I am trying to guage the interest of the board members in making donations to LBT to avoid ads being placed on the board.

I already "donated" $15,000 to my band. This website has been a great resource for me, but I'm not interested in paying for access, simply to eliminate the ads.

Instead of putting the money towards this website, why don't you pay to upgrade your internet access? Then all the websites you visit will be faster. Just a thought...

What about having a "prime" area where there are forums that you can only access if you are a subscriber. This happens on another board I go to. We pay $25 a year for access to a number of other forums (where all the good stuff is).

I'd love to see a real forum for my June 2007 banders instead of just having one thread. Also, perhaps some more non-banding forums if you are a paid subscriber so we can talk about other stuff?

We just ordered a new server that we're going to dedicate to LapBandTalk. This should alleviate most if not all the slowness some of our members have been having.

Will the edit function ever be fixed? ~Mandy

Will the edit function ever be fixed? ~Mandy

We hope to have it fixed in a day or two. In the interim try the following:

Click here

Scroll down to Miscellaneous Options

Under "Message Editor Interface" select "Standard Editor"

I believe that this should be an open site and if it takes ads to underwrite this then so be it. This site has a huge membership but very few of us actually post. Those individuals who like to visit and read will be driven off if they have to pony up with $$.

I agree. During the last several years many of the sites I loved went to paid membership. It totally changes the makeup of the board. The vast majority of people leave and it is not the same place as before.

I agree. During the last several years many of the sites I loved went to paid membership. It totally changes the makeup of the board. The vast majority of people leave and it is not the same place as before.

We're never ever going to charge a membership to access this forum.

We hope to have it fixed in a day or two. In the interim try the following:

Click here

Scroll down to Miscellaneous Options

Under "Message Editor Interface" select "Standard Editor"

That fixed the problem. Thanks so much. ~Mandy