Hey folks, I've been super busy, so I haven't had a chance to post last week's online class video. I will, and soon. On another front, I have been thinking about discontinuing the so-called "Freemium" thing with Skool. We now have nearly 100 members but only a handful of members have upgraded. The online group class has had only a few attendees, making it tough to ask my own students to make time for it. I still think it could work but right now, there seems to be zero motivation for people to upgrade. From my perspective, I would like to commit enough time each week to not only have more online classes but also to fill up a library of lessons that members can access. But I'm not interested in doing that for free. This is how I make my living... The 4th of July is coming – the 250th birthday of our nation . I remember the 200th back in 1976. It was great. Anyway... should be a relatively easy date to remember. On July 1st, I will end the whole freemium thing and switch to a paid-only model. And on July 4th, I will remove any community member who has not upgraded If it turns out that basically no one upgrades, that's fine. I'll gradually wind things down with the community aspect and leave it in place as a portal for my courses. And for those members who have paid in advance for a year, we'll arrange private lessons to compensate you for your much-appreciated support. If you want this thing to work, speak up! Talk to each other. Get more members to upgrade. It's only $37 a month. If we can get two thirds or more of the current free-tier members to upgrade, I can dedicate time to online classes and recording lessons and make it worth everyone's support. It's up to you.

In thinking about it, I don't want to exclude any Premiun-Tier Member from being able to partake of my online classes simply because their respective time zone may put the live-stream in the middle of the night or right smack in the middle of their work day. So, what I'm going to do – the "adjustment" – is leave the recorded class available for access by Premium -Tier Members for 24 hours after it live-streams. After 24 hours, it will go into the library where only VIP-Tier Members will have access.

Just gotta say, mark, I love the walls on your training space. So much information, so beautifully put together!

One of the community members who saw my Call to Action reached out to ask a perfectly reasonable question: What happens if we don't reach 40 paid members... what do the people who pay get then? It's funny because I can almost feel that same hesitancy coming from the entire community. We've had a few more join the free tier since yesterday but only one member upgraded to the $37 tier... one. I put this coming Wednesday out there as a sort of kick in the behind, hoping against hope that I could get people to make the leap. One did. So... if you want to see a weekly class happen and you want to be a part of it, I need you to speak up in here. There are almost 70 members. Talk to each other! I will post the number of upgrades here every day, if you think that will help to get people signing up. As to what I'll do if the 40 doesn't happen... it's simple: I'll assume there is not sufficient interest in training with me and I'll refund the payment to anyone who endeavored to make it happen. I'm at the fork in the road with this. I would love to get a class going and see it take off. But I'm also ready to abandon this whole community thing if the members don't actually unite as a community. If that turns out to be the case, I'll offer some one-on-one training to those who paid for a full year and I'll close the community and leave it open only as a portal for my online courses. If you'd like to see classes happen, speak up and say so, and get your fellow members to upgrade. We can start this Wednesday or next if they do. – M