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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>There are a lot of people who have contributed to on-line Dove over the past 20 years on the understanding the information is freely available.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Dave<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Bell-historians <bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk> <b>On Behalf Of </b>AMH via Bell-historians<br><b>Sent:</b> 09 July 2020 09:45<br><b>To:</b> 'Bell Historians Mailing List' <bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk><br><b>Cc:</b> AMH <hodgeam@btinternet.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bell Historians] The ongoing evolution of Dove online<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#2F5496;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Should that continue? Should it become a members on or subscription service? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#2F5496;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Or, as for many resources, should there be a limited scope or limited time free access, then a paid for service? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#2F5496;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>After all, what would this cost to retain if it was not maintained by volunteers? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#2F5496;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#2F5496'>Alison<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#2F5496;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Bell-historians <bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mike Chester<br><b>Sent:</b> 09 July 2020 09:41<br><b>To:</b> 'Bell Historians Mailing List' <bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bell Historians] The ongoing evolution of Dove online<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>One of the brilliant features of Dove is that it is completely free for the user. Adding even one feature would mean a potential adding of several thousand pieces of data. More importantly, they would have to be kept up to date. This came into stark focus a couple of years ago, when there was a feature in The Ringing World about ringing restarting at Buckfast Abbey. Nobody in the preceding three years had informed Dove that ringing had been suspended!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Any additional information that is added to Dove must not put too much onto the shoulders of those that provide this free resource. Its benefit must outweigh its costs.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Mike<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>