[AccessD] Administrivia - Database Advisors Funding Drive

[John Colby]

ROTFL.  Thinking back to 1997 when the original AccessD suddenly, 
without warning, DIED.  Someone figured out who the original owner was 
(how to get ahold of him) and arranged for us to take it over.

Good times have flowed ever since.


On 10/19/2018 1:10 AM, Darryl Collins wrote:
> Maybe you have given enough already John - your classes on 'classes' would be worth any payment alone.
> Cheers
> Darryl.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: AccessD <accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com> On Behalf Of John Colby
> Sent: Tuesday, 16 October 2018 10:53 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Cc: RANDALL R ANTHONY <RRANTHON at sentara.com>
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Administrivia - Database Advisors Funding Drive
>
> Just an FYI, for whatever reason when I click the link it just spins a wheel.  Forever.
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> jwcolby
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> On 10/15/2018 2:57 PM, RANDALL R ANTHONY via AccessD wrote:
>> Rocky, put me down for $30, can I send a check I hate paypal.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: AccessD <accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com> On Behalf Of
>> Bryan Carbonnell
>> Sent: Monday, October 15, 2018 2:49 PM
>> To: administrivia at databaseadvisors.com
>> Subject: [AccessD] Administrivia - Database Advisors Funding Drive
>>
>> Notice: This email originated outside the Sentara Healthcare network. Beware of links and attachments. Forward suspicious emails to spam_team at sentara.com.
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>> Dear List(s):
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>> The time has come to have a serious talk.  About money.
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>> Domain names and internet hosting costs real actual money.  Which we’re running out of. So we need some.
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>> So here’s the deal.  We need about $500 to keep Database Advisors running for another year.  Less than that for the next few years after that.
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>> Keith Williamson, who has been a real brick about taking care of the messy details, has set up a PayPal site where we can contribute dough.
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>> https://secure-web.cisco.com/10kkrtwFw_mEn8fl-DTuTYfX6GFRWtA-DotszDYHR
>> q44pJgOdHxNf7ByED5jah_UNZq8Stnf8KZeWff8-ouyT2_r_Z4p6-Tgf1AA9z6B8V6o-ro
>> 4VUuZvxU-RnDuYzQqbW9PLRyUkl780p5GBJ3UQJQVu3IMGvMyCbaOwyWB8r88cm_Grgfmg
>> _nbZjSo0KVlrTt_tKrvIX5_SP2c3RJftwNCeRjhQMYUhijUJ3u0SXSH9lEXZaqgj5G3H1D
>> VN4unV/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paypal.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fwebscr%3Fcmd%3D_s-xcli
>> ck%26hosted_button_id%3DSGVT87NEVPU9A
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>> But what we’re really interested in is your intention to donate some real bread to the cause.  After all, there’s no sense in raising $250 when you need $500 and the thing goes down the tubes for lack of a few bucks.
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>> Reply to this email and tell us how much you will donate if we decide to pull the trigger.
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>> I’ve been a member of DBA before it was DBA – when it was hosted by Memphis Technologies for free and then one day they decided to pull the plug and suddenly we were all talking to each other through a yahoo group, trying to salvage AccessD.
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>> And we did it.  DBA is an actual corporation with stock certificates
>> and everything.  A bunch of us chipped in and thanks to some tireless
>> work on the part of a few members, DBA was born and AccessD was saved.
>> And they’re still doing it today (Thank you tireless volunteers.}
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>> I can’t count the number of times over the last 20 years or so (could it be that long?) AccessD saved my bacon; that I sent in a question at 10:30 at night and woke up in the morning to find that some lister in Germany or Australia had answered my question.  And those of us on the OT list have been communing for what? 20 years? Births.  Deaths.  Weddings. Divorces.
>> Job changes. Happy time. Sad times.  It’s a cyber family (most of us have never met each other in person). And we would hate to see that circling the drain.
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>> But I digress. Certainly the traffic on the list has diminished as the popularity of Access has waned.  But every couple of months they still pull my chestnuts out of the fire.
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>> So write back.  If we send out a request for money, tell us how much we can count on from you.  I think we can get to $500.  If we can’t…well I don’t want to think about that.
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>> So let us hear from you.
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>> If just 10 of you chip in $50 bucks, we’re there!  Or 50 of you each putting in a sawbuck.  That works too.  Or anything in between.
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>> OK let’s get it started.  I’m good for $50. So we only need $450 more
>> (see how easy that was?)
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>> You?
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>> Rocky Smolin
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>> Beach Access Software
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>> 760-683-5777
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>> www.bchacc.com
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>> www.e-z-mrp.com
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>> Skype: rocky.smolin
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