Support Maple Leaf Up!

[Bill Murray]

I tend to write books, so bear with me.

I have watched this thread for some time now trying to get a feel for what a subscription to MLU should be in terms of money.

I have no idea what the annual costs are to maintain this forum at a reasonable level. I do know that I looked, with Jif, into doing one of my own dealing with my own field of interest. To do the basics was not overwhelming, but when you added in all the bells and whistles it got fairly expensive.

Not.......even to speak of the personal time it looked like it would take to keep everything up to date, keep the Phishers out and so on.

Given that I really don't know what Jif requires, I am sending a cheque for $50 tomorrow (I seem to be one of the few that had nothing but problems with PayPal). That is twice the amount I pay for a few other pay to play forums but I get twice out of this forum than any other and more.

As well, I will forever be in Jif's debt for the support he gave me in 2004 when my Pat was out in California for six months when my Dad fell ill and I had to stay here and run our business, the house and all of the pets. You can't put a monetary value on that.

In any case, it is not all that unusual to be asked to give monetary support to an enthusiast website and I hope that more of us will give it the thought necessary and take action.

Bill