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Sanger and Shannon's Review of Y2K News Reports

A small plea for help for friends and readers of the Review: Well, friends, we have less than one month to go until the date rollover. I don't know what to expect this month, and I don't know what to expect afterwards. I certainly hope that it goes fairly smoothly, but at this point I would not be surprised by anything. I have long been an advocate of the idea that it will most likely shake out in a way that nobody has imagined. That's sort of one step removed from the "nobody knows" mantra. I feel that this is a bad time (is there ever a good time?) to bring this up, but I need to ask you, readers and friends of the Review, for a little help. Micronet/Taxlight, which kindly sponsored the Review for most of this year, has decided not to offer its sponsorship any longer. Originally, they had said that they would sponsor us through the end of the year, but have changed their minds for this month. Right when things may get interesting again! I preferred having a single sponsor, as it kept us from having to hustle up advertising, and deal with the perception of "scare-mongering" in order to make money. I also preferred not having to ask the readership for money, as that can get complicated. However, now I find myself in a bit of a bind.

My intention is to keep the Review going for as long as possible (IF possible!), into the new year, and on an as needed basis. I expect that January will be filled with interesting news (hopefully not TOO interesting) and that throughout the first quarter of the year, there will be news here and there. Shortly after the first quarter corporate earnings are announced, things may slow down enough that the Review may no longer be necessary.

So... even though the Holiday season is a bad time for this, I need to ask friends and readers for a small donation to keep the Review going into next year. 20 bucks from 100 people will do it. I am open to selling banner space on the site, but quite frankly, I don't want it to be complicated. (I have turned away inquiries in the past, that were based on hit count.) I'm open to any other ideas that people may have. I'm also open to any offers of part-time web-based work that I can do from home while also working on the Review. (I get e-mails for "work from home" schemes all the time, but ignore them. I don't know how I got on THAT mailing list!) In short, any suggestions and contributions that can be offered to keep the Review going into next year would be happily and gratefully accepted. I dread the possibility of having to shut it down prematurely and doing techie work again. (like post-rollover Y2K upgrades, for small businesses, which could be lucrative, but not as interesting as news-gathering!)

I want to thank those who have already pledged their help, (I feel like PBS!) and for you and others who may be reading this for the first time, please send inquiries and questions to pshannon@sangersreview.com

Thanks again!

-Patrick

-- Uncle Bob (UNCLB0B@Tminus29&counting.down), December 02, 1999

Answers

Cough up the mailing address and I'll cough up $20. And there's sure to be 99 others here who will do the same.

Keep up the good work, Patrick.

-- semper paratus (always@ready.now), December 02, 1999.

I'll second that!

-- wondering what (it.is.all@about.com), December 02, 1999.

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Listen up everybody. PShannon needs our help.

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-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), December 02, 1999.