Matt
Please see that my name is added to the list. Here's my receipt.
I don't know why it doesn't show up, but it was made. I had several
failures where I got to 404 pages, but it finally went though.
Ron Cox
"Let us disappoint the Men who are raising themselves on the ruin of this
Country." - Sam Adams
On Mon, Nov 3, 2025, 3:11=AFPM Matt Dralle <dralle@matronics.com> wro
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> Since the beginning, the Matronics List and Forum experience has been fre
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> from advertising. I have been approached by fair number of vendors wanti
ng
> to tap into the large volume of activity across the various lists hosted
> here, but have always flatly refused. Everywhere you go on the Internet
> these days, a user is pummeled with flashing banners and videos and ads f
or
> crap that they don't want. Yahoo, Google and that ilk are not "free". T
he
> user must constantly endure their barrage of commercialism thrust into
> their face at an ever increasing rate. Enough is enough, and the Lists a
t
> Matronics choose not to succumb to that.
>
> That being said, running a service of this size is not "free". It costs
a
> lot of money to maintain the hardware, pay for the electricity,
> Commercial-grade Internet Connection, air conditioning, maintenance
> contracts, etc. etc. etc. I choose to hold a PBS-like fund raiser each
> year during the month of November where I simply send out a short email
> every other day asking the members to make a small contribution to suppor
t
> the operation. That being said, that contribution is completely voluntar
y
> and non-compulsory. Many members choose not to contribute and that's fin
e.
>
> However, a very modest percentage of the members do choose to make a
> contribution and it is that financial support that keeps the Lists
> running. And that's it. To my way of thinking, it is a much more pleasa
nt
> way of maintaining the Lists and Forums. The other 11 months of the year
,
> you don't see a single advertisement or request for support. That's
> refreshing and that is a List and Forum that I want to belong to. I thin
k
> other people feel the same way.
>
> Won't you please take a minute to make your Contribution today and suppor
t
> these Lists?
>
> https://matronics.com/contribution
>
> Or, drop a personal check in the mail to:
>
> Matt Dralle / Matronics
> 581 Jeannie Way
> Livermore CA 94550
> USA
>
> Thank you for your support!
>
> Matt Dralle
> Email List Admin.
>
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