Guess i need to chime in on this. DDR was formed by a great fella with an awesome idea. A Very informational site about dumont dunes that would be a free public service to its users. Having moderated, administrated, created a ton of other forums in the past i dont expect ANYTHING from our members. If our members ever want to pitch in great.. Just pitch in by helping other duners or by helping out dumont in some way. I do not expect to recieve any form of compensation for running this wonderful site nor do i expect contributions to cover running costs. This is my way of saying THANK YOU for everyone who does an awesome job keeping dumont as beautiful and clean and respected as it is. You are right NEVER is a pretty harsh word i guess i should it should be worded "I will not charge any one person to use this forum as a form of personal gain!"
As the math was done earlier if every member on GD paid the 5.95 a month thats almost 1million dollars a year! granted that will never happen but even then with their paid sponsorships (which more than enough cover the running costs) You know alot of that money is going in someones pocket. They might say ohh its going back into the dunes or back into the members but how... They have no way of showing how the funds are deligated.. I for one would love to know how much of that goes towards Administrative costs.. Look at some of the other Non Profit orginizations and how high their administrative costs are vs how much actually goes to the cause.
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