This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------496B3224230478E9A4FB2FCA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------496B3224230478E9A4FB2FCA Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from bl-30.rootsweb.com (bl-30.rootsweb.com [207.113.245.30]) by franklin.lisco.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id FAA05383 for <njennings@lisco.net>; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 05:57:37 -0600 (CST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id DAA02157; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 03:55:00 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 03:55:00 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199812211157.DAA14959@bl-5.rootsweb.com> Old-To: cheska@ix.netcom.com Old-cc: TEAM-ROOTSWEB-L@rootsweb.com, "Dr. Brian Leverich" <leverich@rootsweb.com> Reply-to: "Dr. Brian Leverich" <leverich@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: Fund Drives In-reply-to: Your message of Mon, 21 Dec 1998 03:43:06 PST. <367E341D.D4C@ix.netcom.com> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 03:57:12 -0800 From: Brian Leverich <leverich@rootsweb.com> Resent-Message-ID: <"YRrrPB.A.eh.Tcjf2"@bl-30.rootsweb.com> To: TEAM-ROOTSWEB-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: TEAM-ROOTSWEB-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <TEAM-ROOTSWEB-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/686 X-Loop: TEAM-ROOTSWEB-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: TEAM-ROOTSWEB-L-request@rootsweb.com -- Your message was: (from "Cheska Wheatley") > Another idea... > > Could we devote a website for the Rootsweb Mall? > > Invite booksellers and other genealogy venders who have > websites scattered around the Internet to "rent" a link to > the Mall for an outrageous monthly fee. Maybe convince > them to kick back a percentage of sales that are generated > from these links? ------------------ That's a great idea and, in fact, we're already actively working on a Mall. Having said that, I'd like to point out to everyone that a 1% (just 1% !!!! ) change in the percentage of RootsWeb's users who are members makes about a $50,000 difference in our annual budget. There is *nothing* that we are aware of that will generate revenue like an increase in our membership rate. And 94-98% of our users still aren't members, so there's a lot of room for success in this area. And the really good thing about increasing memberships is that it increases folks' participation in RootsWeb. Everything here is about participation and sharing, and getting more people committed to sharing is definitely a Good Thing. Cheers, B. -- Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator, soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative http://www.rootsweb.com/ P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798 leverich@rootsweb.com --------------496B3224230478E9A4FB2FCA--