I'm going to throw in my $0.02 now...

I DO realize that financially we're in a bad way, but I also know that 
my site that I host here runs on a showstring budget also, which 
allows for a max of about $5 per month in hosting costs...I see that 
in last few months, my costs have been well below that due to many 
more members than when I joined in Jan 2005, so making up the 
difference wouldn't be that much of a problem...however, should the 
costs go above that $5 a month, I might have to look elsewhere as 
there could possibly be some other provider who gives me the four 
things I need, which are:

1) Cost as decsribed
2) Ability to execute my own CGI scripts, and have some control of who 
executes them and how
3) Reliability
4) Easy access to "tech support" for issues related to site

HCoop has done these in the past, and as long as it continues, I'll be 
happy here...and as long as service levels that I see for my site are 
the same as when I joined, any significant increase in that is really 
of no use to me, so sharing in those costs could be a potential 
problem for me...yes, having 150 users requires more resources than 
for 50, but as long as what we are using matches that and isn't setup 
to handle many more users than we'll ever have in near future, then 
all is good...let's not too big and fancy until we have the users to 
support it, IMHO.

And IF there was a way to easily send $$$ without Paypal fees, then 
all the more can go to HCoop!   

-- Franklin Gordon Bynum <frank@hcoop.net> wrote:
On 04/29/2007 09:40:57 AM, Adam Chlipala wrote:
> With the sum that's there now, divided evenly, it would be $44.42 per
> member.  Using the pledge amounts on the portal, it's minimum $24.50
> per member.

This is more than fair, especially given the massive upgrade in 
service  
we're about to undergo.

> Should I post to hcoop-announce to see who isn't willing to pay his  
> pledge-based share of that total, and we can try charging everyone  
> for the back-charges at pledge rates and arrange special  
> subsidization for people who "can't afford" their calculated shares?

Sounds good to me.  Hopefully people can up their balances by the end  
of this week;