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This is an additional forum that has been added. Apart from any time that might be given by members (at the moment, only mods and admin), it in no way impacts on the rest of the forum or its members.

My understanding is that it is starting off on a small scale to test it's viability, and potentially expanded to include other members should it prove successful. It would be aimed at those members that require assistance on a larger scale that what is normally provided here, for projects that would take more than just a few minutes to solve.

Quite a few of the answers that I have given have taken more than "just a few minutes to solve", especially when you add in the time taken to compose a detailed explanation of the solution to help the OP learn about what is happening. I don't begrudge that, and certainly don't expect to be paid for it. If someone posts a question "I would like to do x, y and z", then are we to be faced with the situation where someone else (mods and/or admin at the moment) might reply and say "that's too big a job - post it in the paid subscriptions forum, and I'll be able to help you out" ? And what then happens if a contributor who is not part of that elite group responds that they can do it for nothing?

I don't think this has been thought out thoroughly.

I agree with jaslake - fix the things that (we know) don't work properly.

Pete