Look at these statistics. See what RootsWeb is doing with less than a half dozen staff, as compared to Wired Magazine with a staff of 150. If one interpolates the data from Wired Magazine, then RootsWeb should have a staff of 84 people to handle 9 million page hits per month. To paraphrase Dr. Brian, isn't it amazing what a handful of dedicated genealogy buffs can do, when aided by all us volunteers? So the next time anyone feels like griping about occasional pleas for "voluntary" contributions from RootsWeb, consider how so much is being done by so few, with so little monetary resources. 90 million pieces of mail per month ????? !!!!! Did you users realize you were getting so much for so little????? Support RootsWeb!!!!! Go to the URL at: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html For information on how to contribute to RootsWeb, AND about all the wonderful benefits you can receive for a paltry sum, check out this site. Want space for your own Web Page????? Check out the above web site and find out how you, too, can host a home page for just joining the RootsWeb group. Check in, join up, and get involved. You will never have a better chance. SgtGeorge List Maintainer ************(Start of Brian's Post)************* Individual subscriptions to lists on lists.rootsweb.com (addresses on multiple lists are double-counted): 01 June about 90,000 15 September about 150,000 19 November more than 200,000 That's about a 15% PER MONTH growth rate. Also, Business Week magazine recently reported that Wired magazine has a staff of 150 supporting their Website, which currently receives 16 million page hits per month. RootsWeb's Web server supports about 9 million page hits per month, and we also deliver about 90,000,000 pieces of mail each month. Amazing what a bunch of volunteers can do, eh? Cheers, B. ==== WILHITE Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from WILHITE, send an e-mail message to: [email protected] (for individual messages) [email protected] (for Digest mode) Subject: unsubscribe In the body include only one word: unsubscribe (Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command)