I'm a little confused.
I'm doing okay financially, but honestly, is $25 per year really a hardship for many prospective members such that they cannot afford to join? That's about what it costs for a couple to go on a date to a sit-down restaurant, and not anything fancy, either, and that's not even including a movie.
I'm committed to my writing. I spend more than $25 on things less significant than the AML group. Perhaps this is why the AML seems to be dying out, because it is not receiving support by those who claim to support it.
Now I don't mean to stir up controversy by saying, "What, you can't afford to join?" but, honestly, is $2 per month too much? How much do you pay for an ink cartridge to pay to print out your writing for drafts? Heck, a typical pen can cost $2. Isn't being a member of AML worth $2 per month?
I apologize beforehand if I offend anyone with this question, but I just don't get it.
Darvell Hunt
"Celia M. Malm" <cmmalm@???> wrote:
Katherine Morris wrote:
>You're conflating two issues into one, however. The AML board did not
>decide to move the discussion to another forum in order to charge people
>for using it.
That may not have been the intention, but it is the end result.
I, too, can't afford to buy a membership I won't use for anything else, just so I can participate on a discussion board that I'm not all that likely to visit regularly. I may stop in every month or so, to read reviews and the like, but I agree with others who have said that it's not much fun to read discussions that you can't participate in.
If I had the time and energy for moderating (which I don't, not by a long shot), I'd create an AML-Refugees list on Yahoo Groups. Maybe someone else will do that. If so, let me know so I can join.
Farewell, AML....
Cee
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