[Piper]

Hi Chris

All the points you make are spot on. Our group has discussed the "what's in it for me mentality" and so forth. Collectively we've probably spent about $700 to this point. We've put in a lot of sweat equity and time as well. Why did we undertake this without $$ behind us? I guess there are a couple of reasons. 1 I'm a piper in our local legion band. Every function we stand by our cenotaph I look at the UC and think it needs some work. My friend Richard said to me one day "why don't we take a look at it". Well that began a lot of legion members saying "oh, they'll never get any help, or started, or find the manuals, or parts, or..." So, being Scottish and stubborn we took it upon ourselves to get it going. The local town has provided us with a heated bay to work in, a company provided transportation to the bay all for free.

Now that we know it'll go, we want to show people that it runs and hopefully they'll open their wallets.

I guess I was wishing (hoping) that someone on this board had a magic donation fairy that would just cut us a cheque for $10,000.!!! Our legion, like most, is pretty cash strapped. Hopefully we'll do it in 5's and 10's.

Anyway, we'll get it somehow.

Cameron