Re: Member's Profiles

["Arturo Ramos" <arturo.ramos2@...>]

I volunteer to set up the site with the interactive family tree 
software I have on my site currently and to include a bulletin board 
system that we can use similar to this list.

We would need to either get small donations to cover a cost of about 
$150 a year for hosting or try to make that money back through 
advertising on the site... We can get Google ads on the site and as 
long as people click through on the ads enough, we will probably be 
able to make back the cost (depending on how many users there are and 
how often people go on the site).

My cost estimate is for a hosting package that would give us 3GB of 
storage.  People could upload files in addition to their GEDCOMs.  
All of the family information would be searchable by name, place, 
etc. and could be searchable on a tree-specific basis or the entire 
database could be searched at once.  Of course these functions would 
only be available for registered members.  How many are there?

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Joseph Puentes <makas@n...> wrote:
> 20mb + 20mb + 30mb
> 
> yes yes yes, if about 5-10 people would take and open up a site 
like 
> yours then I could reopen the main files area for everyone to use 
as 
> they please. Actually we could completely clear out the genealogies 
and 
> put them all in the links area of the group if everyone just made a 
> website for themselves.
> 
> joseph
> 
> 
> 
> arturoramos2 wrote:
> 
> Joseph:
> 
> >How much storage space are you using now with all of the Ranchos 
> >groups and briefcase combined?  How many members are there?  Is 
> >anybody storing anything more sophisticated than their GEDCOM data 
> >that they are then transmitting in various formats (Word, PDF, 
etc.)
> >
> >Check out my family website (I will send you the link in an email) 
> >and see if you think this might be a possible alternative, where 
> >people could upload their GEDCOM files (minus living individuals) 
and 
> >we can simply restrict access completely to members.  In addition, 
we 
> >could use the bulletin board there in lieu of this group and 
people 
> >can sign up for more specific areas of interest to receive email 
> >notification, i.e. by specific geography or topic of posting, etc.
> >
> >We could probably host a site like this for $10-$20 a month if the 
> >database is not too big.
> >
> >
> >
> >--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Alicia Carrillo <alliecar@p...> 
wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Joseph, 
> >> 
> >>I have recently been perusing the members' profiles and noticed 
> >>    
> >>
> >that there are many people who have blank profiles. The profiles 
> >section allows us to post some favorite links, a little about each 
of 
> >us, one photograph and a favorite quote, it even entices you to 
> >create a free web page via yahoo/geocities.com. Even I the clumsy 
non-
> >techy person was able to create a very simple page. I would 
encourage 
> >others to do the same and while I like the who's who I think we 
> >should also take the time to fill out the member profiles.
> >  
> >
> >> 
> >>I am slowly but surely advancing in my research and would be 
> >>    
> >>
> >willing to put a link to my homepage with some of my geneaological 
> >data once I submit it. I realize that it would be public and not 
> >private but I would not be putting any data for living family 
members.
> >  
> >
> >> 
> >> 
> >>Alicia
> >> 
> >>
> >>
> >>Joseph Puentes <makas@n...> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>Pacorro73@a... wrote:
> >>
> >>  I look forward to checking out any of your submissions to the 
> >>    
> >>
> >files section of Ranchos, if Joseph allows it.
> >  
> >
> >>I do! In fact I allow every member (that's the requirement for 
> >>    
> >>
> >members only). . .I allow each and every member to go to the files 
> >and links areas of the group and look into (thoroughly study is 
more 
> >like it) the individual folders and links to personal webpages of 
> >each other in search of more family connections. 
> >  
> >
> >>I do. . .in fact I'm a firm believer that the words "I do" are 
too 
> >>    
> >>
> >tame. When my wife and I got married in 1995 the justice of the 
peace 
> >said "do you Joseph take Figen to be your lawfully wedded wife?" 
my 
> >reply was not "I do", but rather "Absolutely without a doubt." 
> >  
> >
> >>Yes the files and links are open and will continue to be open to 
> >>    
> >>
> >all members of the group without restriction. The only restriction 
is 
> >in the modification of the files that are in currently submitted. 
The 
> >reason there is a restriction is because I am doing all in my 
power 
> >to keep Ranchos, Free. I don't want to have to charge a small fee 
to 
> >be part of this group. That being the case I'm juggling Ranchos, 
> >Ranchos2, and now YahooBriefcase to find solutions to our growing 
> >need for additional file space. I closed user modification of the 
> >Ranchos file space but that doesn't mean the files there can't be 
> >modified. A simple email to me and I will Add, Remove or even 
> >completely delete all entires. I'm open to helping do whatever 
needs 
> >to be done. I just don't have the solution to leaving it open and 
> >possibly maxing out the alloted 20megs of space and be in 
situation 
> >where people who have their files there already wouldn't be able 
to 
> >make additions. I would hate for one person to have to have
> >  
> >
> >> part of his/her work in the main files area and another part in 
> >>    
> >>
> >the YahooBriefcase area. Therefore I closed it with about 20% of 
the 
> >space remaining for the members there (a majority of us) to make 
> >additions as needed. 
> >  
> >
> >>I'm open to ideas if anyone would like to tackle this problem. 
The 
> >>    
> >>
> >easiest solution would be to hire a megasite with unlimited 
storage 
> >capacity and hire a technician to handle the technical end of it 
(not 
> >me) and go from there. 
> >  
> >
> >>Yes, I'm not happy with the situation, but can anyone figure out 
a 
> >>    
> >>
> >Free alternative other than Ranchos3, Ranchos4, Ranchos5, etc.?
> >  
> >
> >>thanks,
> >>
> >>joseph
> >>
> >>
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