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Hi Cynthia,
Well, it has been interesting to read these recent posts.
I'm one of the ones arguing for advertising. You already have ads on the left hand side of the monitor, every time we post, read posts or just log in. I would dearly love to click on an ad for Morgan's video, or for New Traditions art panels, or to check out whatever any working artist or artisan wants to sell me. (I already own most of what is currently on the left side of the page, by the way.) Surely, this space is valuable to people who want to sell to artists.
Your Dick Blick ad is not in-your-face enough to count as a representative sample of ad use here.
If you gave professional artists a financial incentive to support the Forum - if they could make some money here to help them survive - you would get more input from them.
Here's what I see happening with posting: if new people don't get a good reaction to their work, they stop coming back. No artist likes indifference.
Cynthia, I hope it goes without saying that this site has been incredibly useful and helpful to me. It is worth a lot of money to me. I just worry that we will lose some people if we start to charge.
I enjoy so many of you! You have no idea.
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