You need to reread the part about the clones being paid CH.....you have it wrong.

What I really want to contribute here is the past. I am sick to death of the "Mudcat Emergency" fund drives. Every time this happens we generate cash, a bit of future cash, and 1001 great ideas but what we always fail at is commitment to the program.

What I mean here is simple. When we are done here on this time around, are we going to be better off or exactly the same, just at a later date? Keep the ideas coming but at the core of this thing we need a couple of things.

Regardless of the final tallies we need monthly or yearly, we need a dedicated effort toward fundraising on a regular basis. Yearly, based on past experience is not enough. Neither though do I want to be have my hat in my hand all the time. I would propose a sort of "Reminder Fundraiser" every 4 months on a moderated thread and lasting ONE WEEK.....and then the thread closes. I think that would make it far enough in between not to be aggravating and short enough not to be too obnoxious as well. Just a nice reminder type thing to pay attention to all the ways to contribute and hopefully get a few more on board the monthly or yearly bandwagon.

To me, this is the one thing we must do and we must have the tools in place to make it work. Let's decide on some type of financial update as to where we stand on the fundraising and let's put some type of thank you into place. Even if that is just a simple "Thanks for helping keep the 'Cat purring" and some simple thanks as well for those auction items and bidders.

This "Thank You" thing is a kind of general theme running along in this thread and while I agree with Jeri, I also agree with the many others who would simply like to know that their dough arrived. A Thank You note of some sort is not too much and would suffice for many....Even by e-mail or PM......Someone needs to handle that and Max is that someone. He can choose to delegate that duty if he wishes but how he works it out is his business (:<))...A thanks from Mudcat Central both solves and soothes............nuff said.

Spaw