606 in danger! please help!

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Channonfodder

Channonfodder

Rebel without a clue.....
Feb 6, 2011
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Hi Guys,

I am not sure if I will get in trouble for posting this, but I am afraid Not606 is in financial difficulties and there is danger it may close down completely. The main problem seems to have been that it overspent wildly on the contracts given to some of best posters and then spent the money which should have been passed on to the taxman and now HMRC are after the site. They particularly objected to the fact that the special "electronic media" rules meant that message debt takes precedence over all other, except the huge fees paid to the mods..
There has been work going on behind the scenes to find a buyer, but so far none has made a real offer to buy. There is a small hurdle before anyone can own the site, but this is a minor spelling test and nobody checks the answers anyway.
So, with no other rescue in sight, will you help save the site we love? I am forming a trust. If we stump up £1000 each, 5000 of us is all that would be needed. I have asked my friend Colin Ash to be treasurer so make your cheques payable to C ASH and together we can save this great and historic board.;)
 
I think we have been paying the moderators way above the going rate and some haven't been involved at all as no one posts on their site so they go onto another one being a bit of a nuisance at times. PompeyMeowth and DevonFrattoniser come to mind in this regard

In the meantime my cheque is in the post. Don't spend it all at once.
 
St Godders of Windsor said:
I think we have been paying the moderators way above the going rate and some haven't been involved at all as no one posts on their site so they go onto another one being a bit of a nuisance at times. PompeyMeowth and DevonFrattoniser come to mind in this regard

In the meantime my cheque is in the post. Don't spend it all at once.
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Many would argue that most of the Mods are paid exactly what they are worth........
 
I think the biggest problem, the contract which has really sunk the site is scarcely to be believed. Who in their right minds would give Ian Thumwood a "pay-per-word" contract? Not even the Storeyteller would have agreed that one! And as for the "sunglasses" clause in Beddy's contract, well! Crazy!
 
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