[NLRS] Comments on NLRS Reflector Costs

Tue, 7 Oct 2003 20:50:56 -0500

  I think we should be careful with the clubs money ...  I don't think
should be paying all of Alan's bills ourselves.. This email reflector is
a very minimal thing in the grand scheme of things on the net.. We do
not use up huge amounts of bandwidth or lots of space... And we are
paying several hundreds of dollars a year for something that should cost
no where near this.
 I pay 5 dollars a month for my web site www.w9ray.org  and I can host 5
mailing lists if I want... 
Something to think about.. And maybe look into...

Thanks for your time

Ray Johnson
W9RAY
EN44

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Subject: Re: [NLRS] Comments on NLRS Reflector Costs

Hi Chuck.   Regarding NLRS club contributions to QTH.NET, I can tell you
what 
I know.   

At our Aurora 2003 business meeting we approved a motion to send QTH.NET
$150 
from the clubs funds.   In addition to that we collected $200 of
individual 
club membership contributions that were forwarded on.   This does not
include 
any donations that NLRS members may have made directly.

At our Aurora 2002 business meeting we approved a motion to send QTH.NET
$100 
from our club funds.    In addition to that we collected $257 in
individual 
club membership contributions that were forwarded on.   In response to
an 
urgent plea in August '02 the club donated an additional $100.    In
summary, 
during 2002, the NLRS donated $200 of club money and $257 in individual
club 
membership contributions.   This does not include any donations that
NLRS members 
may have made directly.

Prior to 2002 the NLRS has had a history of passing the hat around at
our 
Aurora business meeting to collect individual club members
contributions, but I 
have no documentation on the specific amount ...... from memory I think
that we 
typically collected a couple of hundred dollars.

In summary its my perspective that on the whole that the NLRS as a club
has 
been, and continues to be, very active in its support of QTH.NET and
that I 
would recommend that we continue to fund it in the same way as we have
done in 
the past ..... I don't think that we need to pass the hat at our monthly

breakfast.   With that said, we need to understand that QTH.NET is a
nonprofit 
organization and because of that they have a fine line to walk in terms
of 
requesting and receiving donations versus expenditures and I think that
we should 
expect to see occasional requests for donations.   My expectation is
that if we all 
contribute a little we will continue to see the great service and the
value 
added activity that QTH.NET provides for our club and that extra
ordinary fund 
raising efforts are not required.   

73, Jon
W0ZQ

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