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pickle:
Totally agree Terry  :daumenhoch:

dancetothedrummersbeat:

--- Quote from: Gnarlyscoots™ on February 19, 2016, 08:16 AM ---
--- Quote from: pickle on February 18, 2016, 07:57 PM ---Plenty of people used to put plenty of pics on when all you could use was photobucket. 

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It's because people don't seem to have the time or patience any more Rob, everything needs to be done in seconds.

I have never had an issue with Photobucket, have 4 accounts, and it is easy to use. I don't use it when I am not at home, just via the PC or laptop.

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Exactly. People don't have the patience. Technology is an amazing thing, but can have negative effects. People want everything now. Photobucket can be a pain sometimes, both on the laptop and on my phone, but 95% of the time it works ok

griff:
There's already a tappytalk thread going somewhere (hopefully that can be fixed soon)

In a vague attempt to divert chat back to the thread topic, let's have some more views/votes on how people think MK should be best funded  :daumenhoch:

dancetothedrummersbeat:
Free up sales to everyone, voluntary sst, wristbands on the day to identify existing sst holders. There must be a way to list every sst holder, so go to JT's stall (if he has one this year), give in your username, get your name ticked off and get your wristband. Those who aren't existing sst holders can pay on the day, although this should only be for non rad forum members such as those on facebook only or those who are friends/partners/guests of existing rad forum sst holders - Mrs DTTDB for example. Everyone else should pay before MK (no excuse for paying on the day, as we have 6 months until MK). No wristband, no 'free' food/drink and no use of the bogs either.  I've just been to Tesco. Bought a sandwich (egg & bacon), a green monster energy drink and a Terrys chocolate orange. Very nice, but lasted less than 30 mins. Cost me the best part of a fiver. Put into perspective, paying £10 a year for the best BMX forum out there (in my opinion), and MK is nothing.

griff:
I broadly like this idea, but couple of admin challenges to work out

we can print out a list of site supporters, no problem
but seeing as usually people don't register with their real name, it's hard to match user names to any form of ID to verify that someone is who they say they are
it would be hard for someone to pretend to be you unless they shaved off their hair and put on a woman's tracky top but there could be ways to be sneaky..
regarding toilet access? good luck getting anyone to volunteer to be toilet monitor for the weekend :teef:

If we are going down the wristband route, I'd be inclined to simply require that access to the D&D / hogroast means paying for a wristband on the day, and keep SSTs on a voluntary basis for anyone that wants to publicly support the forum on an ongoing basis.
This means that they are effectively helping to put money in the Rad pot for 2017, rather than Mk16 since we'll need to have already paid for everything by then.
Personally - I don't want to push SSTs on anyone but have no problem paying my subs, especially since being able to see how the money gets spent. No-one uses the rad pot for personal gain, holidays, expanding their bike collections etc so I have no issue putting a few quid into it. Other people are more happy to support MK on the day with donations, again that's fine (it just makes fundraising a bit more of a gamble as you don't have as much of a clue how much is coming).
Worst case - we empty the pot putting on mk16 and then go 'back to basics' for MK17! I don't think that will happen somehow as long as the good people of Rad continue to support what I think is the best weekend of the year

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