Back in May we made a plea for the voluntary financial support of our
subscribers.  The initial response was quite encouraging, but the
rate of voluntary subscription payments has dropped off to zero.

Robbie and I would like to encourage those of you who have not
already sent us a voluntary support payment to consider doing so now.
Many of you have requested advice on an amount.  After much discussion
we've decided to recommend $30 per year.  For those of you who have
typical "all-you-can-eat" Internet accounts that cost $20/month, this
is an additional cost of only 12.5%.

We realize that some of you are on restricted budgets and are using
cheaper, or even "free" Internet access.  We don't intend to shut
anyone's subscription off, but we ask that you try to at least send
us 1/2 of a year's recommended amount if you can.

If we can't get the financial participation of the group higher, we
may resort to delaying by 48 hours the mail to subscribers who have
neither contributed money nor articles (yes, we value written
contributions to the group).

To those of you who have contributed more than the above guidelines,
our heartfelt thanks!  If you've already sent us something, even if
its not within the recommendation above, please ignore this message
for now.  If you've not supported us yet, please consider supporting
us via VISA or Mastercard through our on-line secure Web page at:

     https://sales.foxtail.com/forms/mmd_charge_form.html

or send us a check.

     Checks should be made payable to "The Foxtail Group"

 and sent to

     The Foxtail Group
     P. O. Box 190
     Julian, CA 92036

Thanks in advance for your financial participation in the group.

Jody