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(And doesn't it say a lot about civilized this site is that the last "Hidden Comment" was over a month ago?]
So I guess I'd just like to see this site -- in terms of content and contributors -- continue evolving the way that it has. I've never liked the cliché, if it's not broken, don't fix it, but this is one time where it seems particularly apt.
As to finances, well, I'm an easy touch. If Jerome wanted to turn this into a little personal profit center (a la Andrew Sullivan), with seasonal pleas for funds, I would be the first to contribute. Or, at the other end of the spectrum, if ET became a not-for-profit entity with yearly membership "drives," I would also be willing to send some bucks its way. (In either case, I wouldn't insist on any "ownership rights" -- although the "right" to transparency would be a plus -- we're talking about sums of money so relatively small that it would be obnoxious to quibble about how they were spent. If, for example, this site suddenly became a Sarkozy front, I would simply stop donating, with no regrets.)
Rereading this, I see that I'm not being very helpful. I respect Jerome a lot for trying to do this up front and so transparently, but I think he's also making things more complicated than they need to be. Whatever you guys decide, I'll support.
I agree with you completely on the drive thing. I would not change that mcuh if Jerome wanted to cover costs, make the change of server, and get some small money. If you contributed to the drive you could get jsut minimum services, small things.. nto the kind of things Jerome is asking here.
On the other hand , if he want to change the ownershipd structure, then I think it is great of him to ask us for input. I find it particularly awesome ,a nd very telling of the kind of person Jerome is. SO I gladly explained what I would considr strict ownership and what I would call "status ownership".
whether or not Jerome shoudl make the change... well I do nto know.. I have no clue, no idea.. zip...even knowing that it is not broken.
A pleasure I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude
So if we have a new EU server, and finally get control and access to all the capabilities of Scoop - then we have the chance to make things even better. That has been what we have been discussing for a long time now - the server requirement has simply expedited a decision. You can't be me, I'm taken
