Well I will be proud to slurp java out of my new PIClist mug.  How 'bout you
other guys and gals?

http://www.cafepress.com/cp/store/store.aspx?storeid=piclist

--Lawrence

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Newton. Admin 3" <jamesnewton@PICLIST.COM>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: [ADMIN]: I'm not REALLY a jerk (was Re: [PIC]:Hamming codes)


> A quick word of thanks to dale@botkin.org would be a good (minimal) start.
> If you feel moved to do more, there is the hall of fame at
> http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist/support.htm
> It just so happens that Dale is a verified premier PayPal member.
>
> And I just fixed all the links on that page... again... damn PayPal
keeping
> changing the system.
>
> Enjoy the list while you have it... I don't see it lasting much longer. At
> least not without some more effort on the part of its members (read:
> volunteer to help admin, or make it more rewarding) and I have no faith
that
> our status at MIT will hold. I donate 50% of any proceeds from the sale of
a
> PICList T-shirt or mug to them. The rest should go to help pay for the
> bandwidth that piclist.com sucks up, but instead I funnel it into the new
> server. To date, guess how many list members have shown any interest in
> T-shirts or Mugs?
>
> To be fair, a few people have donated to the fund for a new server (which
by
> the way, has been running in its new home for about a week with no burps
and
> will be taking over archive searches as soon as I figure out directory
> replication over pptp) and a very few people have made BIG ($100-$500)
> donations.
>
> But as with the content of the list itself, a few people carry the burden
> for the rest. If you haven't done something to help, and you want the list
> to keep on, "don't just do something, sit there." At least say thanks to
MIT
> and Dale.

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