If we did move to a subscription-based model, it probably wouldn't be that difficult. The capacity for managing subscriptions is already built into VBulletin.
We'd probably charge a very modest fee, maybe $20 per year or so.
If only a fraction of the existing community was willing to pay that much, we could probably hire a dedicated forum admin who could do a lot more than Erin and I can manage, such as adding plug-ins to enable new features.
Some forums charge for different levels of members, like you get avatars if you pay a little more. That might be something to consider as well.
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