NSXCB Finances and web server costs

[sorepaws]

Peter,
I share much of what you have said here, the Forum is a great reference for all things NSX, the challenge over the past 4 or so years has been the level of activity across all Forum platforms. The addition of Facebook and WhatsApp are there to improve the interactivity and response, that is to say they should suppliment the Forum not replace it. Since 2020 the move away from the NSXCB Forum by THNOC (NSX Owners Club) has accelerated the decline in Forum traffic here, the NSX Owners Club have their own "closed" forum.
Going forward I think the plan is to transfer the current NSXCB Forum to an updated platform and link it with social media/messaging services to provide a comprehensive and open resource for all NSX owners.

[duncan]

+1 on Mike and PeteW’s last posts.
Not so sure about the impact that the THNOC forum has.
From Kaz’s post . . “So, we still have some time but not cost effective paying £500/year when only around 20 - 25 users making Platinum contribution.” . .
In the alternative: as one of 20-25 Platinum members, if £25 pa makes this forum happen then that’s cheap for the wealth of information and contact the forum provides. I’m happy to pay that (as other financial contributors may also be).

If this forum continues, migrates, it’s down to the efforts of the Administrators, contributors etc, and my continued thanks to them.

Personally I’d ask is that forum remains open to all to view and use whether contributors, longtermers, first time owners or just casual interest.
However it’s success depends on use and that’s down to the owner and users. Perhaps for technical queries, meeting suggestions, group involvement we should see the benefit of using the forum over more instant social media.
Use it or lose it?
Duncan

[sorepaws]

+1 on Mike and PeteW’s last posts.
Not so sure about the impact that the THNOC forum has.

My point about the THNOC and the Forum is that when being a Platinum member of NSXCB Forum was a pre-requisite to membership of the Club then simply there was more revenue. It was not that the OC Forum had any impact on the NSXCB Forum.

[amritsingh]

Thanks for all the time and effort ... The yellow banner is good, just reminded me I haven't paid for some time.. just paid for another year

[NSX 2000]

Another company that hosts forums. This seems a bit cheaper than most.

https://www.createaforum.com/

[sorepaws]

Another company that hosts forums. This seems a bit cheaper than most.

https://www.createaforum.com/

In some respects it is not just about the cost - the transfer of data from the exisiting to the new maybe a more significant issue.

[Papalazarou]

+1 on Mike and PeteW’s last posts.
Not so sure about the impact that the THNOC forum has.
From Kaz’s post . . “So, we still have some time but not cost effective paying £500/year when only around 20 - 25 users making Platinum contribution.” . .
In the alternative: as one of 20-25 Platinum members, if £25 pa makes this forum happen then that’s cheap for the wealth of information and contact the forum provides. I’m happy to pay that (as other financial contributors may also be).

If this forum continues, migrates, it’s down to the efforts of the Administrators, contributors etc, and my continued thanks to them.

Personally I’d ask is that forum remains open to all to view and use whether contributors, longtermers, first time owners or just casual interest.
However it’s success depends on use and that’s down to the owner and users. Perhaps for technical queries, meeting suggestions, group involvement we should see the benefit of using the forum over more instant social media.
Use it or lose it?
Duncan

Agree Duncan. Use it and contribute. I am also happy to pay £25.00 a year. Besides the social, the information and help we have received over the years has saved many of us a huge amount of money and hassle.

Cheers.

[britlude]

The knowledge base in this forum is the important part... So, although there are a multitude of different forum suppliers/hosts/etc, that would be fine for a new forum, but there is a wealth of data contained here.. So migrating to a new server is the biggest risk.... As aways the cheapest may not be the most appopriate for longevity, cheap forum may be hosted on some spotty teens computer, set up as a server in the back room (smiley face!)

So my vote would be to stick with vbulletin, with the latest version, cloud based, as that means it's their servers and their engineers that can give it a kick when necessary as that's their full time job (one would hope) leaving the current admin to moderate, rather than firefighter issues that may well be over their paygrade (not dissing the admin here, you are awesome volunteers)

The next advantage would be vbulletin will have all the tools to migrate the data from the current forum to it's new home, they WILL have done it before, whereas the current admin quite probably haven't!!!

In addition to the platinum subs, we could have some simple merch to add to nsxcb funds if necessary...


I literally used a link to a thread in here 2 days ago on Facebook, as someone had a broken mirror, and a DIY fix is in this forum!!!

[mutley]

I'd happily go to a £25 per year subscription, that's still less that 50p per day

Cheers,
Jim