Gentlemen---The future of Phoenix

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It's no secret the 700B deal is in the works. I am proposing the NET PROCEEDS to be seed money for future forum endeavors such as group buys, etc. An account will be set up accessible by all mods and admins in which the funds accrued will be for the betterment of this forum and it's members. All expenditures will require a majority vote, and the funds will be for things specified and for some to be specified in the future. For us small guys in the game, there is strength in numbers, but where cash is needed, there is strength in cash. The discount available on some components doesn't make sense unless those components can be utilized. This can be a very fluid fund, adapting to the requirements of the forum and it's members. I am not comfortable being referred to as the boss or the leader here. I am other places and that's what I am there. Here I wish to be the one that transfers ownership of a site to those that make it what it is. Details to be worked out later.
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Very very cool Lee.

I really dig the way you think and operate, mang!

Seeing how things have been going and where they are heading I sure wish things in the past were much different. I suppose it's all "split milk" now though ;)


Keep up the great work!
 
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As always, should you or any of your Phoenix members be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions. This tape will self-destruct in five seconds.:rabbit:
 
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laatsch55 said:
It's no secret the 700B deal is in the works. I am proposing the NET PROCEEDS to be seed money for future forum endeavors such as group buys, etc. An account will be set up accessible by all mods and admins in which the funds accrued will be for the betterment of this forum and it's members. All expenditures will require a majority vote, and the funds will be for things specified and for some to be specified in the future. For us small guys in the game, there is strength in numbers, but where cash is needed, there is strength in cash. The discount available on some components doesn't make sense unless those components can be utilized. This can be a very fluid fund, adapting to the requirements of the forum and it's members. I am not comfortable being referred to as the boss or the leader here. I am other places and that's what I am there. Here I wish to be the one that transfers ownership of a site to those that make it what it is. Details to be worked out later.
Thoughts?
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I think stopping margarine consumption in favor of unsalted sweet creamery butter was a great idea for me.

You are the head admin, regardless. It's not like we bow to kiss them big 'ol feet of yers anyway :rabbit:...you're our den master!

Seriously, what's up with the tentativity stuff?
 
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Rex Everything said:
Very very cool Lee.

I really dig the way you think and operate, mang!

Seeing how things have been going and where they are heading I sure wish things in the past were much different. I suppose it's all "split milk" now though ;)


Keep up the great work!
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That's just it Paul. Doesn't matter what happened in the past.
 
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Love the board and members, what more could you ask for? Whatever you decide to do is cool with me. I just hope I can afford a hotrodded WO 1000B someday before the rest of the World discovers them and drives the price out of sight LMAO
 
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There are things going on behind the scenes that will guarantee that won't HAPPEN....
 
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laatsch55 said:
It's no secret the 700B deal is in the works. I am proposing the NET PROCEEDS to be seed money for future forum endeavors such as group buys, etc. An account will be set up accessible by all mods and admins in which the funds accrued will be for the betterment of this forum and it's members. All expenditures will require a majority vote, and the funds will be for things specified and for some to be specified in the future. For us small guys in the game, there is strength in numbers, but where cash is needed, there is strength in cash. The discount available on some components doesn't make sense unless those components can be utilized. This can be a very fluid fund, adapting to the requirements of the forum and it's members. I am not comfortable being referred to as the boss or the leader here. I am other places and that's what I am there. Here I wish to be the one that transfers ownership of a site to those that make it what it is. Details to be worked out later.
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I'm totally confused.
 
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laatsch55 said:
It's no secret the 700B deal is in the works. I am proposing the NET PROCEEDS to be seed money for future forum endeavors such as group buys, etc. An account will be set up accessible by all mods and admins in which the funds accrued will be for the betterment of this forum and it's members. All expenditures will require a majority vote, and the funds will be for things specified and for some to be specified in the future. For us small guys in the game, there is strength in numbers, but where cash is needed, there is strength in cash. The discount available on some components doesn't make sense unless those components can be utilized. This can be a very fluid fund, adapting to the requirements of the forum and it's members. I am not comfortable being referred to as the boss or the leader here. I am other places and that's what I am there. Here I wish to be the one that transfers ownership of a site to those that make it what it is. Details to be worked out later.
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Being relatively new here, and on a "on again, off again" basis, at that, I'm not sure how much weight my vote on such matters should carry, but I can't really see how this could be anything but good.

If the forum members in general benefit from the availability of some 700B's and parts at a reasonable cost, and that in turn funds a trust of sorts for future forum benefits, that can only be good.

In the unlikely event that something bad were to happen, those who bought items still got a good value, and the rest was gravy.

I assume this is the type of arrangement you had in mind. The details are pretty fuzzy, so I hope I may be excused if I have assumed too much.

The big question for me is, who is on the hook for the initial seed money?

FWIW, I think I would be interested in a build-able core if the price was right. Depending on several factors- completeness, cost of cores, face plates, etc.

Thanks to all for the opportunity to even comment on this, much less benefit. This wouldn't be here if it weren't for you guys.
 
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speakerman1 said:
If there is any thinking involved leave me out of it. I vote for a mindless endeavor. But serious folks what is the last part about?
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I did something like this with my Shenanigan's board... I think all Lee is saying is that members here have a stake in the board more then just being a member. The part about transferring ownership puzzles me but perhaps it is just a metaphor meaning that the board belongs to all of us in a family sense and there is no real leader though we know that a few members here are indeed leaders/owners or they would not be Admins and Mods. Members looking out for members sounds nice to me, this is the way life should be in general and being able to get components a little cheaper is icing on the cake. Most people can only dream about owning a TOTL WOPL amp, face it, they are usually blown up or ready to blow and very few people out there know intimately what needs to be done to bring a 1970s amp up to today and even tomorrow's standards. Sure, there is repair shops that can bring these back to yesterdays specs but going the extra mile with new designs is over the top. This goes beyond modding, this is a total rework. Without Joe (and a couple others), there would be none of this, keep that in mind. A vision brought this board to what it is today with the help of a few other guys who loved this equipment so much that a board was created to perpetuate the culmination of what we know today as perhaps some of the finest, yet reasonably affordable amplifiers in the World

Seems like Lee is jumping in feet first to continue to see this through and willing to share. Hat's off to you Brother. Obviously I don't really know what your thinking but this is what I get from the initial post
 
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Larrt, you started it. This board belongs to the people who make it up. I'm thinking about going one step further and make that official somehow. The net proceeds of the 700 deal, if it happens, will be the initial seed money to a Phoenix Phund to benefit the Audio pursuits of the members, be it a group buy, a hedge, a sale, rent or other tool to gain access to things we couldn't otherwise, as being more than the sum of our parts.
There are some extremely talented people here, but without the resources to exploit that talent, it's an exersize in futility. I'm being vague because I don't know exactly what that could be myself. Joe has got alt of things in the works, he's a very prolific design engineer, let's just say stick around cause you aint seen
nothing yet.............................
 
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Larrt, there was so much you sent me to try that no way would I have spent the money myself, but after hearing the results, would gladly do so. So the Phund could pay shipping so every member that wanted to audition a WOPL could. Or whatever piece of gear. I'm open to suggestions........
 
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I would love to rent to own a WOPL 1000B :tongue1: probably the only way I would ever have one LOL
 
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