Originally Posted by
WhereRWe?
Paid membership has been discussed many times, and has been shot down as unwanted.
We want GCM.org to be open to EVERYONE, and a paid membership would scare off many people.
We have over 1,200 members, but Rick mentions only 27 are "Donating Members". (Sheesh!) Asking the core 30-40 members to fully support GCM.org would be hard.
Perhaps charging a $1 "suggested donation" at GCM.org caching events would be an idea. With upwards of 100 people at many of our events, we could probably come up with quite a bit. Most event sponsors are putting out significant $$ on door prizes and the like, or work REAL hard on getting nice donations, so that could be the incentive to donate...
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