Well, I finally found the poll and took it.? And then had a look at the results.? Considering the relatively small number of posts that I have made, I decided I must be a lurker but if necessary, I would contribute, so voted for that.

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I recognize several of the names or User ID’s from other Groups, Lists or Sites that I’m on as Member, Moderator, Co-Owner or Owner and presume that most of those will recognize my User ID.

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To bring the poll results up to date, 53 members have now voted.? Of those, 9 voted for keeping the group free or said that they wouldn’t contribute, and 44 said that they would contribute.?

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Before going any further, the member count doesn’t seem to figure in to whether the Group can be Free or Premium.? So I wouldn’t suggest spending any time right away anyway at pruning the Group.? However, later it probably wouldn’t hurt anything or at least unsubscribe the confirmed bouncers.? And then maybe those who haven’t posted since say January of 2018.? But they should not be banned unless they are a known troublemaker.

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What I suggest doing about supporting the Group if/when groups.io says we have to go Paid is to have one of the Owners or Moderators who already has a fairly active PayPal account to set up another business account on PayPal for the 4x6Bandsaw Group and set it up to receive the donations and then set it up so that groups.io bills it monthly for the $20.00.? Although it is old enough that our monthly bill is only $10.00 (and so far they haven’t said anything about raising it), that is exactly what I did for the main Atlas-Craftsman Group.? Should PayPal; ever complain about the lack of activity in that account, I would point to the other account as being active enough for both.? Which would probably satisfy them.

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On the subject of how much to suggest for a donation, I have never tried to sound out anyone at PayPal on it but strongly suggest that any call for donations includes a request NOT to send it as what they used to call Friends & Family.? That would be another plus if they were ever to complain about relative inactivity in the account.? That being said, I would ask for no less than $10.00, and judging from the number of replies to Bill’s Poll, it might be safer to start off at $20.00.? PayPal’s fees for receiving funds consist of a flat per-transaction charge plus a percentage.? So anything less than $10.00 just net’s too little to fool with.

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I have some thoughts or suggestions about organizing/pruning Files and Photos but I need to get to bed so will leave that for a later day.

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Robert Downs

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