Would you pay to use this forum?

My thought is it may convince non-member users of the forum to join the CBA. A 5 year membership with the magazine delivered electronically comes out to only $15/year and then they would also have the benefit of the getting the magazine. Non-members would quickly find out they will learn more from the magazine than just the forum.

Wayne, the average person strolling by will not be able to pull the data together to make that connection.  You're giving drive by viewers more credit than they deserve.

I would up the digital subscription price to $30/year and the paper price to $40/year. I would make membership required to use the forum.  We are not in competition with other cast bullet sites. They are chocked full with irrelevant topics, armchair experts, and mouthy opinionated "know-it-all" users who dominate topics with their opinionated rhetoric and shout down other users.

Aaron I think you are right on.  One in ten on the boolit site actually contributes and when those few do it is spot on helpful.  Case in point is Larry's responses.  But six out of ten pontificate on what they have read not from real life experiences.  The remaining three of the ten pitch one liners that that are at best pointless, at worse rude.  Our CBA forum manager does great job of keeping the snipers away from posting on this site.  I appreciate that.  

So I suggest giving the forum a makeover with more (and current) photos, updating information like the Copyright notice from 2016 to 2023, making CBA membership a requirement to use the forum, and bring the CBA membership fee up.

Again spot on. I ran my clubs website for a couple years and it was a lot of work that paid zero.  There are thousands of man yours in the CBA website.  But fresh blood would help. Yes it could be better.  But its a lot more work than most would imagine.

Keep it simple by raising membership fees, by keep it current and get volunteer membership help. If people can't see the value that CBA brings to cast bullet shooting and pay the extra cost to keep it functional I think it's sad. 

Gotta ask to those that think raising the cost is not acceptable.  Is it because of the extra $ they would pay, because it has no value to them or is it because of principle.  Personally paying an additional $10 - $15 a year can be justified for the value the CBA and registered cast rifle competition gives me.

By the way, my wife just told me tonight that my NBRSA (jacketed benchrest competition) membership went from $60 to $85 this year.

Sorry for venting.  Bud, I hope that you and the rest of the regulars will cut me some slack on my blunt response.  Bill.