Thanks to the generosity of Alan Wagner Peter Balkus Matt DeLapp Lawrence J Dill Becky & Nick Hammer Bob Kunath Mark Lifter Mary Anne Osborne Douglas Pugh Paul Schlechter Dunham Smith David Tuls Arthur Wangbickler Robert Williamson we are about half-way to self-sufficiency in Great Loop List operations during 2009. If you enjoy Great Loop List, and if you want it to continue and grow, please lend a hand by contributing toward expenses. A donation of just $10 or $25 a year will prove immensely helpful. --Georgs > All hands-- > > Great Loop List is informative, it's entertaining and it's free--but > it does cost money to operate. > > Since inception, I have happily covered the costs myself, because I > have the same passion you do for messing about in boats. If the truth > were known, so many years into it, I still can't wait to get into the > digest every morning to see what's being discussed. > > But I no longer own and operate Trawler Fest, so there is not even > faint business motivation for me to continue to underwrite the costs. > Thus, this request for support: > > If you enjoy Great Loop List, and if want it to continue and grow, > please lend a hand by contributing toward expenses. A donation of just > $10 or $25 a year will prove immensely helpful. > > To make a voluntary contribution via PayPal or a credit card, please > go to <http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com/ > supportgreatlooplist.html>. > > On the same page, you'll find an address if you wish to contribute by > check or money order. > > Have no fears, you won't be badgered about making a donation. Unless > someone posts a question or comment, I'll be reporting to you monthly > only on fund-raising progress, and publicly thanking those who have > stepped forward. > > Please help make the List self-supporting in 2009. > > --Georgs > > Georgs Kolesnikovs > Your host at Trawlers & Trawlering since 1997 > http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com