Please do not let this contribution thread turn into a political nightmare.
I have not revealed the cost of maintaining everything because it changes all the time. The list itself has almost doubled in price since starting and as it grows larger, our costs for archived storage go up. We have a very active list which uses a considerable amount of bandwidth and that increases costs. There are not a lot of providers that will not let you have list software that sends out 10,000 emails per day to its subscribers. Some providers consider it to be called 'spam'. Hosting can be from free to expensive. But in the long run, you only get what you pay for. I don't consider $600-$700 a year for hosting to be outrageous when they have 99.99% uptime. Add another $600 for the list and you get an idea of what it costs. And don't forget to add in domain registrations. Time-wise, I read every email posted and scrutinize the content and warn the subscribers if they cross the line. Every day somebody tries to send a large email that I have to check and either allow it or reject it. So yes there is a bit of time every day spent on maintenance. I have not replied to every individual who has contributed and I have no excuse for not doing so. I will not post their names on this list or on the Photo Album. If you want to send tokens of appreciation through the mail, please contact me off the list first. Again -- THANK YOU!!! for your contributions -- they are greatly appreciated. Stu _______________________________________________ The bills have started coming in for the year 2018 and have gone up again. October will be our fund raising month. Please consider sending a small contribution to help keep this list running. Use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray All contributions are greatly appreciated!
