---------------------------------------------------------- TeamGrumman-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 11/16/09: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 0. 12:23 AM - Contributions Down By 21%... (Matt Dralle) 1. 10:57 AM - Re: Contributions Down By 21%... (teamgrumman@AOL.COM) ________________________________ Message 0 _____________________________________ Time: 12:23:42 AM PST US From: Matt Dralle Subject: TeamGrumman-List: Contributions Down By 21%... Dear Listers, As of today, contributions to the Matronics List Fund Raiser are lagging behind last year at this time by 21%. 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 or worse, 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 as well. 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 Wite, 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 Thank you for your support! Matt Dralle Matronics Email List Administrator ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 10:57:50 AM PST US Subject: Re: TeamGrumman-List: Contributions Down By 21%... From: teamgrumman@AOL.COM That makes sense. My business is off 55% this year. The company I buy pa rts from, their sales are down 45%. Wish I could help. I'm still making payments too. -----Original Message----- From: Matt Dralle Sent: Mon, Nov 16, 2009 12:14 am Subject: TeamGrumman-List: Contributions Down By 21%... Dear Listers, As of today, contributions to the Matronics List Fund Raiser are lagging behind last year at this time by 21%. I have a fund raiser each year simply to cover my operating costs for the Lists. I *do not* accept any advertising incom e 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 Inte rnet 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-r elated data so that in the event of a server crash or worse, 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 amo unt of my personal time as well. I have a Fund Raiser each year to cover these costs and I ask that members that feel they receive a benefit from my investment s, make a modest contribution each year to support the continued operation an d upgrade of these services. If you enjoy the Lists, please make a contribution today. I also offer so me incentive gifts for larger contribution levels. At the Contribution Web Wite, 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 Thank you for your support! 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