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Gilligan, I've been INCREDIBLY busy in work & at home so I have not gotten back to your PM 2 days ago - which I'm not still 100% clear on but we'll get to that shortly.
Gilligan - I, chief cook & bottle washer of Striped-Bass.com, was a SPONSOR of the MSBA tourney last year. I will do so again this year once I know what resources we have here. Whether we are a major sponsor like last year or a mid level sponsor like the year before will depend on a lot of stuff not yet figured out. I've been a member and a supporter for MSBA for many years now - long before I started this website. I am also a fan of the people running it at all levels and for those that volunteer valuable time to make it all click. As part of our S-B night out function, you may recall that we have decided to pull some resources for stuff for the Striper Swipers, the MSBA youth club.
The picture by Bloo and the Charter by Nor-easter were donated here to help support this site, and they are both tremendoud donations indeed. But it's not my place to transfer someone elses donation that they were nice enough to do for here. Things are also tighter financially for me right now so I can't put in the thousands I've spent in the past on software licenses, server hosts, software, prizes, and the like. With the help of these donations and others I won't need to spend money from my bank accounts to make this all happen.
Everyone here has been FANTASTIC in their support of this site. To the point where I'll be able to hopefully add a few cool things for the members here and I'll only be doing the labor - which I like doing even though I'll never get paid for the hours I have in it.
So I guess what I'm trying to say is that we can look at what S-B will do for the MSBA shortly but for right now, the event coming up and the items that people have gone out of their way to donate, and the legwork, time and effort they have spent, should continue to be directed to support this site. Everyone "owns" a piece of S-B in a sense, this is everyone's site - not just ME - and what I want to ensure is that the groundwork is laid out so all the members get "Their" site for this year and for years to come.
I hope you understand.
Thanks,
John
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