Share 'Ning passing around the collection plate?'

One of the other NING networks I'm on just send out a mass email saying that NING is planning to switch to paid membership only- I couldn't find any announcement in the NING blog though. Does anyone know if this is true?ETA- Yep, it's true. NING is phasing out free service. Read about it here - http://creators.ning.com/forum/topics/ning-update