Charging a fee could shut people out that you really want on the site. If you are selling something to upgrade, a new person may not see the value (yet) of joining (paying) and won’t see your add to buy gear.
Perhaps look at this from a different angle.
It’s an Australian resource. Could it be something that Australian clubs collectively fund for its membership so the entry fee would be belonging to an affiliated society.
Then have the collective societies haverepresentaion on an organising/funding/direction committee.
We should have (or bring back) this communication between societies in Australia anyway and this could be an extra reason.
Greg
(VP of the Northern Sydney astro society)
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