To All,
The Fund Raiser has been amazing on my end! Busy as could be keeping up with PayPal and checks coming in. We, you, have raised enough for another year to keep the site up and financially sound for the next year! We raised a bit more then last year but something funky has been going on with my snail mail in the last couple of days so am not getting mail. Looking into that as I don't know if anyone sent checks and they didn't arrive yet.
I'm going to close the fund raiser on Saturday so if there's anyone who wants to still line the site pot there's still a little time and every penny helps! I must say that the generous offers coming in at such a quick pace has been impressive. I guess as a canoeing website that depends on you shows the amount of dedication and caring it takes to keep us alive for another year! Pat yourselves on the back for pulling this off in such a short time as I applaud all of your efforts in donations and sharing your knowledge.
Borreal and everyone, I need to go through my records, yeah, I track each and every transaction, and need to do some work on my end to get the raffle in order and will need a little time to pull that all together. I will post when I get that done. This raffle has been a surprise on my end due to those who have offered to donate stuff paying for shipping which takes a burden off my back and I thank you all for your offers. I will post more on the raffle as I get the logistics figured out.
So, in the end we as a canoeing/paddling community without advertisements have safely set us up for another year of shared experiences! It's what makes us unique! Please take a moment to say a Thanks to Robin Lauer for making this all happen. Without his efforts, dedication and perseverance and setting the bar high for a great site to come to we would not exist!
Many Thanks to you all for making this continue to happen!
dougd