What would you do if the forum had a subscription fee (to post classifieds, etc)?

forgive me if I'm reading this wrong, almost half the respondents are saying they don't want a subscription model, and would rather donate, but have they done so?
Will having a donate icon, next to your name and avatar, really propel those who don't donate to do so? Will the buy the forum a beer message have to be shown more prominently to remind people to actually put money into the forum?

I feel the subscription model at least gives you a sense of how much money will be coming in, and you can then send out reminders to the people if they haven't done so, or on the anniversary of their joining, and that the donations avenue leaves the forum at the mercy of those who say they would/will donate and don't, and that as we grow we'll need more than the donations to keep the place going and having a subscription model in place, funding will hopefully keep pace with the growth of the forum..

So... voluntary subscriptions? Basically commitment to donating annually.

And the survey wasn't as complex as it probably should've been. More than half were in the "unwilling" segment to pay for a subscription... but yet 2/3 of all recipients put down 2 beers a year (£6) as the amount that they felt was fair.

So it's a contradiction, "No we don't want feature based subscription" but "we do feel that £6 per year is fair". Which I've interpreted as a willingness to donate what they felt was fair since they feel that feature based subscription isn't cool. My interpretation may be whack though. Serves me right for making an overly simplistic survey.