[dba-SQLServer] FW: [dba-OT] Need a Little Bread

[John Bartow]

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-OT <dba-ot-bounces at databaseadvisors.com> On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin via dba-OT
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2025 3:04 PM
To: Off Topic <dba-ot at databaseadvisors.com>; Access Developers discussion and problem solving <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>; List <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Cc: Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin2 at gmail.com>
Subject: [dba-OT] Need a Little Bread

Dear Database Advisors List Member:

It is written that people do not live by bread alone.  But sometimes you do need a little.

Your DBA list is running out of bread. OK – it has run out of bread. And John Bartow has generously kept it going for the present.  But this is not obviously a sustainable business model. J

And so we turn to you, the members, for a little bread to keep the lists alive.

All of your donations will go to the company that hosts the web site and associated mail lists. Your contribution is tax deductible.

The numbers are not great. It costs less than $300 a year to maintain the lists, and so our goal in this fund raiser is $600. That way we won’t have to come asking for more dough for two years.

Between the 5 lists we have almost 600 people registered, half of them
between AccessD and OT. Another 100+ on SQL Server.   So it seems quite
doable.

I have primed the pump with a donation of $100.

Here’s the donation page: HTTPS://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/299AB2L77PRXY
<https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/299AB2L77PRXY>

You can contribute by PayPal, Venmo, or Credit Card. (Easy, no?)

I thank you in advance and look forward to seeing your generous donations.

Rocky Smolin
Long Time DBA Guy