@Yen-and-Robin0
Hello Robin,
Thank you for your very well-expressed post.
So glad that you are "all ears"! I am looking for a way to carry on discussions, get constructive feedback
without always being on this forum thread. I stepped on toes today - last thing I want to do.
I've run our concept and costs by a number of people. All react positively.
It can fit into hosting activity a number of ways
1) sources of guests who otherwise would not try ABB and others
2) groups more than singles, couples
3) guest interests and host interests more closely aligned
4) discussion prior to all reserving
5) total control in the hands of hosts; no big corporations
6) small groups of host (of 20-30 members) to maintain mutual support (like a hobby club)
7) linked networks of such small familiar groups (usually along a theme, ie. photographers)
Way more. We need feedback from interested hosts, what they like, don't like.
Aim to keep things simple, fast, effective, based on trust and ethics of group members amongst themselves.
Cost - low. Funds are for software creation, maintenance, updates, upgrades. Not for campaigns, not for
investing, not for wealth production. Think 70. US , then about 25.US for annual updates. Upgrades similar.
Starting feedback with large youth charity organisations shortly, hoping for feedback interaction
with ABB hosts asap.
Cheers.