In the FWIW department, if Max doesn't have a problem with Sorcha asking for what she wants, I don't know that the rest of us have cause to complain or pile up on her.

As it happened, I was able to send a little money to Max regarding this request, but I am some one who is perennially struggling and have donated almost nothing to the care and feeding of Mudcat. I don't care about fiscal accountability regarding this site, but if some one does, that is OK. They are free to not make a contribution for that reason. I'd venture to say, whether she has contributed financially or not, that Sorch has contributed more musically to the site than I certainly have. Amos has noted her valuable contributions of time to the CD's.

If Sorcha's tone was normally all sweetness and light, and the tone she has struck on this thread radically different from her typical posts, I might be inclined to interpret what she has asked or demanded differently. But Sorcha is often irascible. She wants fiscal accountability. It is clear that most of us don't need it, and she ain't a'gonna get it. If she or others are not comfortable making contributions because of that lack of accountability, that is OK too.

Give it a rest. Max doesn't need us to defend him.