Guys,
We polled our faithful months ago and the consensus was banner ads are fine as long as they apply to what we do and aren't distasteful. Keep in mind this forum is free. I made the decision to put up two banner ads, for ourselves. We have been getting quite a few emails and phone calls from people who want to register for the conference. With this banner, anyone can click on it, download and print the registration form and the program. It's time. Believe it or not, less than 15% of the people registered as members of the forum actually subscribe to the magazine. The magazine works as a profit center, the website doesn't. Its mission is to provide discussion and information.