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Should I start a new one? Or move those posts to that other thread?

k

see for yourslf

dr. clue

password "thehunt"

Yeah, I like it.

that looks done 2 me...

at least the place looks set up as good as we can do..

now I gotta try to get to my real job and get wrapped up b4 the 22nd...

heh...ya right...

Thanks for the dummy handle. It showed me that the falling snowflakes weren't working for that because the flake .gif was in a hidden folder. It should be OK now.

I think we're good to go now. We just need more people to post in the welcome thread to show we're here.

sorry :smile:

Yeah, that is too bad. :wink: It's totally down right now. :eyeroll:

how do you think we should "pay" for those that can't afford to pay???

those people that we know are "ok"??

such as Lilman???

I'm 95% sure if we put them on the participant list they can at least read the threads and lurk....

I know some of us have available funds to use.....we could open a thread to pay for others

ideas??

btw, after reading your convo with him over at pf, i tacked him onto the participant list here.

cool...

I'm ok with the ONES we KNOW

If you want to sponsor someone just sponsor them.

Do you think this pay to post thing is going to make it hard for people to come back?

Make it hard for them to come back how? That they can't find their way here? Or that because they have to pay, they don't want to be here?

I doubt it...

most are back...heck people we thought couldn't afford it are posting....

I know they can find their way. I just mean having issues paying.

i'd imagine that for a lot of people it'll depend on whether they find this place a useful hunt tool this year.

I hate to sound like a hard nose, but if people can afford internet access, a computer and money for gas to go hunting, they should be able to cough up $10.00.

It's a matter of what priorities they have.

I'm not saying that any one person who claims hardship isn't being truthful, but the vast majority of folks can manage a few bucks.

OMG I'd hate to figure out the cost of just one hunt

I'm looking at $49 for a hoe

Yeah we set a pretty large budget for this hunt.

and don't forget to think towards filling out your schedule c's next year :smile:

I thought I'd bring this here.

I did some slogging at the PP boards. Good grief!

Seems there is a misconception that the Cooler Crew is making money on this pay to post site.

In order to squelch that misperception, could there be something in the Welcome Home thread stating the pay to post goes directly to Able Minds for the whole site and we don't get any of that? Maybe have something on the coolercrew and coolertimes sites as well?

Thanks!

And maybe frame it in a bit about why we aren't at PF this year?

Good idea

"Due to the constant site problems and unsure future of peoplesforum.com, the Cooler Crew has relocated to ableminds.com. Ableminds.com was established by the former server hosts of peoplesforum.com. Ableminds has no connection to the Cooler Crew other than providing us with a more stable alternative than pf. Each Cooler Crew member along with the entire ableminds.com community has to pay to post. The CC does not see any of this money. Your posting fee goes directly to the server hosts of the ableminds forum."

Please help with editing for length

How's this?

"Due to constant site problems and shakey financial issues at peoplesforum.com, the Cooler Crew has relocated to a more stable alternative at forum.ableminds.com. Each member of the Ableminds community must pay to post. Your posting fee goes directly to the hosts of the Ableminds forum – not to the Cooler Crew."

Looks good. I'll post it in the Welcome thread now and change it if needed. A few of us did already post over at PP trying to clear the air but that was only in one thread over there.

I saw that too. I figure if we cover it in our public places, no one will have to keep monitoring that...or one of the regular posters at the PP will monitor it by directing them to the public spots we have that readily availabe.

I wish this hunt would start. I'm now slogging the 2000 hunt boards. I have the fever. I was awake during the hunt thinking hunting.

btw...

I'm 99% sure its Eric trolling on PP

he is the troll of the medallionators...

He's a goon.

Kitch - the COC thread is okay I think. Some things are being resolved at least for the time being.

LILMAN has been paid for to post...

ots can you email him this...

lilman also needs to validate email address before posting will be enabled.

I wanna make sure he knows...

He's on the list. You can private message him, Kitch.

Let me know if he doesn't answer Kitch and I will email him.

heh...

ok..I'm going to lunch...

So who is Chez at the PP boards? He just posted all of Shackbush aka Eric's contact info including address and phone numbers.

Never heard of him.

Another mystery that will be uncovered eventually.

He must have changed it. Now it just says he'll tell all if he doesn't knock it off.

It had his address in Forest Lake, his full name, his phone number and email address.

Chez has to be someone that knows him or of him fairly well.

Maybe it's one of the Medallionators.

I know last year they were messing with everyone including each other.

eric's info is easy to find

all you need to do is look up medallionators.com

My best guess is its ian...

i've seen chez b4...don't recall where.

Yeah, here you go:

http://www.mob.net/~ted/tools/whois.php3?domain=medallionators.com&Look+up=Look+up

It has to be someone that figured out the connection at any rate.

no different than mine or dan's contact info being available :smile:

I would guess that it's someone who knows for a fact that it is Eric.

I can't read any of valleygirl's post from last year on PF...its on my ignore list..

heh

Who is ValleyGirl?

I'm getting that too but I don't think I ignored her.

someone who apparently knows ot.