I fully agree with Dick.

I receive a great deal of entertainment and knowledge from Mudcat/DT. I'm quite happy to write a check as a donation if that's what's needed. I would expect that others who spend a lot of time here would do the same. I think a reasonable donation benchmark should be established with individuals giving more or less as their means allow and their interest dictates.

Those who've not worked in sales and marketing should understand that supposedly "for profit" companies don't just take out banner ads with no expectations. Increasingly, they have means of monitoring the ad response and they make hard decisions about whether their $$$ are well spent. I don't like banner ads. I certainly wouldn't stop coming here because of them. They will be, however, only a solution for Max if they generate a stream of business for the advertizer.

All the best,
Dan