ATTENTION: Future of the Blueseum?
There have recently been discussions about the future of the Blueseum amongst a few of us.
It looks like the idea of the club taking ownership of the site is not going to happen for one main reason. Despite many attempts the club has never risen above luke warm with respect to the possibility.
As the creator of the site and the person who initially pushed to have the ownership switched I have been advised by more than one person that it would not a good idea.
So I have started to waver in my thoughts on the matter in the last few months and have been sounding out various people to get advice.
It is a bit of a quandary, stuck between a couple of options.
If an ownership switch ever took place it would have some benefits in terms of the site generating revenue for the club directly and possibilities with respect to new content. However, the down side is possible loss of editorial control and putting at risk the content and countless hours of work of dozens of people.
Personally my biggest concern is my own personal liability with the site, while others can add content I will be the one who faces the courtroom if anything illegal ever happens on the site. Status quo is always an option as well.
The other option that is being considered is that the site be tranformed into an organisation that can raise funds either for the club or related charities.
This could involve more formal membership, committee, all that jazz.
I have been reading up on the formation of clubs/associations/community groups and I have to admit the information available online is a bit too vague for my liking.
If there is anyone out there with experience in this area I would love to hear from you. Also, would really value feedback from Blueseum contributors in general with regards to the information above.
At this stage this is pretty much a sounding out process, nothing concrete has been decided yet.
It looks like the idea of the club taking ownership of the site is not going to happen for one main reason. Despite many attempts the club has never risen above luke warm with respect to the possibility.
As the creator of the site and the person who initially pushed to have the ownership switched I have been advised by more than one person that it would not a good idea.
So I have started to waver in my thoughts on the matter in the last few months and have been sounding out various people to get advice.
It is a bit of a quandary, stuck between a couple of options.
If an ownership switch ever took place it would have some benefits in terms of the site generating revenue for the club directly and possibilities with respect to new content. However, the down side is possible loss of editorial control and putting at risk the content and countless hours of work of dozens of people.
Personally my biggest concern is my own personal liability with the site, while others can add content I will be the one who faces the courtroom if anything illegal ever happens on the site. Status quo is always an option as well.
The other option that is being considered is that the site be tranformed into an organisation that can raise funds either for the club or related charities.
This could involve more formal membership, committee, all that jazz.
I have been reading up on the formation of clubs/associations/community groups and I have to admit the information available online is a bit too vague for my liking.
If there is anyone out there with experience in this area I would love to hear from you. Also, would really value feedback from Blueseum contributors in general with regards to the information above.
At this stage this is pretty much a sounding out process, nothing concrete has been decided yet.