December 20 2013 To friends and supporters
As the Christmas season is upon us, we wish you and your family and friends a peaceful time in this traditionally busy yet reflective time of the year. Thank you for your continued interest in and support of our volunteer based project through 2013. It's been a year of some consolidation for us, but we've also been able to add the new Retro Radio Dial series of features, a brand new New Zealand Radio Guide and a limited number of new features as we prepare to totally rebuild the website for launching in 2014, our 10th anniversary year. In this new age of social media where people can share photos, audio and memories and comments in the blink of an eye, www.radioheritage.net stands even more importantly for stability, researched content and continuity. This is reflected in visitors spending almost 35% longer on the site compared to a year ago, and visiting over 10% more pages each time they visit. Our biggest area of concern has been meeting our overheads. We have no Santa Claus or fairy godmother and total visitors to the project rarely interest advertisers and donors look for something big back in exchange for their support these days. So we continue to rely on individuals to cover the costs. For the year ended December 31 it looks like we'll be some $6000 less than needed to pay the bills. This is a big burden for a small non-profit organization to carry into 2014. If you can make a donation to reduce this debt it would be helpful at this time of the year. See the KULA hula girl at www.radioheritage.net for details. You'll also be acknowledged on the Supporter Roll. To bring us up to date at December 31 you could become one of: 177 Regular Gold supporters @ $35 124 Contributing supporters @ $50 62 Sponsor supporters @ $100 and know you're one of the Top 1% making it all possible. Thanks to everyone who has contributed money, time, memories, memorabilia and skills to the project, and we'll do our best to keep honoring your trust and interest. Please join us again in 2014, and in the meantime, we wish you Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Seasons Greetings, Happy New Year, and please enjoy the features and services at www.radioheritage.net....the features and services which you, our supporters, make possible. Radio Heritage Foundation www.radioheritage.net The Global Radio Memories Project Where today's people connect with yesterdays radio Email code PW7 to be removed from this mailing list and allow 15 working days for a volunteer to remove your address after the holiday season. _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
