I am afraid that I must agree with Zen, Jane and Emma here.

I too think that this Fund for ONE specific person, publicly named even, should have been kept to Private Messages. This smacks of 'ministri per grazia e concessione'.

If I were Skarpi, I'd be embarrassed all to bits.

If there were a fund set up for Any Deserving Person who can't afford to go with an Impartial Board to allocate the funds, then I'd probably contribute too.

Sorry, Sinsull et al.