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Re: [ranchos] Re: Fee

 


Arturo Ramos wrote:


The problem with everybody hosting data on their own sites is that it
is not possible to make it freely available to members and keep it
from being accessible to the public in general.


yup


 The Rootsweb web
space is simply to put up informational information.  I don't think
they have facilities to have member-restricted file access, etc.  They
don't allow any scripts--only static pages on the site...

Though, Joseph, it would probably be worthwhile putting up a page for
our group there that then leads people back here so that we can use it
to possibly recruit new members.
I'm not wanting to wholesale attract rootsweb people. We are 95 members strong. We could be 150 strong in 6 months if 1/2 of us picked one or two people to recruit from rootsweb who gave the strong impression of being very very serious. None of this "do you know Maria Garcia from Zacatecas? If so send me her whole genealogy. . .thanks in advance" kind of people. 



Would people be willing to do a site on a donation basis?
you mean two sites? I would be willing to donate $20 a year. You build, moderate, and webmaster the site and copy the info out of the Ranchos2 files area and of course add your own. Those that want to have dual memberships can join. That way as we start growing bigger and bigger and bigger the infrastructure for the new group would be laid and the transition to that group only would be less painful. If we see what you create and its not to our liking well people always have the option not to join. I firmly believe that a group can be created with the same format that we have now, tell me Arturo, Am I right? We'd be able to message each other and archive the messages. we'd be able to have a file area, we'd basically have everything we have now except much much much more file space to put things. We really do need to start looking to the future. . .me estoy haciendo viejito, es tiempo hacer lugar para los jovenes. 

joseph