Dunseith Alumni Web Site donations: http://dunseith.net/
First off I’d like to thank Amy for making this Web site possible. She did a fantastic job with both the development of the site and with bringing everything over from our previous site. This was no small task. She individually (manually) dragged over in excess of 1,200 daily messages from the old site to our new one. Very time consuming. I did not have all of the year 2008 in the old site, so they were not there for Amy to transfer. I am slowly getting those entered into the new site from my saved files.
Second, I would like to thank all of you that contributed with your generous donations to our Web Site. Our total collections to date are $820. The following is a break down of how the money was spent.
I have replied to all of you that I have gotten a donation from. If you sent a donation and have not heard from me, then I did not receive it. It is not uncommon for FPO mail to get lost. Not sure why, because it is US Mail, but none the less there are letters that do not arrive.
Dunseith Alumni site future
Folks,
As long as I am around and functioning our site will be maintained. When the day comes that I expire, we need to have a mechanism in place for not loosing what we have. We have compiled a lot of history that will be of interest to future generations and genealogy buffs too. It is all on the Net in our site right at their finger tips too.
The monthly hosting and the annual maintenance fees are very low, so we are not breaking the bank. Our month hosting fee is $5.00/month and our annual maintenance fee is $15 for a grand total of $75/year. There may be a few added costs here and there, but I think they should be minimal though. At the moment these fees are automatically debited from my account which is just fine as long as I am around.
My proposal/Suggestion/Question.
Is there a way we can have these Web site fees paid through a Dunseith Government or Chamber of Commerce account? With donations we could provide the funding to this account for these costs. We and the account holder could keep track of the amount we have in their account too. In doing this, when I expire the sight will not die. We never know our fate, but I plan to be around for a lot more years. After a 100 I will be on borrowed time.
Any other suggestions would be appreciated too.
Thanks,
Gary
Birthday wishes to Donna Wenstad (’75)
From Jean Took Berger (’75): Mandan, ND
Happy Birthday Donna, hope all is well with you.
Philippines comment/question
From Sharon Zorn Gerdes (’62): Windsor, CO
Gary- congrats on your bowling award- that’s wonderful. I always wonder why all the beautiful ladies you show us are all dressed up. Is that common there to dress up for everything? Sure makes us seem extremely casual. Your life sounds like one constant social activity- wears me out thinking about it but what fun. Do you plan to ever come back here to live? Its just fun to read about all you do. thanks for sharing. Sharon Gerdes
Sharon,I have never given it much thought, but the gals in our social group more often than not dress up for most gatherings. Nylons are seldom worn though, but the high heels are very popular. For our monthly dinners they always dress up and for occasions like the bowling banquet too. Some of the gals do come dressed up for the weekly bowling too, but most just wear nice shorts with a nice blouse for bowling. In the tropics, shorts are preferred to long pants.We do a lot of socializing, but there is a lot of dead time too. One can’t constantly socialize, although some of the gals are together most everyday. When Art Hagen was here for 7 weeks, he didn’t have much down time. Rose kept him on the go with friends, like he said, “most everyday all day” of which he very much enjoyed.About moving back to the states. I don’t think that will ever happen. Life is too good here.Gary
Picture from Susan Fassett Martin’s (’65) Face Book
Elvin and Cheryl Haagenson
