Where Is The Money?

[Jim Colman]

Good question Terry, where is the money? Or rather, where has the money gone? How much has been raised over the years and how much does it cost to operate this site? A good friend of mine posed this question on another forum and I have to wonder the same thing.

Don't mean to sound like sour grapes, as I have certainly enjoyed this forum but I won't be giving any more money.

Ever since I sold my Cobra over three years ago, I've posted less and less here so on the one hand it makes sense that I don't contribute anymore. However, for several years, I have offered my video (Bitten by the Snake) for sale at a discount to CC members on this site. In return, I've always dontated some $$ to help with the cost of running the site. Ever since the switch to this new format, Brent apparently has dropped the "discounts" section as I can't find it anywhere. So it doesn't make sense for me to support this forum anyway.

But that is all beside the point. My question is "how much is enough?" How much money does it cost to run this site and how much should people who use it expect to pay? If it costs $2000 a year to run and $8000 is collected, what should be done with the excess funds? Donated to charity perhaps??

I really don't care if people want to contribute or not. That's their business, not mine. I'm just curious about where the money goes.

Cheers
Jim