I'm in John in Brisbane
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Doug Brewer Sent: Sunday, 13 June 2010 2:00 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: The State of The List As most of you know, I am soon to celebrate one year since I got laid off from my less-than-lucrative but still gainful employment. Returning to school has been fun, and I've shot a few gigs here and there, but the blow to my income has been catastrophic. I could type for a while on this subject, but I'll skip that and just say that the PDML account is pretty much toast. My K20 is going on ebay sometime this weekend to get some more operating funds for a while, but I'm running out of things to sell and still stay in the photo game. Understand how sad and awkward this is for me; I've considered my underwriting the PDML my main contribution to the community, and a point of pride. Those of you who have met me know that neither pride nor dignity play a big part in my life, so you can imagine how important that particular point is. I've considered a number of scenarios, from a community print sale to raise funds, to just handing it over to someone who can afford to keep it going, to joining the 21st century and going to a web-based thing, but that would still have to take into consideration the bandwidth costs, which are the bulk of the out-go. I love The List, though, and I want to remain somewhat relevant. So I'm going to add, assuming I get permission from our hosting company, a paypal donate button to the pdml.net home page. This way I can avoid a straight out begging posture but still give you all the opportunity to take part in the continued life of this, the premier Pentax-related source on the Net. If any of you have any questions or suggestions, please contact me or just throw something out for everyone to discuss. Thank you, Doug Brewer PDML List Guy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
