Great stuff! With the support of the following, Trawler Buy-Sell-Trade List is self- supporting for another year: John Brees Larry Cassella David Clark Bob Clinkenbeard Susan Davidson Lawrence J. Dill Patrick Dwyer Roy Edwards Earl Fields Joyce Gauthier Laymon Glass Roy Holleman Edmund Kelley Mark Ketcham Michael Kovacic Charles Kramer James Laudermilch H John Lott Fred Marxer Vaughan Mitchell Gary Ritzman John Schieffelin Paul Schlechter Gerald Spiering Walter Swenberg Jr Rex Thompson Trawler School Charters Ken Voight Judy Waldman Dave Wright My thanks to each and every donor. If you'd like to lend your support, the particulars follow. --Georgs > All hands-- > > Trawler Buy-Sell-Trade is a free service to the trawler community-- > but it does cost money to operate the board, plus some volunteer time. > > Since inception, I have happily covered the costs myself, because I > have the same passion you do for messing about in boats. And I want > to keep for-sale messages off the main Trawlers & Trawlering List. > > 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. > > For some years now, my book-keeper has been telling me I should aim > to make BST self-supporting by making an annual call for donations > from the people who use it--especially the brokers and others who > stand to benefit financially from BST. > > So, here I am: If you find BST interesting and valuable, 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/supportbuyselltradelist.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. I'll > report to you monthly only on fund-raising progress, and publicly > thank those who have stepped forward. > > Thank you for your help. > > --Georgs > > Georgs Kolesnikovs > Your host at Trawlers & Trawlering since 1997 > http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com