In a message dated 12/20/98 6:31:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, morgana@ghg.net writes: > I am not particularly worried myself about them misappropriating funds, since a lot of this has been done from crisis to crisis, and there probably haven't been enough funds to really misappropriate... Hi Sue, I have never said anything about misappropriation of funds. In fact, I don't know how you could "misappropriate" funds when there has never been a legal statement of how funds are supposed to be used, as far as I know. All there seems to be is a murky, non-specific "understanding" that "if you send us money we will use it to run Rootsweb" (my words, not theirs). Obviously, that could mean anything, and leaves a lot of latitude. My point is, why not eliminate any possible doubt, and/or any possible appearance of improprieties? It can only have positive results. After a while, people are going to equate silence on the subject as concealment, and if people start to think they are being "suckered," Rootsweb will dry up and blow away. None of us want that. If everyone concerned is as altruistic as it appears, and I have no reason to doubt that they are, then there should be no problem bringing the finances into the clear light of day. It's time. This is off the subject of this list, so I'll shut-up and not mention it again, but when you mentioned Rootsweb donations, it reminded me of my concerns. Take care, Oliver.