[AT] Charity auction

[Frank]

in which case .....I vote to keep the charity monies at home.............
I did participate...........did not spend money but since I did participate 
i feel i helped ring the till up higher .............only did not spend 
because I was out bid.......

Frank
gremaux at tein.net
Central Montana
http://www.angelfire.com/mt/deeregp/index.html
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Spencer Yost" <yostsw at atis.net>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 3:26 PM
Subject: Re[2]: [AT] Charity auction


>I am using Al's note, but replies are directed to all, not just Al......
>
>
>>The suggestion was made on the list to everyone.  If
>>everyone's opinion didn't matter, it should have been emailed only to
>
> I addressed this concern in Thursday's note.   Here is what I said trying
> to head off that exact argument:
>
> ...snip...
>> In the past, with just a few
>> exceptions, only people that participated posted opinions.  Call me
>> naive but I thought that would occur again this year.
>>
>
> I didn't realize how few people participated (I knew the number of
> donations was down, I didn't realize the number of bidders was down) when 
> I
> posted the suggestion for the tsunami's victims.   Mainly because I don't
> make a habit of perusing the bids on item's I am not bidding on, just the
> summary screen.   At least not until the end of the auctions.   I figured
> participation was close to last year's bidding when I posted the tsunami's
> victim's post.
>
> For the money and hours I spend on ATIS to provide a free service, I think
> I make very few demands on everyone.   I don't bombard you with ads and 
> the
> few I do are provided free to businesses that have supported ATIS mailing
> lists with helpful informative posts. I don't even what "Thank You"s.
> About the only two regular demands I make are:
>
> 1 - I want folks to watch their language and subjects when they post
> 2 - Earmark a very small percentage of your yearly charitable giving for
> ATIS's auctions.
>
> I feel certain these are real easy, real simple and not too much to ask. 
> I
> have to believe anyone that thinks these are burdensome demands has an
> ulterior motive and probably needs to go elsewhere.
>
> Spencer Yost
> Owner, ATIS
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