Donation for List

[Nick ALFANO <71amx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Frank,

It might help if we knew how much the new hosting
service will cost for the year.  Please post the list
expenses so that we can decide how much to donate
based on what is needed.  This will also give us a
better appreciation for what we might have taken for
granted over the years. 

Thanks,

Nick Alfano
Alfano Performance


Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:05:14 -0500
From: farna@xxxxxxx
Subject: Donations for List
To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID:
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No one has asked for donations for running/upkeep of
the list in at 
least two years, but it's about that time! As most of
you know, I pay for 
the list out of pocket. The list will be moving to a
new hosting 
service around the first of March since we've had so
many problems with 
reliability and responsiveness with the current host.
I figured this was as 
good a time to ask for donations as any, as I'll be
paying a lump sum 
for at least one year's service up front no matter
which hosting service 
I switch to (there are three in consideration, I won't
know anything 
for certain from my first choice for a few weeks --
it's a privately, 
fully owned server that may be able to provide a web
interface and mail 
list interface package). 

If you have a PayPal account, send donations to
amctech@xxxxxxxx 
Donations can be made via credit card by going to 
http://farna.home.att.net/AIM.html and following the
links to purchase 
AIM. On the main purchase page scroll down and there
is an "all other 
items" link with a PayPal icon. Don't let that scare
you -- you're not 
applying for an account! PayPal also runs a credit
card processing 
service and that's all they're doing -- they won't bug
you or send you 
e-mail either. 

If you prefer the old fashioned way, send a check or
money order 
payable to Frank Swygert, with "AMC-List" in the note
area, to:

Frank Swygert/List
574 Roberta Avenue
Dover, DE 19901-4646

All money received will go toward securing service for
the AMC-List. If 
by chance I receive more than will pay for one years'
service, I'll go 
ahead and pay for more in advance. That way if for
some unforseen 
reason I have to give up administration duties the
list will carry on for a 
while uninterrupted, and one of the assistant admins
can take over.