A Message from Admin - Please Read
First let me thank all of the people who took it upon themsleves to start promoting Gold memberships and those that became Gold members. Thank you one and all.
Now let me tell you what's going on.
Back in February '06 I opened this site to the world. Build it and they will come.. just like the movie. It was my "field of dreams." People came and people went. Most stayed. Somehow, we ended up with over 3400 members. There were predator attacks from Nigeria, cat fights in the Shoubox, people posting nude pictures of themselves on their profile pages . We all lived through it and grew. And here we are today. It's a fantastic place. People for the most part love it. But ooops! There is no revenue. But that's Ok, because it's FREE!
The truth of the matter is, it is becoming increasingly harder to finance this site with no revenue. Gold member subscriptions have helped but with only 32 Gold members, it is far from enough. There is no ad revenue. Which by the way is a myth unless you have millions of people on your site.
So I have a decison to make: shut down or try to get at least 600 paying (Gold) members to keep the doors open, then convert to subscription membership if that goal is reached, all the while keeping Free memberships open that have limited access to some features.
There are over 3400 members on this site so if 20% really like this site and what it represents, we can stay open.
Current Free members with "hardship cases" who truly can't pay will be given a Gold membership for enternity (if we're still here). Just send me a message and I'll understand. I'm already aware of some people who just can't pay because they just don't have it, but are active members of the community and I don't want to lose them.
I don't have to tell you how wonderful this place is. You already know because you built it. You breathe it. You are myboomerplace.com.
Sure there's plenty of FREE sites out there but they have no depth or character. I think this place is truly "unique" (and I hate that word but in this case it fits) because it has become a living thing that goes much deeper than any myspace or Eons. They are all "eyeball farms" to sell advertising but here it's much different. People didn't sign up on My Boomer Place because it was Free, they apparently found something else.
There is a "depth" here that all those other places lack. People actually care about each other and support and encourage each other on our site. It's truly amazing. Really.
And they love to have fun. The true genius of Rita and her virtual cruise. That really is innovative. And it could only happen here.
Everything in life has a value. Some is overt and some is intrinsic. My Boomer Place is, quite simply, priceless.
$2.99 a month is a small price to pay to help maintain to a community such as this. No annoying ads. Predator free. And great friendly people. Discovering new things. It's 10 cents a day. Is that too much to ask??
This is probably the last messge you'll get from me unless it's on a one to one basis. My door is always open. Just drop me a line sometime with your thoughts and questions.
I'm not Jimmy Swaggart ...and Jesus isn't calling me home if I don't get 600 paying gold members by August 30th ..but the guys from the Poor House have already sent me more than a few invitations.
Please step up and join the Gold Members who already support our site.
Thank you for your time and being part of My Boomer Place.
All the best
Admin
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