Supporting Maple Leaf Up

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Gentlemen,

It's been almost a year since we last broached this subject, but I feel an obligation to bring this to your attention once more. While I've been the grateful recipient of a number of donations since then, circumstances are once more forcing me to ask you to consider donating to our cause.

While our expenses remain little changed they are consistent, and the fact that I'm in the process of being forcibly "retired" from my job as I type this make things that much more complicated at the moment (incidentally, this new development is the reason why we haven't changed servers yet, and why I haven't yet produced the shirts we talked about - both actions will be completed when I receive whatever monies the company deigns to give me).

In any case, we could use your help.

As you know, I've been running this operation almost single-handedly for eleven years now. It's been a labour of love (albeit not an easy one at times), and I've tried to carry most of the burden myself. Some of you have been invaluable in assisting me in this, both financially and in terms of moral support, and I appreciate it more than you know. All I'm asking is that you consider what you feel MAPLE LEAF UP means to you, is worth to you, and think about making a small donation to reflect this.

If you choose to do so, you may use PayPal to gwball (at) sympatico.ca (change the ' (at) 'for an '@' of course) or snail mail me directly at:

Geoff Winnington-Ball
1558 Queen Street East,
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M4L 1E8

If you choose the latter, personal cheques from Canada and the USA are OK.

Anyway, I want to thank you all for your magnificent support in past and rest assured that I will continue to develop and refine what has become one of the best forums on the internet! I've truly never seen a crew like you no matter where I've been on the internet. It's been worth it!

Cheers,

Geoff