Proposed Subscription system (March 1, 2008)

[paulcalloway]

Folks -
We had initially planned to do this after Outpost but we've put this off as long as we can. We're in the red now. Literally, when I have to pay next months fees for this website, they will come out of my checking account. We can't put this off anymore. My wife isn't too excited about me writing checks to keep this thing going.

The plan is to offer $10 for one year or $20 for two years but if you buy the two year deal, $5 goes to the ACPP for Civil War preservation.

This was reviewed and approved by the AC Focus Group back in September and we've waited as long as we can to institute this. Unless there are major objections, I plan to put this into effect in by March 1.

Charter Member (2 year)

• Cost $20
• Full Two Year subscription
• Charter Member Title
• 2008 AC Donor Campaign Badge
• 2008 ACPP Supporter Campaign Badge
• $5.00 donated on behalf of the AC to the ACPP
• Access to all folders and features
• Can use Custom User Title
• Up to 200 Private Messages
• Unlimited Attachments
• Blog Access
• Improved Search functionality (Boolean Search)
• Can see deletion notices (ie. when a thread or post is deleted, the reason why it was deleted.)
• Can post own events on the Calendar.
• More detailed information when viewing Who's Online.
• Can Set self to "invisible mode".

Member Plus (1 year)

• Cost $10
• Full One Year subscription
• Member Plus Title
• 2008 AC Donor Campaign Badge
• Access to all folders and features
• Can use Custom User Title
• Up to 200 Private Messages
• Unlimited Attachments
• Blog access
• Improved Search functionality (Boolean Search)
• Can see deletion notices (ie. when a thread or post is deleted, the reason why it was deleted.)
• Can post own events on the Calendar.
• More detailed information when viewing Who's Online.
• Can Set self to "invisible mode".

Member (Free)

• Cost FREE
• No Blog access
• Access to folders as follows in the next reply post.

In case you're unclear about what I mean by "campaign badge", these are them:

07 AC Donor
AC Researcher
07 ACPP Donor

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PRELIMINARY ACCESS MASK for proposed "free membership".

BLACK = Full Access
RED = No Access
GREY = Read-Only Access

Please look this over and let me know your thoughts.

CATEGORIES	FOLDERS	SUB-FOLDERS	FREE ACCESS
Administration
	Civil War Preservation		Yes
		ACPP	Yes
		McRae Papers	Yes
	Administration		No
	Moderator Room		No
	AC News Polls & Surveys		Read-Only
		AC Featured Images	No
		AC Focus Group	No
	Feedback		Yes
Millitary
	Authenticity Discussion		Yes
		Cavalry	Yes
		Artillery	Yes
	Sinks		No
		Sevicemen	No
		Contacts & Recruiting	No
	Camp of Instruction		Yes
		Editorial Articles	Read-Only
		Research Articles	Read-Only
		Primary Sources	Read-Only
		Sample Research Project	Read-Only
	Authentic Events		Read-Only
		Events of 2007	Read-Only
		Future Events	Read-Only
		Past Events	Read-Only
	Buy, Sell, Trade
		Bully Buys	Read-Only
		Approved Vendor Announcements	Read-Only
		WTB	Read-Only
		WTS	Read-Only
Civilian
	Authenticity Discussion		Yes
	Civilian Events		Read-Only
	Buy, Sell, Trade		Read-Only
General Topics
	Civil War Photos		Read-Only
	Civil War History		Read-Only
	Civil War Music		Read-Only
	Antebellum History		Read-Only
Private Forums
	Stonewall		Members Only
	GHTI		Members Only
	Critter		Members Only
	WIG		Members Only
	1st California		Members Only

[paulcalloway]

Please review the message above. It was originally posted in the AC Focus Group back in September and has only now been moved into the public folders. As the message states, we've waited as long we can before putting this in.

It's not a mandatory system - its meant to build value into the subscription program without limiting the posting access of the non-donor to too great of an extent.

[Milliron]

No problem with any of this.

[Rob]

Go for it.

[Jimmayo]

Where do we send the money?

[1st Maine Trooper]

How much money are we talking in total here and how can we get it to you?

Dave Myrick

[toptimlrd]

Paul,

Do we go ahead and click the donate key to do this? If so I will be taking care of this ASAP.

[DannyJoe]

Count me in.

[Pvt_Sullivan]

Paul,

I'll ditto what Jim asked... where do I buy in?

I also looked at your access list for the forums and topics. I would suggest here from the rear rank that the "Contacts and Recuiting" Topic would be a good one to have at least read access for non-paying members, although it should be more accessable than a subtopic in the Sinks.

When I first came snooping around the AC, I did look there for a unit to join and that would be a topic new and non-paying members would look at before they dive head first into living history.

Just my two pennies...

[BumpusTN]

Extreemly fair.

Scott Bumpus