[TheForge] qth.net bake sale?

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>Bob,
>
>As you know, I'm up at Gene Olson's place in MN this week and won't 
>be home until Monday night.  I can get my mail from theforge, but my 
>ISP won't allow me to send e-mail using Gene's isp as a relay point. 
>So, would you post the following message to theforge for me please? 
>I think I managed to get it in via Gene's address, but am not sure. 
>If you don't find it posted to the list, then please forward this 
>note to the list for me.
>
>Thanks,
>Dave Brown
>**************************
>
>All,
>
>Please do not concern yourselves with the qth request for donations. 
>The list is not about to go down and there is no need to look for an 
>alternative host for the list.
>
>QTH.net was created as a FREE service to the HAM radio community. 
>Over 98% of the lists served by qth.net are HAM radio related and do 
>not pay any direct fees for the service.  It is to the members of 
>these lists that the requests for donations are directed.
>
>In the case of TheForge, it is not a free service as we are not a HAM 
>radio oriented club.  As such, ABANA makes an annual donation to 
>qth.net in appreciation for the service.  In other words, ABANA has 
>already made a donation for us, so to speak.
>
>Mailman, the software that handles the mail lists, has certain 
>protocols, one of which is to send an automatic password reminder to 
>all lists and all list members.  QTH includes the request for money 
>as part of this standard monthly reminder.  It is their way of 
>raising funds which otherwise come directly out of Al Waller's pocket.
>
>Now, I'm sure that if a member of this list (TheForge) wanted to send 
>in a voluntary donation that qth.net wouldn't turn it down.  But as I 
>said, ABANA has taken care of this.
>
>There is no need to worry about transferring the list to another 
>server to guarantee it's continuance.  If, however, something ever 
>did happen and the service were going down, then we (i.e. ABANA) will 
>find another server and conduct an orderly transition.
>
>Don't jump the gun.  It's all under control.
>
>Dave Brown
>TheForge List-Admin
>
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