Re: the Welty Fund

[Alan Lambert <lechefgerard@domain.elided>]

Sounds good to me----Bill?????

--- Jorge & Ani Mazlumian <j.mazlumian@domain.elided> wrote:
> Ok folks, seems like a consensus is forming regarding a contribution
> to
> Richard.  This would be of two fold significance: show our gratitude
> to the
> man that had made it possible that thousands of us could post
> thousands of
> messages and learn thousands of little and big things about Alfas and
> each
> other, and to ensure that this continues in spite of Richard's
> current
> financial status.  We all hope it's only very temporary.  There
> certainly
> *is* an expense to run this Digest for members only and without
> unwanted
> advertising.  By the way, I haven't seen posts of regular supporters
> of this
> Digest lately.  May be that was/is enough income.
> 
> So I move that, pending Richard's approval, we name AlfaBill the
> trustee,
> and *most* of us make a 10-20 U$S dollar contribution to a "Welty
> Fund".
> This should be a voluntary, yearly contribution.
> If the mode of payment is determined to be a PayPal account, AlfaBill
> may
> not need be the trustee of the account, since payments can be direct.
>  There
> may
> be tax implications, and I leave the floor to the experts in that
> field.
> Any seconds to the motion?
> 
> Jorge Mazlumian (AD member since '99, I think)
> Redlands, CA
> 89 Milano
> 74 GTV
> 
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Alan Lambert
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