As the owner of the
R90sWorldnet (I started it maybe 20-25 years ago,
truly amazing and gratifying you guys have hung in
there for so long), I was contacted recently by
the host of our group, io, who told me it would
cost $20 per month to continue to support our
group IF we wanted io to continue to store all our
emails, pictures, etc., as our volume has risen
beyond the free threshold, and from now on more
data than this threshold will mean data will be
automatically deleted.
I posted to the
R90sWorldnet asking for feedback about this from
the R90sWorldnet members but only received one
response, from James Marciano. We spoke yesterday
and he offered to pay the $240/year for one year
to keep things going as they are, thank you James,
that is very gracious of you!
I don't feel it is
right for James to do that and I am unwilling to
pay myself, for several reasons:
No one else sent me
any thoughts about this which?infers there?is
little/no interest in saving member data, or you
don't know what to suggest to do about it.
and
There is a better
alternative which is as follows:?
The Vintage BMW
Motorcycle Owners, see
(Upfront: I have
worked with and for this group for many years and
am currently the president,?the Grand Pu-bah ?.)
Ha...
If you go to the
VBMWMO site above, and cruise around you will find
an immense amount of information; we host Bob
(Snowbum) Fleischer's site for instance, as well
as John's Beemer Garage and more), there is a
buy/sell area (members only, to keep spammers
out), all the club magazines are digitized,
readable and searchable for all 50 years, you can
see tons of information such as the owner's
manuals (some in both English & German),
repair manuals, electrical diagrams, engine oil
routing, videos, model information such as VIN
range and...
The Forums, where
model ranges are presented so members can ask
questions from the experts. *Including* the area
called "The Incomparable R90S" which I added as
the R90S model is pivotal and crucial in BMW's
history. And like you, I really love the R90S.
Why am I telling you
this? Because I feel this is a better alternative
since the VBMWMO has unlimited storage capability
available, so *it will store everything*, from all
emails, to all pictures, just everything us R90S
members will post.?
AND it is all
searchable!
We
think we can move all the data from the
R90sWorldnet to the VBMWMO site under Forums,
the Incomparable R90S :-) so that is good.
You can join the
VBMWMO?as a paying member (preferred, we
do have mounting costs) and you will receive our
quarterly magazine (digital if you prefer).
Or
You can join for
free, in which case you won't receive the magazine
or have access to the Buy/Sell area (again, to
keep out spammers, they won't pay to join.)
If we do this
the?R90sWorldnet?will go away because we will then
have a better alternative and there is no sense in
having duplicate?venues.
Please send me your
thoughts,?ideas, suggestions, anything at all.?
Thanks,
and
Thanks again to James
Marciano for taking the initiative to look into
this and contact me about it.
I'm looking forward?to
hearing
from you,
Best,
Mac
Kirkpatrick
Glenmoore,
PA
"After
all, what is
adventure, but
inconvenience,
properly regarded?"
C. Donahue
PJ GAUTILLE