Cita: "Xavier"Just brainstorming about alternatives to donations: would anyone be interested to be able to pay more than the current price of the premium account and freely choose the amount?
Dear Xavier,
YES in principle, but VERY NO since a couple of years. - and still not yet...
To elaborate on this:
I would be happy to contribute - not just huge efforts, which I have already made - but financial resources as well, into a website which functions as Numista does
- kind of.
Though I have to admit that I am pleased and happy to see that MAJOR improvement has been made, just to mention a few: Rome (ancient) catalogue, Exonumia, banknotes, ruling authorities, clarifying a lot of sh..t in medieval coinage, etc. (and maybe a lot more which are unimportant to me, but might be major for others...)
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I still not feel comfy with Numista. I am not sure that this thing will survive.
simply because you bear no news, no info, no updates, no communication.
Maybe, I am biased by the fact that I am a leadership consultant, but still the so called "management" or "Numista Team" seems to me very random, not monitored, some take super-positive actions while some destroy stuff ... and all in all this results in an inconsistent, non-communicative management, which makes major contributors or dependents on Numista feel that they should export their collection to excel ever day.
It seems that you are still focusing on technical issues of your venture, which you are unquestionable a master of, and still lack leadership.
Just today a valuable team member has left due to some unknown reasons, while others, who I consider criminals of coin deletion are still respected and remain.
In short, what I think you need to get me in - and maybe others:
1)
transparency: what is happening and why - who does what and why: a frequent and consistent communication of actions.
2)
alignment: I wish to see that team members are going in the same - hopefully the right - direction. and I hate to see that one deletes the input of the other, just because he misunderstands the purpose of the site.
3)
accountability: I am - personal opinion - not willing to pay extra for answers like "we are working on it, one day, it might be solved" type of answers... and then wait for about 3-4 years to the thing to happen.
I appreciate deadlines, accountability, and names to know, who run the show, so we can celebrate them, as well as, we can keep them accountable.
Having said that, I am still here and content. I think you could have been making this a cash-cow by applying some stuff earlier and engaging team members who have left due to misalignment.
I also have some concrete ideas of what could make a premium site work, but I guess it makes no sense till the major issues are solved.
Cheers and sorry for being honest,
Imre
