ZV07 Member info: UACS no longer a Paper Tiger

This is a copy of my eMail to all members with language Englisch from 10th July 2007

Valued Member: 
 
With the introduction of the "User Activity Control System" on March 10, 
2006, we intended to bring more fairness and a certain equity into the 
application of one of the fundamental principles at RMorg - namely the 
(you have to) "Give" to "Take". On review after one year, it was 
determined that by far the biggest beneficiaries of the programme in its 
current form are the members who contribute little or nothing - in that 
sense UACS turned out to be a paper tiger. As a result it was decided to 
reduce the current ratio of ONE to 15,000 to a more realistic ONE to 300. 
 
Anyone who applies only a minor fraction of his or her time spent
at RMorg to also upload information will not have to worry about
the UACS. However, a minimum of participation is expected to
live up to underlying premise of "Collectors for Collectors". The
rules for admission to RMorg make this crystal clear. 
 
Should you have failed in this respect, the system will advise you via an 
automatically generated notification. If such a notification has not been 
received, you are safely within the "Green" zone and may ignore this. A 
reminder (1) would put you into the "Amber" zone (500 points). Being 
registered by the system (2) for calling up / downloading schematics and 
full size pictures gets you squarely into "Red". 
 
If you find yourself in "Red" (2) all it takes to get you back into good 
standing is to suggest a correction to a model page, add a new model, 
upload a picture, etc. and the next day, or the day after that, you will 
have the "all-clear" - always provided, of course, you didn't slip too 
deeply into "debt". In the unlikely event that you cannot think of a 
meaningful contribution, you can always complete the Contact Form and 
someone will get in touch with you. (See bottom link "Contact" on each 
page). 
 
You find your UACS (Q) rating in your member profile. If you like to 
experiment what it will take to affect the "Q", click from within "Forum" 
on "UACS". There, at the bottom of Post 1, you find the link to a 
tabulation in the Excel format. Entering / changing figures in column "D" 
leads you to "what if...".
Much better, of course, is to just use a  fraction of the time you already spend with RMorg to do something for our  common cause. Then UACS will no longer be of any concern to you. 
 
Please keep always in mind:
The idea and viability of RMorg is based on 
reciprocal assistance. Without it, there wouldn't be a RMorg. There are 
simple tasks to assure you continued access to schematics and other 
relevant information. Your contribution doesn't need to be at the same 
level or ranking as the information you draw from RMorg's database. 
At this time, UACS points cannot be bought. In response to many 
suggestions we may consider at a later date to introduce an annual fee for 
passive members. It's too early to speculate in what form that could 
happen and how many points would be credited. 
 
Cordially, 
Ernst Erb 
 
PS: 
This is a translation from our honourable member Alfred Zeeb of my eMail 
to all German speaking members (2490). Now this is sent out to the 967 
activated members with language flag clicked for English. 

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