Dear Colleen and Family -- I haven't yet received today's Sunday Morning Coffee -- hope I'm not too late to add my two-cents worth to the discussion. I haven't read all the chat postings, but let's keep our family site online and accessible. We certainly don't want to be in the position of monitoring the size of our contribution files or the number of hits our site receives. Whether we stay with GeoCities, or develop a domain of our own, the cost of doing so will need to be shouldered by those cousins willing to do so. Although we've all reaped the benefits of Colleen's hard work, we surely recognize that some cousins are in a better position to sponsor the cost than others -- we're family, right? So, my vote ..... 1. Colleen's decision as to our site location, space requirements and the associated cost. 2. Colleen could check with GeoCities and see how much extra we have to pay to eliminate those irritating, pesky little ads! 3. We'll need twelve months worth of fees -- very soon -- so Colleen is assured of the sponsor contributions. We cousins commit to however much we can personally contribute to the cost of sponsorship. For example, if Colleen determines we need $15.00/month, no one person will be allowed to commit to more than one month's fee. On the other hand, if she's short the full twelve months, perhaps other cousins, who prefer to send her less than a full month, could send what they can afford, and they could be grouped together for that month. 4. Kristin's sponsor graphic is a tremendous 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." And to further Kristin's suggestion: ... Or a short autobiography of the sponsor, which would let us all become more personally acquainted with our cousins. 5. Payment to made to Colleen by whatever method she prefers, but to be made very soon. Colleen: Regardless of your final decision -- Count me in. I'll sponsor a full month. (Hope I didn't ramble on too much, or reiterate what others might have already suggested.) -- Candi Beard Nation