members) further afield this is usually their only form of contact with other members, and they are disappearing fast looking at various comments (ScottyB and DCR to name 2 off the top of my head)

If you and Ian stopped posting then the bandwith would HALF Im sure
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