Hi Colleen and Family, I first want to join with the others to thank Colleen for the wonderful job she's doing with the Howell List and the Howell Family WebSite. The tree was a brilliant idea. Thank you Colleen for all you do for our family! I've been lurking on this discussion to see what others are thinking, because it wasn't clear to me what choice made the most sense. But several messages (Jeany's, Micki's, and others) go along the same line: basically saying let's pay for what we need. That's easier for some of us than others. Also, if folks just send in money, a few dollars here and a few there, there may be enough and there may not. Colleen will have to ask us for money every time the pot gets low. Let me throw this out as a suggestion and hear some feedback. It looks to me like we need to go to a more expensive GeoCities package (no ads) that will provide us with what we need. This would be up to Colleen to decide what will work. Then 12 of us need to step up and be a sponsor for a month to carry us through the coming year. As we approach the year 2003 a call for 12 sponsors (repeats or new) can go out to cover the cost for the next year. Some cousins may want to team up to sponsor a month. I'll pledge to cover the cost of one month for whatever package Colleen thanks we need. How we get money to her is another issue. Someone suggested PayPal. Whatever works for Colleen is fine with me. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! andy graham gggrandson of John Calvin Howell (1818-1906) and Louisa McMillan (1821-1876) of Grayson Co VA, Ashe Co NC, Grant Co. OR Colleen Pustola wrote: > Hi again family, > > I can tell this is going to be a major topic of discussion for us. Not > even a full hour has gone by and already six of you have emailed me. > > I need to tell you the support is *extremely* appreciated. But you need > to tell me (and each other) just what it is you're supporting and in > favor of. > > Do you... > > * Want to stay at GeoCities and upgrade to one of their packages? > * Want to get out of GeoCities and open our own domain? > * Want to leave things as they are? :) > * Want me to find another free site that can handle our traffic and data > transfer rate? > > Please cousins, you must be specific or I won't know what you want; > neither will the rest of the family. > > The first message should reach everyone by Saturday, giving all a chance > to read it. Hopefully, I'll be able to give you your decision at > Sunday's Coffee and we go from there. If I don't hear from enough of > you by Saturday night, then I'll hold over until next week sometime. > > Thanks everyone. > > Colleen > > ==== HOWELL Mailing List ==== > Please do not send messages with attachments, HTML, MIME, or any other > enhanced text to the list. RootsWeb does not allow messages with those > settings through their servers and will only return them to you.

Let's go one step further on the sponsorship idea... When a cousin sponsors a month, put a small graphic on the front page of the web site acknowledging the gift. Perhaps the graphic can even be a link to the cousins home page or email address. If the sponsor wants to remain anonymous, the there can be a graphic to that effect. It's a great way to honor an ancestor, too! My great-grandmother got me into genealogy, so I would probably want to sponsor the web site during her birth month. Kristen > Hi Colleen and Family, > > I first want to join with the others to thank Colleen for the wonderful job > she's doing with the Howell List and the Howell Family WebSite. The tree > was a brilliant idea. Thank you Colleen for all you do for our family! > > I've been lurking on this discussion to see what others are thinking, > because it wasn't clear to me what choice made the most sense. But several > messages (Jeany's, Micki's, and others) go along the same line: basically > saying let's pay for what we need. That's easier for some of us than > others. Also, if folks just send in money, a few dollars here and a few > there, there may be enough and there may not. Colleen will have to ask us > for money every time the pot gets low. > > Let me throw this out as a suggestion and hear some feedback. It looks to > me like we need to go to a more expensive GeoCities package (no ads) that > will provide us with what we need. This would be up to Colleen to decide > what will work. Then 12 of us need to step up and be a sponsor for a month > to carry us through the coming year. As we approach the year 2003 a call > for 12 sponsors (repeats or new) can go out to cover the cost for the next > year. Some cousins may want to team up to sponsor a month. > > I'll pledge to cover the cost of one month for whatever package Colleen > thanks we need. > > How we get money to her is another issue. Someone suggested PayPal. > Whatever works for Colleen is fine with me. > > HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! > > andy graham > gggrandson of John Calvin Howell (1818-1906) and Louisa McMillan > (1821-1876) > of Grayson Co VA, Ashe Co NC, Grant Co. OR > > Colleen Pustola wrote: > >> Hi again family, >> >> I can tell this is going to be a major topic of discussion for us. Not >> even a full hour has gone by and already six of you have emailed me. >> >> I need to tell you the support is *extremely* appreciated. But you need >> to tell me (and each other) just what it is you're supporting and in >> favor of. >> >> Do you... >> >> * Want to stay at GeoCities and upgrade to one of their packages? >> * Want to get out of GeoCities and open our own domain? >> * Want to leave things as they are? :) >> * Want me to find another free site that can handle our traffic and data >> transfer rate? >> >> Please cousins, you must be specific or I won't know what you want; >> neither will the rest of the family. >> >> The first message should reach everyone by Saturday, giving all a chance >> to read it. Hopefully, I'll be able to give you your decision at >> Sunday's Coffee and we go from there. If I don't hear from enough of >> you by Saturday night, then I'll hold over until next week sometime. >> >> Thanks everyone. >> >> Colleen >> >> ==== HOWELL Mailing List ==== >> Please do not send messages with attachments, HTML, MIME, or any other >> enhanced text to the list. RootsWeb does not allow messages with those >> settings through their servers and will only return them to you. > > > ==== HOWELL Mailing List ==== > Please do not send messages with attachments, HTML, MIME, or any other > enhanced text to the list. RootsWeb does not allow messages with those > settings through their servers and will only return them to you. >

This is the suggestion that makes the most sense to me. Marcia Hicks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Graham" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 7:20 AM Subject: Re: [HOWELL] CHAT: GEOCITIES WOES > Hi Colleen and Family, > > I first want to join with the others to thank Colleen for the wonderful job > she's doing with the Howell List and the Howell Family WebSite. The tree > was a brilliant idea. Thank you Colleen for all you do for our family! > > I've been lurking on this discussion to see what others are thinking, > because it wasn't clear to me what choice made the most sense. But several > messages (Jeany's, Micki's, and others) go along the same line: basically > saying let's pay for what we need. That's easier for some of us than > others. Also, if folks just send in money, a few dollars here and a few > there, there may be enough and there may not. Colleen will have to ask us > for money every time the pot gets low. > > Let me throw this out as a suggestion and hear some feedback. It looks to > me like we need to go to a more expensive GeoCities package (no ads) that > will provide us with what we need. This would be up to Colleen to decide > what will work. Then 12 of us need to step up and be a sponsor for a month > to carry us through the coming year. As we approach the year 2003 a call > for 12 sponsors (repeats or new) can go out to cover the cost for the next > year. Some cousins may want to team up to sponsor a month. > > I'll pledge to cover the cost of one month for whatever package Colleen > thanks we need. > > How we get money to her is another issue. Someone suggested PayPal. > Whatever works for Colleen is fine with me. > > HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! > > andy graham > gggrandson of John Calvin Howell (1818-1906) and Louisa McMillan > (1821-1876) > of Grayson Co VA, Ashe Co NC, Grant Co. OR > > Colleen Pustola wrote: > > > Hi again family, > > > > I can tell this is going to be a major topic of discussion for us. Not > > even a full hour has gone by and already six of you have emailed me. > > > > I need to tell you the support is *extremely* appreciated. But you need > > to tell me (and each other) just what it is you're supporting and in > > favor of. > > > > Do you... > > > > * Want to stay at GeoCities and upgrade to one of their packages? > > * Want to get out of GeoCities and open our own domain? > > * Want to leave things as they are? :) > > * Want me to find another free site that can handle our traffic and data > > transfer rate? > > > > Please cousins, you must be specific or I won't know what you want; > > neither will the rest of the family. > > > > The first message should reach everyone by Saturday, giving all a chance > > to read it. Hopefully, I'll be able to give you your decision at > > Sunday's Coffee and we go from there. If I don't hear from enough of > > you by Saturday night, then I'll hold over until next week sometime. > > > > Thanks everyone. > > > > Colleen > > > > ==== HOWELL Mailing List ==== > > Please do not send messages with attachments, HTML, MIME, or any other > > enhanced text to the list. RootsWeb does not allow messages with those > > settings through their servers and will only return them to you. > > > ==== HOWELL Mailing List ==== > Please do not send messages with attachments, HTML, MIME, or any other > enhanced text to the list. RootsWeb does not allow messages with those > settings through their servers and will only return them to you. > >