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free, and contributions are not required of anyone. However, PS gladly
accepts contributions to help purchase equipment and
to finance the constant upgrades we need to grow.

Checks may be sent to:

Jim Harris

9153 Rundelay Way

Sacramento CA 95826

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^{More Information About Progressive Secretary Finances:

A Letter From Jim Harris

Thank you for your interest in Progressive Secretary finances. We need
your
help!

In 1998, after I was disabled from leukemia and living on a very
limited income, I began Progressive Secretary with my own funds,
because I believed deeply that more letters from progressives are
needed in the struggle for peace and justice.

I continue to finance it myself, aided by generous contributions
sent in by people like you. In the beginning Progressive Secretary
required only a home computer and software for letter writing and
databases.

But today, with more than 4,000 members and an annual output of 200
or more letters, it costs over $15,000 per year to keep it going
despite every effort to be frugal. I pay as much of this as I can
from my monthly Social security pension and miscellaneous receipts.

The rest, however, is covered from donations. Progressive Secretary
simply couldn't survive without your help.

You will be interested to learn that after my fingers failed, I
tried to keep up the massive daily mailings using local volunteers,
and even a voice-activated program, but that didn't work. It has
become necessary to contract for low-cost programming services
overseas. Daily work by experts is absolutely necessary to make
sure the computers send out the many thousands of messages we now
handle each day.

Here is what our annual costs are currently running:}

DSL and ISP connections	$ 1,000
Miscellaneous (books, manuals, postage, telephone, etc)	$ 1,800
Computer Programmer	$ 7,200
Office space (Extra room rented for office)	$ 3,600
Reserve for repairs and replacements	$ 750
Getting the word out	$ 1,000
	$ 15,350

To help cover these costs over the past year we received $8,000 in contributions. I contributed the remainder or did without. My commitment to Progressive Secretary remains strong.

But your contribution helps greatly to ease the burden, and will also enable much-needed growth and improvement.

We welcome your help!

A PayPal account is set up for credit card payments. It is a secure site, and, although they ask you to "join," I have not had reports of problems.

Sincerely

Jim Harris Jim@ProgressiveSecretary.Org