The CEG's needs are changing as it grows..and now we're at a crossroads in terms of whether or not this site will live on as we know it. Free bandwidth is cool...and free bandwidth is not easy to find. I agree..we were all very lucky to have Matt host this site from his house. How many other people can do that? Not many. Even leeching off a big companies T1, with our traffic, would take a nice chunk out of their throughput. Noticeable or not they'll want money for it. It seems the paid membership thing is becoming our only option, unless we want banner ads like all the other sites. Doesn't matter to me, the content is what counts. This unwillingness to take this step is what gets me. I know the tax situation is very scary, I went through it this year for myself, being "self employed." I was scared to death about tax season, I saved up a bunch of money to prepare for the hit. what happened? I handed my write offs to the accountant, paid him $150, and wrote a check to the IRS - a small one compared to what I earned! It's really nothing to worry about. Just keep receipts and records of costs incurred for running the site, bam you're done. I mean, what else are you going to do? Just let it die?? That's plain absurd. If Lance, understandable, can't afford the time to manage ads/membership book keeping, there's a bunch of people here who can. I think it's safe to say the average person (IE: Lance) can't do it all by themselves...fine, now lets share our ideas and try to help.
