I'm with Art brooks. Perhaps it's time we focused on positive ideas to help Max. Max's State Of The Union Thread can rumble on into eternity as far as I'm concerned. I'd like to see us have a free-wheeling discussion about what we can do FINANCIALLY to not only keep Mudcat afloat, but raise the boat a little higher out of the water.

I'm in the process of putting together ideas for Workshops for NOMAD in November, and I wonder if a Mudcatter's Workshop wouldn't be a lot of fun. Actually, I don't have to wonder about that... it would be. I'd be willing to promote Mudcat at the workshop and also encourage people to support it. I'd have to check it with the powers that be at NOMAD, because they desperately need their own support. I wouldn't recommend actually collecting donations at the worshop, which would be counter-productive for NOMAD. If anything, I'd encourage people to support NOMAD as well. But we could at least have a sheet to hand out, describing Mudcat and encouraging people to come on line and check us out. Hey... it's not until November. Maybe by then the State Of The Union thread will have been closed..

This is just an idea... perhaps a stupid one, and even if it is a good idea, maybe we wouldn't be allowed to do it.

Maybe we could have Mudcat tables at the Festivals, selling the Mudcat CDs, and anything else we could come up with.

I have a kitchen table I'd be willing to let people use... :-)

If anyone who is planning to go to NOMAD is interested in being in a Mudcat workshop, let me know and I'll suggest it on my application sheet and pull a group together.

or maybe this is just a dumb idea.

Any other positive ideas about how we can help Max (financially)

Jerry

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