From chemistry-request@server.ccl.net Sun Aug 6 19:24:22 2000 Received: from ccl.net (atlantis.ccl.net [192.148.249.4]) by server.ccl.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA19570; Sun, 6 Aug 2000 19:24:22 -0400 Received: from arlen.ccl.net (arlen.ccl.net [192.148.249.10]) by ccl.net (8.9.3/8.9.3/OSC 2.0) with ESMTP id TAA09501; Sun, 6 Aug 2000 19:24:18 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 19:24:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Jan Labanowski To: chemistry@ccl.net cc: team@ccl.net Subject: Financial support for CCL - please help... Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Dear CCL Members Your vacationing coordinator is speaking... I am enjoying my vacations in Europe, and I hope most of you also had a chance to get some rest. I still have 2 weeks to go... As you see, I am also trying to peek and poke. This will not be available >from now on, until I return though, since I am now escaping to the wild... But before I go, I need to remind you about: http://www.ccl.net/chemistry/aboutccl/supporting/ Id: ccl Password: ccl Or go to www.ccl.net, an click on About CCL/Supporting on left bar... I am very thankful for responses received about out supporting pages. All were very encouraging and some comments were right on the "button". The new, updated pages are being worked on by my student assistants. But we need more of you to share your opinion... Counters are depressing... We have to be able to judge if we are affecting your benevolent instincts with our take on sponsoring pages and offers. We know that we can make them better with your advice. We can offer additional or different benefits, but we need your input... We also need to find out if YOU ARE GOING TO SUPPORT CCL!!! If you are likely to support CCL, tell us. If you are not going to support CCL please tell us too... We have to assess how to support CCL, and quite frankly, also, if CCL is worth maintaining. So your opinions are very important. We are currently considering special rates for students and retired scientists as a result of comments which we have received. But obviously, this means that more of you would have to consider CCL a worthy service. At this moment your opinion and answers are not binding, and we also reserve the right to change the offer dramatically, or to cancel it. But we need to know! We really have to plan in advance and see the future clearly. So, please help us to carry CCL to the new millennium with your advice and support. I sincerely believe that CCL is a useful resource. It proved itself both by its age (we are kind of dinosaurs since recent C14 studies indicate that we were in operation long time before the Web tectonic movements). and your wide and often devoted participation. But obviously, I am biased... So please help us decide how to maintain CCL in the future with your advice and support. Note, CCL is a truly academic effort, is maintained by students, and is not influenced by big sponsors, particular academic group or school of thought, or an individual with a big ego. It is supported by OSC, and would not be here if not the encouragements and financial support from OSC management. But we need to have a clear vote of confidence from our subscribers. This is your list, we are only maintaining it... Please send us your thoughts to support@ccl.net Jan Labanowski Jan K. Labanowski | phone: 614-292-9279, FAX: 614-292-7168 Ohio Supercomputer Center | Internet: jkl@ccl.net 1224 Kinnear Rd, | http://www.ccl.net/chemistry.html Columbus, OH 43212-1163 | http://www.ccl.net/