While I appreciate your version of the funding story being relevant tot he tech problems Allan, it isn't the One True Right Truth of the matter.

Max doesn't ask for money because he doesn't want to be held accountable for it. It's that simple. The funding issue with Mudcat could easily have been solved years ago, people have volunteered to do the work it would take to set up a proper funding channel and keep track of the accounts, that sort of thing. But Max has stubbornly refused to do it. Like I said, this is a guy who doesn't want to be held accountable.

People who love this place and are lead to believe that sending Max money to "fix" the problems deserve to know that, IMO. If they send money they will never know what does or doesn't get done with it, it may or may not fix the current spate of technical problems (which Max is apparently saying now is a software learning curve issue, which isn't something that can be fixed by sending him donations, he just has to take the time to figure out the problem), you won't be able to deduct your donations from taxes (which most people here don't seem to care about anyway, they just want their internet chat fix), and you likely won't ever hear a "thank you" from anyone.

Some of us, Allan, have been down this well worn road before.