-----Original Message----- From: LaDarlaK@aol.com <LaDarlaK@aol.com> To: USGW-CC-L@usgennet.org <USGW-CC-L@usgennet.org> Date: Friday, June 11, 1999 3:48 PM Subject: USGW-CC-L: Re: Dr B. tells it like it is! >In a message dated 6/11/99 4:37:06 PM Central Daylight Time, dogtrot@well.com >writes: > >> RootsWeb would have stayed completely bannerless, completely >> noncommercial, and completely supported just by voluntary >> contributions if we could have made a go of it. >> >> But most of us didn't actively support that model (THANKS! to the >> folks who did), and RootsWeb was going to die with only 2% of our >> Websurfing users and only 7% of our list subscribers as >> contributors. Beenies and weenies are OK, but no food at all isn't >> sustainable even for crazy hippie system administrators. >> >> We collectively didn't support the voluntary contribution model and >> it failed. Now we get to live with the consequences. > >Not much fun to hear! "But if the shoe fits....." Those are pretty lousy >percentages for a group of "supporters". > >La Darla