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>Many of you may know that I helped create the new >Gaucho Loco board on the ezBoard network (<A >rel=nofollow target=_blank >HREF="http://pub217.ezboard.com/bucsbgauchos">http://pu >b217.ezboard.com/bucsbgauchos</A>). ezBoards are used >on The Insider's network (the Big West Boards, >Fullerton, USU) although technically those are a >subset of ezBoard. These aren't free--they take money >to run depending on the number of hits received. The >upside is that ezBoards have a "community chest" >option that allows anyone to donate a few bucks with a >credit card, PayPal or even check. The money doesn't >go to the admins--it is paid to ezBoard and can't be >used on anything but the board it was donated to. >Donations can be made anonymously. The UCSB board >opened on 7-1 and has generated $140 (besides the $10 >I threw in at the beginning). That's enough for more >than a year and a half of service even at very high >hit levels. My best guess based on the sometimes slow >traffic of this board is that it would take about $75 >the first year and perhaps a little more than that >later on. > >The advantages of ezBoard are obvious to anyone who >has used them. Check out the UCSB board and others for >features. > >Anyway, what I'm wondering is if you guys would like >to move if I created a Cal Poly ezBoard. Would some of >you be willing to pitch in $10 a year (or more if >you'd like)? Is it worth it leaving this board, which >has a decent following and many links pointing at it >(this could stay as a backup with a pointer to the new >board though)? I'd like to have an board old-timer >(BMF? Stangman? Budman?) be an admin or >moderator--anyone interested? Colin, I know you have >the MM board set up on your own server but would you >be interested in consolidating things on an ezBoard >with several forums (FWIW, private invisible ones are >possible there). > >Opinions? Ideas? Yea? Nay? Speak up!

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