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The future of NS

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Harvey
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Hey guys,

As I'm sure you're aware, Newschoolers.com barely makes enough money to get by. With the recent burst in traffic (we're getting over 700,000 hits a day), it's soon going to be impossible to keep the site online for the full month. We may have to resort to certain sections only being available on certain days, etc.

I recently realised that with those generic ads like the ones you see on search engines (no popups!!), we could make enough money to effectively keep the site online, and we could put on more events, like the one we did at Kissing Bridge last weekend. We'd be able to put events on in the west like you guys have been asking, and we could have many more contests.

I'm just posting this to find out what you guys think. We want to keep the site core, and we will continue to support the companies that we know are backing the industry, but given that the site may not be here in a couple of months if we run out of money, we are looking into going with a generic ad system.

We'd love to hear what you guys think about this. This could be the exact thing that NS needs to ensure it's survival until it can sustain itself using only core companies.

Thanks!
Matt
Mar 10 2003 11:01PM
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BrodyLeven
Posts: 7016 - Karma: 187
not that i want them, but membership fees MAY root out the assholes who just come on here to be just that. assholes.


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Mar 13 2003 8:20PM
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Harvey
Posts: 4996 - Karma: 692
The amount of pictures and videos and stuff isn't the problem, it's the amount that they're downloaded. So deleting old stuff doesn't fix the problem at all.

Thanks for the suggestions though... clicking banners generates money yes... just click the ones that look interesting. :)

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Mar 13 2003 8:55PM
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westcoaststyle
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is it all banners or just the non-skiing ones?
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Mar 14 2003 2:12AM
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alpentalik
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IM GOING TO COMPLAIN!!! that medusa one is giving me night mares...im leaving.


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Mar 14 2003 2:50AM
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bigskia
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What about sending out stuff to skiing related companies to try to help out? If the members banded together a ton of messages could be sent out or Harvey you could write one general message and forward it to numerous companies.

does anyone else besides me have fantasies about being in a back while it gets robbed and then getting dragged into the vault, getting raped and then getting locked in there to die? - alpentalik
do everynight alpentalik,but when they rape me,im lying face down in a pile of crisp 50's and 100's – lateralis
hey you guys are kinda creepy, but my english isnt so great so i might be missing something - ridelesdiablerets
no... youre not missing anything... - anewmorning
Mar 14 2003 11:14PM
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EastCoastPride
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I keep striking out on the baseball one.

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Mar 15 2003 11:35AM
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bigskia
Posts: 3463 - Karma: 35
I hardly ever see any advertisment. Why is this?


does anyone else besides me have fantasies about being in a back while it gets robbed and then getting dragged into the vault, getting raped and then getting locked in there to die? - alpentalik
do everynight alpentalik,but when they rape me,im lying face down in a pile of crisp 50's and 100's – lateralis
hey you guys are kinda creepy, but my english isnt so great so i might be missing something - ridelesdiablerets
no... youre not missing anything... - anewmorning
Mar 15 2003 1:24PM
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bigskia
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What about deleting the classifields? No one uses them and that might cut down costs?

does anyone else besides me have fantasies about being in a back while it gets robbed and then getting dragged into the vault, getting raped and then getting locked in there to die? - alpentalik
do everynight alpentalik,but when they rape me,im lying face down in a pile of crisp 50's and 100's – lateralis
hey you guys are kinda creepy, but my english isnt so great so i might be missing something - ridelesdiablerets
no... youre not missing anything... - anewmorning
Mar 15 2003 1:28PM
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EastCoastPride
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No, it really wouldn't (at least I don't think so, I don't really know much) because it's just a glorified forum really, I don't think NS handles the transaction of money or anything like that. I'll check.

-Teddy
Mar 15 2003 1:31PM
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Caden
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ya harvey, try to get the site sponsored hahaha... you know you could. its the biggest freeski site on the net and the best. the companies have almost definately heard of it, and im sure they're down for helpin out the community. i mean we are the people who buy their products, and we are the ones who support their companies. this site does basically what it says, it brings together the newschool community. you arent going to drive up to the hill and find thousands of newschool skiers sharing ideas and helping eachother... no no no. here.



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Mar 15 2003 1:44PM
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Maximumsushi
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The site already is sponsered, by Poor Boyz and High North. It's actually a lot harder than you might think to get sponsors. Not a lot of company's see the value in an online community as an advertising base. Also, those that do might not want to represent themselves with NS.com because of some of the stuff that gets posted on here, etc.
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Mar 15 2003 8:54PM
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What_A_Wookie
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True, but times may change - and the pure volume of this site is getting pretty impressive...that could be a decision maker...
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Mar 15 2003 9:39PM
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bitchassphatz
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i guess i can't talk because i said i would send harvey money last time and i didn't (i blew it on beer), but you all could jsut send harvey your money and then i could use the site.
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Mar 16 2003 8:54AM
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Skier10322
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would it help to cut down the maximum video size to 1mb, or even something less then that. If people are just posting a single video clip, you can keep the file size alot smaller than 1mb, at least the people who know what they are doing.
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Mar 17 2003 3:13PM
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Ski_Instructor_Mike
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I was just thinking. if you could get the server to make a new html page for the forum every time someone makes a new post then wouldn't that cut down on server processing and possibly bandwidth?
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Mar 17 2003 3:46PM
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Caden
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well are most ski companies not represented on the freeze website? look how much shit talk goes on ther... though there are still some pointless threads here, the stupidity and immaturity... ok well not the immaturity... but the number of completely useless threads has gone down a lot. i agree the content and ideas of the site should be enough to sway the companies. especially since we all go looking for advice and reviews oif different skis on here... personally i never would have heard of pe or tm... or even armada if not for the site... they dont sell them near here.



you can't touch me, nobody has that right.

NS Ogre Crew
Mar 17 2003 5:17PM
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yeti
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you can't link to geocities.

Personally, iam all for a subscription based system.

Ads don't bother me either.

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Mar 17 2003 6:43PM
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west
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you know what i hear....? a ton of people with all types of solutions for reducing the size of newschoolers, thats not what we need, we need people to donate. harvey has spent so much time on the site and everything, stop sending suggestions, start sending cash. rich or poor, us or canadian, everyone can spare $5+ for the site.


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Mar 22 2003 1:40PM
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kevywevy
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WORD!!


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Mar 22 2003 1:42PM
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petek
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i'm gonna donate soon











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Mar 23 2003 12:24AM
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Harvey
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west said it.

If everyone who's online right now donated $5, we could pay for the server for the next 3 months.

If everyone donated just $10, we could run the site for half a year!!

Speaking of which, thanks a ton to those of you who have taken the time to donate. We appreciate it more than you can imagine.

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Mar 26 2003 9:14PM
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EastCoastPride
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-Teddy
Mar 26 2003 9:20PM
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EastCoastPride
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Man, I really hate html.

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Mar 26 2003 9:20PM
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kevywevy
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welcome to our elite group eastcoast!


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Mar 26 2003 9:26PM
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FreshCoast
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Not only do you feel all warm and gushy on the inside when you donate, but you get bling bling next to your name everytime you log on!
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Mar 26 2003 11:20PM
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EastCoastPride
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Yep, and good dreams when I go to sleep tonight.

-Teddy
Mar 26 2003 11:28PM
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FreshCoast
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The last 7 post have all been by Donators. The way newschoolers should look, but then Harvey has to ruin it.
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Mar 27 2003 1:24PM
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Harvey
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haha am I considered a donator? hmmm...
Matt
Mar 27 2003 2:45PM
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EastCoastPride
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You should just make yourself one... don't you want to be at the top of the Online list?

-Teddy
Mar 27 2003 2:48PM
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CrystalineSkier
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If i gave 10 dollars, how much would that help? i'm going to donate soon, butjust checking, how much does that money buy?

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Mar 27 2003 4:23PM
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Harvey
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It's going to be costing about $400/month just for the server (canadian dollars). So that's to completely break even with no profits at all, so with that, we still can't put on events and such that we want to do...

$10 is a perfect donation. I'll use this example again.. if everyone online right now (58 people) donated $10 through payapl, we could run the server for 2 months ($10 usd = about $15 canadian, times 58, equals about $870)...

Thanks guys.
Matt
Mar 27 2003 5:51PM
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EastCoastPride
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Hmm... I think I need to donate again, it felt so good the first time...

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Mar 27 2003 10:50PM
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