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Admin Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: "The VPC is going Subscription" 07-11-03, 19:44z  The VPC will be converting to a subscription-based system on July 17, 2003. As you know, VPC Crew Membership dues support the Virtual Pilot Center (VPC) costs of operation, and keep us ad-free. Unfortunately, our voluntary VPC Crew Membership/donation plan has not generated sufficient funding to continue down this path. While we'd like nothing more than to provide free access to all, the cold hard facts of the Internet is bandwidth costs money, and the more we use, the more we need to pay. We also understand and GREATLY appreciate the non-monetary support folks have contributed to our Forums and such in the form of knowledge and participation, but in order for us to continue to provide the facilities for us to share ideas, information, and camaraderie between aviators, we need to be able to pay for the bandwidth we use. Beginning on July 17, 2003, only VPC Crew Members and those with Guest Passes will be able to post messages and have non-anonymous access to VPC facilities. VPC Crew Memberships include: · Exclusive VPC Crew Icon · FlightAdventures POP3 CREW eMail Account - *no SPAM or obligatory advertisements · FlightAdventures Web eMail access · FlightAdventures WAP Mail access (requires WAP-enabled device) · Access to VPC Crew-only areas · Access to email Technical Support · High-Speed File Download access · Access to VPC Crew-Only events · Local signature graphics file storage · Free VPC OffLine Reader Registration (VPC OLR) · A complimentary copy of FlightAdventures at the Miramar Air Show CD-ROM or VCD hosted by Captain Mark Hoffman and Patty Wagstaff. Includes VPC utilities, files, and VPC Rally charts covering nearly 850 airports from around the world (DVD-R and CD-ROM only). · And our bonus gift to you for your support, a one year subscription to Flying Magazine To read more about what VPC Crew Membership provides for you, please see https://www.flightadventures.com/cgi-bin/pilot_shop/index3.html These are hard times for all of us. We've created a lower-cost class of VPC membership intended for those that only want/require access to our Forums, Chats, and Flight Terminal with no other VPC Crew benefits. This new class of memberships takes the form of Guest Passes. The cost of an annual VPC Guest Pass is less than $0.50 a week. Please see https://www.flightadventures.com/cgi-bin/pilot_shop/index3.html to sign up and for more information. We hope that you understand our situation and will do your part to continue to support the VPC so we may continue to thrive and uphold the outstanding quality and value that the VPC represents. -VPC Administration and Staff * We're not responsible for SPAM if you give your Crew email address to SPAM'ers via newsgroups, unsecured chats, sign up for "Internet offers", etc.. Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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