Hey guys, as you know Jonathan is attempting to sell the 3A page.. I was wondering just how many of you guys would be willing to put in a lump of jeep funds to make this a member owned website. I do have an accomplished Jeep website owner who would be able to run it for us, in return for a little support once in a while (Amount to be determined, and will be less if he is able to do some paid advertisers to bring in cash too).....I won't divulge his name until we have a little more of an idea if we are even going to even consider doing this....but rest assured many of you already visit his website on a daily basis. It will NOT mean we will be a part of the 2A page , or the 3B page, or the Wrangler page or anything similar, we will still stand alone as the 3A pages......
This would mean we would be able to do software updates, modify things like our front page, etc, and maybe even integrate some of the old site's posts if there is a way to do that...but it will require a substantial investment to purchase what Jeep Rescue started. It is too much for any individual interested party that I have talked with, but if every single member donated it would be around $15 a member to buy Jonathan out. I am certain not every member will even read this post, but if we had 25 willing to kick in $100 that would do it. Maybe we can get Jonathan to take it a little easier on us pricewise but I don't know if that will even be a possibility. He has had offers in the past that were fairly close to his asking price of $2500. I beleive they were from jeep parts sellers looking to drum up business thru the forum and links to it. Not necessarily a bad thing to be linked to a business, but it sometimes can limit forum freedoms especially when discussing other vendors, etc..
Is there any interest in this?? Please either PM me or reply in this thread with your thoughts. I am still staying on as a forum admin, as long as you guys allow me to, altho some help might be a good thing if we grow a bunch. Thanks!
