let me know too

My hope is a private person is in control and allows any and all dealers to advertise on the site if there has to be adds. I am on a Chinese tractor site and they have a click on button to view the dealers list and they rotate the dealer names on the top of the page every few seconds so everyone gets exposure.

I would love to have enough money to just send him a check for the site and be done with it but alas, I don't have that kind of spare money.

Bill, I'm in.  email sent.  Terry

First, thank you to everyone.  I am amazed at the outpouring of those willing to chip in.  I built this site at a "member-built" site with a goal of keeping it ad free.  Well, that was 7 years and three kids ago!  With so many things going on in my life, I just don't have the time to maintain or update this website.

I wish I could just give the site to someone or a group, but to me that's like giving away a nice CJ-3A to a random person (or group of thugs) on the street.  I feel if you have to pay $$ then you have a vested interest in maintaining and improving the site.  What you as a group are buying is the domain name, website, and forum.  From there, the sky is the limit.  I'd like to see a new home page, but I want all my old pages preserved.  We need a new Serial Number database where you can enter data yourself and then you show up on a map.  And the forum is in need of a major upgrade as you know.  I also see a new Store where there are 3A related shirts, stickers, etc.  I think some minor ads or sponsorships are okay as well.  Either way, I am not falling off the face of the earth, I will still be involved help you guys through the process.

All the best,
Jonathan

No major chages in the figures above.. About $700-800 in email confirmed amounts and about 31 people have replied in this thread or by pM saying they will donate, but no amount was given.

800 will not do it, and I need to know a specific number I can count on from everyone here who has said they are IN so Jonathan and I can sit down and discuss this with some concrete numbers.

Rememeber we are not buyuing just the forum, we are getting the whole 3A .com website, with its store capabilities, etc. We will most likely dump YABB for a more modern and easier to use board once this is finalized....Hopefully everything can be transferred to the new board. I have lots of ideas of things I would like to see on the new improved board and website, but lets let those thoughts go to a different thread...

Hi, What is the cost per year to maintain the site?
It would be less expensive to maintain it like it is right now.
I would prefer to see Jonathan to be the only owner of the site.
We can give help to maintain it like upgrading the forum and paying the annual fee.
For me, it will be more easier and realistic like this.

I know that when more people are involved, more problems come up.
Unfortunately, I don't have etheir 2500$ spare in my pocket.

I have asked the same questions and I do have the $2500. I have not gotten any answers. A single manager of a web site like this seems to work out for the best. Lots of potential here and hate to see it turn in the wrong direction. With what looks like member commitment of upward of $800 the member buy out should succeed in reaching the buy out price... Keeping the same admins should help a lot to keep the same feel of the site.

I thought when this was cross posted to the CJ-2A page that the 2A guys would pitch in and help meet the price commitment. Hope they still will.

Ok, guys, we have reached a point where I need those of you who have NOT emailed me at NFord2N@aol.com  to go ahead and email me the max amount we can count on you for... Jonathan is going to give us a significant break in the buyout price but I have not gotten a commitment and amount to do the deed from my prospective webmaster yet.....

I hope to be able to divide the buyout price by the number of email verified donors and get a figure that is less than the $100 price  we put out there earlier. You can still choose to donate the full $100 amount as we will need to pay hosting fees, pay our webmaster for his time in setting up a professionally done site, and buy new BB  software.   While I realize a lot of you guys did say in this thread" count on me," I need you to email me a commitment so I know we can count on ya and we will have an alternative way to contact you when the move is made.

Please, do not take the failures of the last weekend as a omen of things to come . I plan on getting new hosting and new software (at additional cost to the buyout) to solve these problems, and make monitoring the site easier... There WILL be glitches with the transfer (One major glitch is there is no easy way to move the posts made in YABB to any other software...)

Ok guys, next step is up to you...... If you have NOT already emailed a commitment to me, and you wish to help out, now is the time. Please let me know what your 3A page handle is so I know who is who....THANK YOU !!