From: "Mark" <messlinger@...>
Date: Friday, September 5, 2003 4:17 PM
Subject: Updates
Date: Friday, September 5, 2003 4:17 PM
Subject: Updates
Hi All,
I've haven't sent many posts in the last day or so... so I thought I'd
mention a few things as we go into the weekend: Looks like we're going to
have good weather for flying.
We've had a lot of new member startups both here and at the website.
Welcome to all.. and thanks for stopping by. We're picking up a little
momentum and the ball's really starting to roll. Still, a long ways to go
to become "high traffic", but then we're just here for the fun and
relaxation right?
There is a huge amount of new stuff going on at the website... messages
that need answers, new articles, lot of links to great places, banners
gearing up, many downloads (I just added more videos and a bunch of
builder's plans)... these are all free for the taking. Some of the members
have sent in photos of their airplanes and workshops, which really deserve
your attention. And there's a lot more being entered almost as we speak.
You guys really need to see Bob Severance's Travelaire. It's way down the
list of boards in "Airplanes- Giant Scale". This is truely a beautiful
aircraft! Thanks Bob!
I've also added quite a number of boards to the forum. It doesn't matter
what you fly or want to buy/sell, there's a space for it in the forum. Just
in case I'm wrong about this, give me your input and we can add more boards.
With all the initial uploading of files, I had almost run out of alloted
server space, so I expanded this by 5 times. That will be enough to hold
for quite a while, and I don't have any problem alloting more space if we
need it. (It's all sponsored by a great company. <g>)
I could really use some help from you guys in one particular area though.
As you travel around the internet and the neighborhood, please mention
RCLanding.com to everyone. Print the URL everywhere. This is always the
best advertising... word of mouth.
I don't ever want to charge the members/users of this site any fees. It
just seems like we should have a place that's free. I've never wanted to
pay for any of it. The way to do that is through the masses. If we get
enough people using the site, businesses will come to us to advertise their
banners and companies. I promise this won't turn into a cluttered
advertising madhouse. Ads will be kept in one place, so you can choose to
go there or not.
I intend to keep the cost to those companies very low, so as to just pay
expenses here, which should also be an incentive to them. In return, we get
a full fledged website that's very active and very capable of servicing our
needs - for free! I believe it will work.
I believe the only reason these huge forums charge members is purely due
to greed. They are all being bought up by each other, and they are all
going to the "charge for everything" theme. I believe it can be different.
I sure could use your help.
End of political soapbox. Thanks!
We need your ideas. The forum is ready to hear those ideas. So if you
get a few minutes between flight sessions this weekend, take a look at the
site and let me know what you think!
Thanks!
and have a great weekend!
Mark
www.RCLanding.com