09-02-2010, 11:57 AM
I strongly oppose the idea of differentiating between Active and Inactive members. Some of the reasons are as follows:
1) In every forum, there are always a very small percentage of members who are active contributors. The rest are there to learn and benefit.
2) Not evry member in every country/ city has the luxury of having the type of internet connection which is necessary for uploading.
3) Not evry member has the facility of scanning, etc.
4) There are countries and cities where due to power shortage, there is scheduled or unscheduled load-shedding (power-off) every 3 hours or so. It is very difficult to upload a long file from such locations.
5) There are more than 25000 members in this forum. Why would anyone want that all the 25000 members become contributors? This forum is loved for quality, not quantity.
6) If all of the 25000 members donate one dollar per annum, one can collect 25000 dollars to expend on the maintenance of this site. Why not apply this as annual fee?
7) Please remember that spreading knowledge and educating engineers in every part of the world is in itself a great reward for the contributors.
Regards,
Mufti
1) In every forum, there are always a very small percentage of members who are active contributors. The rest are there to learn and benefit.
2) Not evry member in every country/ city has the luxury of having the type of internet connection which is necessary for uploading.
3) Not evry member has the facility of scanning, etc.
4) There are countries and cities where due to power shortage, there is scheduled or unscheduled load-shedding (power-off) every 3 hours or so. It is very difficult to upload a long file from such locations.
5) There are more than 25000 members in this forum. Why would anyone want that all the 25000 members become contributors? This forum is loved for quality, not quantity.
6) If all of the 25000 members donate one dollar per annum, one can collect 25000 dollars to expend on the maintenance of this site. Why not apply this as annual fee?
7) Please remember that spreading knowledge and educating engineers in every part of the world is in itself a great reward for the contributors.
Regards,
Mufti