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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000083.txt from 2005/02

From: Hinrich <hlmuller@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] 2005 Donation Drive
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 19:38:40 -0500

Thanks for the clarification,
hinrich

On Sunday, Feb 27, 2005, at 09:41 US/Pacific, Mark Charette wrote:

> Hinrich wrote:
>
>> I am still puzzled what you need these donations for. This is the
>> only list I am subscribed to that asks for donations to maintain the
>> list. Can you send a financial report?
>
> The lists are provided as a service by a private corporation, not an
> educational institution. The servers, bandwidth, etc. comes out of a
> meager income derived from sponsors & web hosting at woodwind.org. The
> cost of service exceeds the income; I make up the difference via
> donations and by my wallet if necessary. Donations are exactly that -
> not required at all, but appreciated.
>
> If I billed a standard rate for the hours I put in to Woodwind.Org and
> the maintenance of the lists you'd find that the money received
> doesn't come close to covering anyone's salary. At an educational
> institution or a large commercial enterprise these costs are "buried"
> in the annual expenditures. As a small company they're very exposed.
> The annual bandwidth costs alone exceed $3500.00
>
> Since it is a private corporation, no financials are provided. I've
> been providing service to the woodwind community for quite some time
> now, and those that have dealt with the level of free service on these
> mailing lists have been pretty happy overall, I think. They're always
> personally attended by me.
>
> Mark C.

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