[AccessD] Database Advisors lists

This is an excellent idea.

Being listed on Access-D / DatabaseAdvisors is not only an honor,
it's a smart investment in advertising.

Michael R. Mattys
MapPoint & Access Dev
www.mattysconsulting.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JWColby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" 
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Database Advisors lists


>I challenge all of the other consultants on this list to join me in
> Supporting Database Advisors.
>
> I am going to do the Corporate Sponsor.  I am not a big company but I can
> afford $120 a year to support Database Advisors, and I certainly receive 
> far
> more than that in benefits each year, just in emergency answers to 
> questions
> I need answered "right now".  I have been a member of this list since 
> summer
> of 1997 and I can say without hesitation I would not be where I am today
> without you folks.
>
> Please join me in any way you are able.
>
> TIA,
>
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow
> Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 12:10 PM
> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> Cc: drive at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: [AccessD] Database Advisors lists
>
> Dear accessd at databaseadvisors.com,
>
> Isn't access-d a great list? We're the kind of community that actually
> works-we get the technical help we need free, and without the ego 
> trappings
> that you'll suffer from on other lists. I know that I find the list
> invaluable, and there are several others-industry leaders-that agree with
> me. Two of our members, Susan Harkins and Martin Reid, published a Jet SQL
> book together in 2002, and this is what appears in the book's
> Acknowledgements section: "Thanks. to the AccessD folks for all their 
> great
> advice and help over the years. If someone on that list can't solve your
> problem, it can't be solved." And she's right. That has been my experience
> with the list for the last seven years.
>
>
>
> The list isn't a miracle of internet magic though. It costs money to run 
> the
> site and lists. So, I'll be blunt, I'm asking for donations, both large 
> and
> small so we can keep this great resource going. (Membership isn't tied to
> donations. The AccessD community is free.)
>
>
>
> It's a small sacrifice considering what you get! Where else can you find
> people, from all over the globe, prepared to help you solve your technical
> problems? Have you ever had a thread save you time? If you're like me, 
> that
> saves me money. And, just importantly, think of the times you've helped
> someone else.
>
>
>
> If you'd like to donate using a credit card or PayPal, visit HYPERLINK
> "http://www.databaseadvisors.com/donations.asp"http://www.databaseadvisors.c
> om/donations.aspHYPERLINK "http://www.databaseadvisors.com/" and click 
> [Make
> a Donation]. If you'd rather send a check through regular mail, please
> contact HYPERLINK
> "mailto:treasurer at databaseadvisors.com%20"treasurer at databaseadvisors.com 
> for
> mailing instructions. (Please include "donation" in the subject line.)
>
>
>
> Donations will be listed on the web site as follows:
>
>
>
> -Major/Corporate Sponsors: $120 or more
>
>  Major/Corporate Sponsors may* appear on our DBA Major/Corporate Sponsors
> Support page in large type face for one month for each $10 donated
>
>  PLUS Major/Corporate Sponsors may* place their logo with a link to their
> web site on the DBA page of their choice for the same period of time.
>
>
>
> -Friends of DBA: $120 to $60
>
>  Friends may* appear on our DBA Friends Support page in large type face 
> for
> one month for each $10 donated.
>
>
>
> -DBA Donors: $60 or less
>
>  Donors may* appear on our DBA Donors Support page in normal type face for
> one month for each $10 donated.
>
>
>
>  *If you'd rather not be listed on the website, let us know and we'll keep
> your donation anonymous.
>
>
>
> Thank you for considering a donation to DBA, John Bartow, President 
> Database
> Advisors, Inc.
> Email: HYPERLINK
> "mailto:president at databaseadvisors.com"mailto:president at databaseadvisors.com
> Website: HYPERLINK "http://www.databaseadvisors.com/"
> \nhttp://www.databaseadvisors.com
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