<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear Andrea and others,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Please reconsider before approaching businesses for donations. The PCTA does that very well, and it occurred to me that it might dilute the message if solicitations were to come from more than one group or for more than one purpose. I could be wrong about this, and if so, I will back away very quietly.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>If someone well known in our community were to volunteer to collect and disburse funds from hikers for the southern terminus work, I would send a pittance. There are email lists, similar to the PCT-L for several of the hiker groups from a given year.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Best,</DIV><DIV><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>Jim Keener ( J J )</DIV></SPAN><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Oct 31, 2007, at 2:43 PM, Andrea Dinsmore wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV>We are willing to send a check. A few bucks from each hiker would add up fast. What's a good way to contact past and future hikers ? A business looking letter to all the gear suppliers might be an avenue to look at for support. Maybe a hiker who is into welding and metals to make the new monument ?? </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>PCT MOM</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Pct-l mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:Pct-l@backcountry.net">Pct-l@backcountry.net</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">To unsubscribe or change list options (digest, etc):</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l">http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>