For HOWELL-L web page, see: http://members.aol.com/TreeCrazyD/howell_l.html Question: >>> Can someone one answer the following question? I wasn't real sure >>> how to answer and wanted to make sure I didn't miss lead anyone. >>> Thanks for your help >>>------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Brian's explanation: >> I am wondering who or what institution supports ROOTSWEB? >> Are they attached to a university? It obviously is a huge venture >> that someone is underwriting currently. I assume any donation we >> would make would be on top of the commitment of the main sponsoring >> org. >> Thanks for any clarification. I probably missed these facts >> in previous communiques. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >RootsWeb has *no* "main sponsoring org". No university, no >government agency, no gensoc, no business, nobody but *you*. > >We are *entirely* supported by voluntary contributions. > >Our hardware and bandwidth budget for the last year was in the >neighborhood of $60,000, of which about two-thirds were individual >contributions and the rest came out of Karen and Brian's pockets. >Apple Computer also donated a server to RootsWeb, which augments the >other 4 main servers we've bought. > >Karen and I have also donated our time as system administrators, as >did the other RootsWeb folks. > >Next year's costs will be well over $100,000 and possibly as high as >$200,000, depending on whether we have the resources to start buying >datasets and uploading them for everyone to freely use. > >RootsWeb wouldn't have happened without the support of the Internet >genealogical community, and we need continued support if we're going >to keep expanding the services that are available to the community. > >Thanks to everyone who is helping us make this happen! -B > >[ BTW, please feel free to redistribute this to your lists. It >worries me that folks don't realize that their contributions are >are the *only* thing that keeps RootsWeb alive. ] >-- >Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator, soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L >RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative http://www.rootsweb.com/ >P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798 leverich@rootsweb.com Please note the rootsweb homepage list above--Rootsweb is involved in more than just e-mail lists. They are also the home for many of the USGenWeb pages. I personally have 11 counties housed with them. Please take a look at all they offer. Dana