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All: The new Billszone site with the updated software is scheduled to be turned on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. The company that built it, Dynascale, estimates a FOUR HOUR shut down, from 8pm Pacific, (5pm Eastern) while they get it up and running. Nobody will be able to post in any forum until they are done. Afterwards, you may need to do a web search for the site, as old links will not work, because the site is getting a new IP address. Please be patient. If there are bugs, we will tackle them one at a time. Remember the goal is to be up and running with no glitches by camp. Doing this now assures us of that, because it gives us all summer to get our ducks in a row. Thank you!
There is work to be done and things to be learned. We are going to try to get the old look back - or something close to it. We also know there are bugs. A thread will be started to report bugs and then we can pass those onto the host.
Thank you for all the patience and support with this - hopefully this will greatly reduce the crashes and other site issues we have had lately.
Please use this thread to report any issues you come across
http://www.billszone.com/fanzone/forum/feedback-forums/billszone-q-a/6521455-upgrade-report-bugs-here
Why? What's your reason(s) not to...
is it wrong to raise money for the site?
Well, it is exclusionary and that is what we want to avoid. I think the registration process was a good idea. Maybe next year we could actually have two major parties and have primaries for each.
I also think not having admins and mods running the campaign is a good idea as well.
If the voters donate, they're not excluded.
And if "exclusion" is what we're trying to avoid, why do people want to exclude admins and mods?
Excluding them doesn't help the site, but donations do.
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If the voters donate, they're not excluded.
And if "exclusion" is what we're trying to avoid, why do people want to exclude admins and mods?
Excluding them doesn't help the site, but donations do.
People aren't going to donate just so they can vote.
Staff are here for the support of the membership, not their own personal gain. Comes with the territory. The greater number of awards, prizes, accolades you bestow upon the regular members, the more likely they are to stick around, and maybe even donate. The greater number that go to the staff, the more likely a regular member is going to go elsewhere for their entertainment.
It's pretty common, almost universal actually, in the real world that any organization or business that sponsors a contest excludes their employees and their family members from winning and/or participating. Why do you think that is?
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If the zone took Visa / MC, I'd suspect more people would be apt to donate. I knew about Paypal and the bank draining potential and it's not appealing to me.
So, if your going to deny people that haven't paid you should equally expand the ability to pay easier. You can use Visa / MC at MCdonald's for gods sake, why not here?
People aren't going to donate just so they can vote.
Staff are here for the support of the membership, not their own personal gain. Comes with the territory. The greater number of awards, prizes, accolades you bestow upon the regular members, the more likely they are to stick around, and maybe even donate. The greater number that go to the staff, the more likely a regular member is going to go elsewhere for their entertainment.
It's pretty common, almost universal actually, in the real world that any organization or business that sponsors a contest excludes their employees and their family members from winning and/or participating. Why do you think that is?
Then you could have parties buy a months donor status for people if they vote for them
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