New registrations

[Norton]

I'm about caught up on a huge backlog of new member registrations and correspondence.

If you sent an email to the site staff because you either misplaced or did not get your confirmation email and then sent an email to the site staff, and have not heard from me by the end of the day, use the contact us button and send another email.

I've processed 200 new member registrations today and have already answered 30-40 emails today with another 20+ to work through.

Thanks for your patience.

 

[TxAggie]

Wow, guess we're a popular bunch. Great job keeping up with all of this.

 

[chesapeakeIRON]

this sounds like a good thing, I am glad we are becoming more and more popular. Except that Norton is now swamped!

 

[frogman68]

this sounds like a good thing, I am glad we are becoming more and more popular. Except that Norton is now swamped!

be careful what you say 180 of them could be antis just trolling

 

[august1410]

Pretty soon, there is going to be a 100 person staff around here....admins and mods.

 

[Gryphon]

It's the newbies from DC that just learned about the 2A from the news media.

 

[chevellenut71]

Good Job Norton!!!!!

 

[hodgepodge]

Make sure they bring their own goat to the initiation ceremony.

 

[joppaj]

How many of them are the same troll from New York?

 

[Norton]

How many of them are the same troll from New York?

17.3.

It just depends on when the daycare centers are closed and the children have unfettered access to their mommy's laptops.

 

[SKroh]

Thanks for getting that resolved.

 

[Gunny1]

You deserve a raise!

 

[Alea Jacta Est]

Norton...thanks.

Other mods...thanks.

I'm not alone in sincerely appreciating what you do for our community. Making something like our forum work is hard enough. Doing that virtually unnoticed (quietly and in the background) is almost an art form.

BZ to our mods.

 

[Topher]

Norton...thanks.

Other mods...thanks.

I'm not alone in sincerely appreciating what you do for our community. Making something like our forum work is hard enough. Doing that virtually unnoticed (quietly and in the background) is almost an art form.

BZ to our mods.

THIS!!!

Thank you.

 

[Alphabrew]

You guys should consider charging a membership fee. That would probably cut down on the spam members and also generate some funds to fight gun grabbers. $100 a year x the active members would be a nice chunk of change to fight absurd gun laws like sb281. Just a suggestion.

 

[swinokur]

You can always send a donation.

http://www.mdshooters.com/donate/

 

[Vile Shadow]

You guys should consider charging a membership fee. That would probably cut down on the spam members and also generate some funds to fight gun grabbers. $100 a year x the active members would be a nice chunk of change to fight absurd gun laws like sb281. Just a suggestion.

That suggestion would cause the membership to drop through the floor. All the casual members would leave.

I'm willing to think about paying to be a member here though if it comes with the "Industry Partner" badge next to my name.

 

[Alphabrew]

You can always send a donation.

http://www.mdshooters.com/donate/

Voluntary donations are a red herring to what I am suggesting.

That suggestion would cause the membership to drop through the floor. All the casual members would leave.

I'm willing to think about paying to be a member here though if it comes with the "Industry Partner" badge next to my name.

So?

 

[swinokur]

Looking for a way to help fund the Board? Why don't donations work? Our sense of community would go down if it became striuctly a fee structured Forum IMO.

Don didn't start this as a for profit endeavor. He had some additional expenses and asked for a little help. Some of us donated.

Turning this into a for profit Enterprise would entail more work than the current staff could probably handle. Acct's receivable, fee tracking, taxes, etc.We would lose a lot of good members if they start charging as was outlined.

It's not a red herring if the objective is to raise money to off set expenses.

Unless you want it to be.

 

[Boom Boom]

That suggestion would cause the membership to drop through the floor. All the casual members would leave.

Not necessarily a bad thing. Even a nominal charge of $5 or $10 annually would keep most riffraff away.