I don't agree with the yearly fee, Back when I got in to the sport I came across this forum and like the lay out and how easy the info was to find minus the search feature but If there was a yearly charge I would of never joined the cite in the first place. My point is new people that come across the cite wont join if you have a yearly fee just to communicate with other people in the sport. Also with a flat charge on sale section people will still do the 15 threads for 15 items.
In my opinion I would just keep it the same and put out a know tes that members should patrol the forums for _______ thing and report them if members see them. Also I would love to pay 10 to 20 bucks a year to support the forum if there are some good benefits. Over the time I have been on here everyone has really helped me out with things like why my ski wont run or even supporting my build and keeping me motivated, so I would be willing to give back a bit, it is the least I could do. But I just don't thing we should pay for sale threads, I think people should be honest and pay for benefits if they feel they are part of the forum enough.
Its just my 2 cents.
