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From: Nancy Siders <>
Subject: MORE ABOUT ROOTSWEB...
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 1997 14:39:35 -0600 (MDT)

Howdy, Partners!

This may answer some questions you probably have had about RootsWeb. I
know I've wondered about it all. It's just now come over the Listowners
Listserv.

If it doesn't draw a sponsorship out of your pockets, then you are either
flat busted broke yourself or you have no heart or community spirit!
**GRIN**

This couple NEEDS our support. $24 a year = Sponsor. You may send it
to the address at the bottom of this message (Frazier Park, CA). My
sponsorship is not over for several months, but I may just send it NOW!

Later...Nancy

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704 Sunrise Road \\|// Now in sunny New Mexico! &:^)
Roswell, NM 88201 \|/ eMail:
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Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 11:28:05 -0700
From: Brian Leverich <>
To:
cc: , "Dr. Brian Leverich" <>
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Subject: RootsWeb Funding (was Re: Question)
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-- Your message was: (from "")

> Can someone 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
> Lisa
> Co-List Owner COOK-L
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 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.
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------

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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

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