Where we've been: Last year at this time, we had to change our server to handle the ever-growing traffic at MacMusic. We've asked our visitors to help support the cost of the new server. To repect the .org community concept that has always been central to this site, we introduced the ActiveMember accounts for supporters either paying an annual fee OR contributing to the site's content (adding news, software articles, etc.) Regular visitors are still able to access the site for free: by becoming an ActiveMember, we disable periodic membership reminders and you ensure that MacMusic.org is able to continue to operate. (And you can be an ActiveMember for free just by contributing!)

Not only has this allowed us to survive, but it has enforced our leadership among Mac Music sites, bringing us more content (provided by you), more traffic, and with more traffic additional advertising revenue -- revenue we can now pass on to you.

Where we're going: Continued financing from members remains essential to the ongoing growth of this site as a resource to its readers. With increase growth, of course, comes increased demands on resources. We needed a second server to support the additional bandwidth created by improved readership and expanded contributions in all the sections (both very good things, of course!).

The good news is, thanks to growing advertising revenues you've helped generated, we are able to lower the annual membership fee from $60 to $42 ($70 for companies). Check out the updated order form. That's just 11 cents a day for daily MacMusic content.

And soon we'll be adding to the benefits of being an ActiveMember -- so soon not only will you be paying less, but getting more. Watch for an announcement soon.

Note that contributors will still need 60 points (earned by their various contributions ) to gain an ActiveMember account (100 for companies). But we already have a number of prolific contributors -- thanks to you, we're the site we are today. And if you're not contributing, don't be shy!

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