Re: [AGA SC] Forum

["David Lass" <davidlass@villasunscape.com>]

Scott is absolutely right. A disaster of a lawsuit could wipe out AGA's
assets quickly. The real problem is that they will also come after the
officers and directors. I for one am not really interested in having some
clown who feels he/she was flamed on our forum end up owninga house of mine.
David
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>
To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 9:32 PM
Subject: Re: [AGA SC] Forum


> Before, I think we bogged in the issue of whether there was
> pressing need or would be only be competing for an audience
> in an already tight market.
>
> The insurance issue came on top of that. I don't think we
> settled anything on the insurance issue -- for example we
> didn't seem to have any idea how much insurance would be a
> good amount to have -- because the market/demand issue
> seemed to pretty much sway us. Also working against the
> forums was the notion that to get enough good people to
> manage and maintain the thing, we'd probably be drawing
> from sites that wouldn't take kindly to it, possibly
> engendering division rather than greater community.
>
> Also J's apparent flakeiness didn't inspire confidence.
>
> I'm suggesting we at least look at whether other folks feel
> as strongly as those we've heard from. If there are enough
> people that feel very strongly about it, they'll be will to
> do as Cheryl has and offer to work on the project.
>
> On the risk side, AGA only has so much assets to lose and
> A.G.A. or A-G-A can always be incorporated the next day.
> Not an ideal resolution but it wouldn't be the end of the
> world for AGA. I think the bigger issue is the amount of
> assets the Board members have to lose and what it would
> cost to reasonably protect them.
>
> I don't like the complications but I like the idea of
> offering more product for members and/or the hobbyist
> community at large.
>
> sh
>
>
> --- Cheryl Rogers <cheryl@wilstream.com> wrote:
> > I understand. But I just don't accept that as a strong
> > reason *not* to have
> > forums. I know we are all a little gunshy still, but we
> > should not let the
> > jerks of this world make our business decisions for us.
> > Maybe that's naive.
> > More likely stubborn.
> >
> > I don't know what I said before, when James first
> > proposed this, but I
> > would now support a forum and would help to manage it any
> > way I could.
> >
>
>
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