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      Dear Listers,
      
      As of today, Contributions to the Matronics List Fund Raiser are lagging behind
      last year at this time by roughly 20%.  I have a Fund Raiser each year simply
      to cover my operating costs for the Lists.  I *do not* accept any advertising
      income to support the Lists and rely solely on the Contributions of members to
      keep the expenses paid.
      
      I run all of my own servers and they are housed here locally, and the Internet
      connection is a commercial-grade, T1 connection with public address space.  I
      also maintain a full backup system that does nightly backups of all List-related
      data so that in the event of a server crash, all of the Lists and the many
      years of List archive data could be restored onto a new server in a matter of
      hours.
      
      All of this costs a fair amount of money, not to mention a significant amount of
      my personal time.  I have a Fund Raiser each year to cover these costs and I
      ask that members that feel they receive a benefit from my investments make a
      modest Contribution each year to support the continued operation and upgrade of
      these services.
      
      If you enjoy the Lists, please make a Contribution today.  I also offer some incentive
      gifts for larger Contribution levels.  At the Contribution Web Site, you
      can use a credit card, Paypal, or personal check to show your support for the
      continuation of these services:
      
              http://www.matronics.com/contribution
      
      Or, drop a personal check in the mail to: 
      
              Matt Dralle / Matronics 
              581 Jeannie Way 
              Livermore CA 94550
      
      Thank you for your support!
      
      Matt Dralle
      Matronics Email List Administrator
      
      
 
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