So all those who have contributed money in the past, those who have contributed much of their time and expertise to help you grow the forum, and those who cannot afford to pay do not get the benefit of this "private club"? Is this really fair? ![WTF? :wtf:](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/wtf2.gif)
No, it's not. That's why I said those who have made large contributions to the forum (1000+ posts) will automatically get added (about 35 people I think currently).
I also have not mentioned that those who have donated in the past will also get access, just let me know if you want it. I have no way to automatically correlate previous paypal donations to forum accounts.
So the questions comes down to do I offer
nothing at all to those who have donated financially (and with large content contributions), or do I offer something?
And if I do offer them something, even if it's just token access to a "private" board on the forum, what's the threshold? Is it a thousand posts, 500?, 250? 100?, 50? Does the person at 900 posts, or 400 posts, or 200 feel like they are being left out?