Re: *** ADMIN: New stuff on the horizon!!!

[DAsmussen <DAsmussen@xxxxxxx>]

Gary (et al),

In a message dated 98-05-21 17:34:37 EDT, you write:

> > Folks:
>  > 
>  > In the VERY near future, I'm going to be establishing WWW.MIDRANGE.COM!
>  > 
>  David,
>       Thank you very much for all your hard work and dedication to the list. 
>  I can honestly say that for me, the midrange mailing list is the single
>  best source of information on the AS/400.  Give yourself a pat on the
>  back, it's well deserved.

Frankly, (and no offense intended) this brings up a good point.  David's work
is completely unfunded, and most everything comes out of his own pocket.  A
few of us long-time "listies" send him money and/or equipment from time-to-
time, but he handles the majority by himself.  He recently sent out a call for
the donation of an outdated Pentium box on which to run the list, but received
no response other than a major donation (which, in and of itself, will not pay
for the system) from one of the other major content contributors to the list.
I plead earlier for IBM to make a showcase of the list via an AS/400 donation,
to no avail.

My own donations have been rather inconsequential compared to the amount of
time this list saves me on an annual basis so, in the spirit of telethons,
_HERE'S_ the deal.  I hereby challenge everyone on this list (excluding
IBM'ers, whose input pays for itself) to donate the amount of money that this
list has saved you over the past year to David to maintain the list.  I'm out
of town this week and don't have David's address handy, but you can write him
at David@Midrange.Com and I'm sure he'll be glad to provide it.  While non-
profit, I do not believe that Midrange dot Com is "officially" non-profit, but
writing your donation off to "Dues and Subscriptions" should gain you that tax
deduction.  I issue a special challenge to you "lurkers" out there that gain
knowledge from the list, yet do not contribute your own to the pool (and your
opinions _ARE_ important, even if _YOU_ don't think so).

I implore _ALL_ of you to "ante up" -- knowledge is power, and David dedicates
a _GREAT_ deal of time to the list and guarantees that said knowledge comes
free of advertising.  Unless _WE_ assist David in his endeavours, I do not see
how he will be able to keep www.midrange.com as free of advertising as he has
the lists.  Come on, it's the _least_ you can do...
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