[AC/HL]

Perhaps this should all have come to a head sooner, but it seems that the cull was done to make time for this very discussion. Speaking personally, I download interesting data on sight, as any or all of it may not be available later for various reasons (including my inability to remember where I saw it).

I'm a member of the BVWS for the same reason I'm a member here, but it seems to me that with a few exceptions the worthies in the "Other Place" (to quote Parliamentary etiquette) have a completely different subset of priorities and interests. I doubt that they'd be interested in running or funding this Forum in sufficient numbers.

My suggestion is a "Suggested Donation" amount, calculated to ensure solvency. However, if we were to trickle it in, cash-flow problems would arise. Whether you are philosophically opposed or not, some mechanism has to be in place to handle free-loaders if and when changes happen.