In view of the recent announcement and subsequent discussion regarding the fate of H20 I am looking at buying the domain and all the archives of H20 from Rick.
I believe I can get it hosted at a local ASP with which I have a great relationship. This is where I need your creative genius. I believe we could generate greater revenue from banners that are geared to the audience (kickboxing 101 lessons might be useful but ...). The Anon banner there just doesn't cut it.
Two audience centric banners could cover most of the monthly costs. The other possibility is to register it as a charity/ not for profit company, thus those who use the site could make donations and get tax benefits..at least those from the US and Canada.
Now I personally do NOT have the technical expertise to run the site as it is now set up, scripts etc... Considering the volume of H20 what discussion softwarre is the best out there. If I was to get Rick to agree to this, would any of you be in a position to assist on the technical side of things? Do you know anyone that would?
For close to 5 years, H20 has been the foremost site for intellectual debate on matters relating to JW's and their doctrines and history. It is a unique place that should IMO keep going. It is also the primary online concern of the WTBS (along with Kent's site). I am perturbed to think of the glee going on in Brooklyn over this possibility of H20's closing.
In the meantime if we can transfer it to my ASP, I will cover the costs of keeping H20 going until we get it organised to a point where it becomes self sufficient.
The scariest part of this for me is that I would have to put my name or at least a company name (with my real name as the proprietor) out on the web.Thus Kismet will be known by all to be a disgusting vile evil apostate and all the repurcussions that go along with that. Unless ofc ourse someone else doesn't mind adding their name...
I am rambling now but again I am interested in your thoughts, ideas etc.
Thanks.
Kismet/ [email protected]