No IML mail

["Dick Benjamin" <DickB@xxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe it's time again to remind folks what it takes to keep this club
functioning.

Manuel Alvarez, who has a regular job, a growing family and a full life
without us, has to haul his butt out of bed in the middle of the night to
tend to the IML server when something goes down, as it did last night and
all morning today.

If you want to see what this guy goes through for us, take a look at
http://www.dte.net/systemnews.htm2 and read the system news for the last few
months.

For those of you who don't know this, all his efforts are donated, including
a lot of personal expense to buy software, Internet access, and hardware.
He does this out of his love for Imperials (he has a '55) and just because
he is an all around good guy.  Manuel is not a wealthy guy, and will never
be, the way he is going!

Something like this happens about every 3 or 4 weeks on average, and every
time it does, one and only one guy works through the night to get us up and
running again - you guessed it, it's Manny!

So it's time to mention that a donation of $5, $10, $20, or whatever you
think this club is worth to you is long overdue!
Send something to:
>
> Manuel Alvarez
> dte.net
> PO BOX 27
> Montclair, CA 91763

We used to have a regular reminder and a person who collected the donations
for forwarding to Manny, but this process broke down when that person left
the list.  Now we have to remind ourselves.
Thanks!
Dick Benjamin (no, no one asked me to send this out; I'm just a grateful
peon, just like you are).

Subject: Re: No IML mail