"The FABO A-body for Somebody" - Wanna do it again?

I kind of agree with Phil (mrtires24). Helping members in the spur of the moment for difficult times is up to the member and a very important thing to do. I also agree that Mike's situation was out of the ordinary as we all know and had such great cause. (I enjoyed being part of that).

There's no doubt what has happened in the past few weeks "will" pass to the "outside forum world". It will be known that this forum is outstanding and has very generous members. As stated however, there are "scammers" out there that will try anything for a fast buck.

I was in a Organization that had "membership" funds for doing different objectives (prizes, trips etc) but was very difficult to run and lots of members became upset because they felt they were putting more into it then getting out. I would only suggest that if anything like this were to happen down the road that it would be involved within the "Gold Member" status as a way of control.

My way of thinking:
Anyone can use this site and come and go as they please, however many have chosen to support it more by becoming a Gold Member. At this time I'm "not" a Gold Member and I'm "not" saying that their the only good guys here because of it. Just a way of control.
Idea..If the cost to become a Gold member was doubled (say 70.00 US).....35.00 of it would go into a separate prize fund and perhaps every year or so different draws would be made or something done.