Please consider adding back "marketplace" or somewhere to post Prince CDs and other Prince-related items for sale. At a minimum, it would be another opportunity to tell fams about Prince stuff on eBay!

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Oh Lord.. first Prince, now prince.org

D.M.S.R. forever!

Cant wait to see the new site!

Just a thought, what about a "Tech' forum?

marcdeondotcom said:

d.m.s.r. is just fine, we just didn't really need an entire forum dedicated to it. the site alone's enough!*

































*...i didn't mean it like that, ya pervs!

ben said:

What about www.cafepress.com? I'm guessing you already have merchandise to sell, but this company makes stuff on demand and you can manage it all online.

New Funk Order has a site: www.cafepress.com/newfunkorder

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

troo, troo...

much props on the site. it's easy to use (which brings me back just about every day) and the people i've met here are simply the best.

prince.org is the dawn.

Thanks for all of your hard work, Ben.

Do you really have to get rid of the LSR forum?

Ben you are the best keep up the good work

MostBeautifulGrlNTheWorld said:

theVelvetRoper said:

Don't thank him you won't be authorized to post more than one janet thread by month!

Ben, you are amazing! You continue to make this place greater and greater, and I appreciate it very much!

I am all for the PayPal thingy... I do have an account over there too and I'm willing to make a "modest" contribution financially.

I wonder if the google ads will be Prince related... beings this is a Prince site...

See ya in the 3.0!!!

Do whatever you must Ben. Have you ever posted your pic on this site? The or kids would like to see there pops! And if you are the father of prince.org who is the mother?

Thanks for all your work Ben.

Ben,

Why not set up a Paypal account so we can make donations?

A Prince.org slush fund for the site???

I'll certainly put in a couple of bucks!!!

How do I get IE6?

Looking forward to it. thanks for the great site ben!

Will there be alot of downtime before 3.0 is up and running?

good for you ben. i hope to see you recover at least some of the costs of running this site.

don't be surprised to see folks claiming that you make hand over fist already based on hits alone... some people are dumb

kelfog said:

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Co-sign that co-sign!!

Typo edit
[This message was edited Fri Feb 6 0:37:35 PST 2004 by Whateva]

Said many times before but:

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!


@rt, Amsterdam, Holland

Whateva said:

Co-sign, but i know it's not really possible to make it a paysite. How much do you need for a year. We could start funding. (is that English? Funding?)

Janfriend said:

You can download it or order a cd of it from here : http://www.microsoft.com/...efault.asp

dawn74 said:

Co-co-sign the co-sign!
I'd be happy to make a 'donation' as well.

thank you so much for your efforts to make
this a better place, Ben!!

how are you liking Barcelona, by
the way?

Great stuff Ben! Being an Internet/IT guy myself I know just how much work this is (not that I've ever made anything so grand though!), and I'm always impressed with this site.

It's good to see you're supporting Mozilla too.

The org 3.0 sounds like it will have all the thrills and spills of the current org but with gargantuan knobs on. Looking forword to seeing it.

Many thanks for the site, it saves my sanity.

Paypal
Paypal
Paypal
Cool idea. I'm for it.I'll even sign you into my will. Although my collection of cat food and bootlegs aint gonna get you far

I was stupid enuff to send NPGMC some cash, so I don't mind sending The Org some

Sign us up for the OrgPaypalFund, and watch the $$$ and £££££ rollin' in

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Thanks for the positive response everyone. I'd like to quickly address a few issues/questions.

Why not use CafePress for merchandising?
Well for some things, I might someday. They certainly are the easiest way to do merch. However, I've done so much research and work on promotional materials before, I feel that I know how to get really high-quality stuff made, for less money... I think the CP stuff is OK, and they do have a wide variety of items, but I want very high quality, I want to approve the final products, etc. Anyone who has a .org t-shirt knows they are american-made, high-quality thick cotton, with heavy printing. I shipped them for essentially, my cost, priority mail (anywhere in the world). I think this ends up being a much better value, less expensive for buyers, and higher-quality. BUT there are some things I will probably never make, like frisbees, maybe I'd use Cafe Press for. But my main inclination is to 'do it myself'.

Bring back the marketplace forum
I would like to, and have special plans for eBay listings, post-3.0 (I don't think I'll get it all debugged before 3.0 is done). The main thing is, we need a knowledgable moderator for that specific arena. A collector themself who can check out every new thread...

Downtime for the transition to 3.0
There won't be much downtime. I expect less than 2 hours. I have to do a lot of database changes, but deploying the new code takes only a few keystrokes. Of course, there might be some 'rough edges' immediately following--but that won't be a big problem.

Let's have a 'tech' forum
I'm just not sure there's enough interest in such a forum, here. There are tons of sites where you can discuss nothing but tech, etc. If enough people really want this, I'll definitely consider it, and maybe try it as an experiment, but I'm worried about creating mostly "dead" forums that still need moderation.

I'd rather give via PayPal, than see ads
I really appreciate the willingness to donate to the org cause! :sniff: I've thought long and hard about this, and my decision for now is definitely that ads will be on-site. However, I am not at all adverse to a "deal", such as if you donate via PayPal, you no longer see ads (and get a note next to your name? Something like that.) Oh, and moderators won't see ads, no matter what. That's the least I can do for them!

I hope that clears up some of my decisions/thinking. I'll continue to monitor the thread for other issues I feel should be addressed.

Thanks Ben.