There are certain areas that people registered on the Forums have access to that guests do not. There are certain forums that are only accessible by registered forum members. Unless I goofed somewhere, there is nowhere on here that a guest can post. Less that 1/2 of the available forums on here can be access by guests.
The software had no way of knowing who a paid member of GACE is when they register. Anyone in the US can register on the Forums and have access. The Forums was setup to be a public forum. I suppose someone could write an addon that would only allow paid member access but, then someone has to maintain the list to keep it current. That addon would probably not be cheap. I don't have the knowledge to write such an addon. I don't program in PHP and JS. You could also sell subscriptions but there again, no way of determining who is a paid GACE member and each individual member would have to pay their own subscription. Departments could not purchase a block like they can now. A subscription service could easily be setup with the software but, there again. Joe Blow from Hawaii can buy a subscription.
I can setup or convert a forum to be used for voting but, there again, anyone registered as a member on the Forums would have access to that forum. Most forums allow you to setup a poll that can be used for voting but forum members would have access to vote.
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Dennis Maidon ·
