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From: Kathey Marsden <kmarsdenderby@sbcglobal.net>
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Daniel John Debrunner wrote:
> It doesn't sound as though such a page is helping grow the community 
> whereas encouraging users to get involved is.
>
I disagree.  We would of course still encourage users to get involved, 
but if they think the change is over their heads, it provides a way for 
them to hook up with someone who  could fix it for them.  I think it 
would encourage more independents to stay with the community.

> As another issue, though it's probably not a problem, you may want to 
> ensure that such a page would not endanger the foundation's 501(c) 
> non-profit status.
>
That's a good  point. I don't want to mess with that.

Kathey