Regular visitors will have noticed that this web site has not been updated very much since the Spring of last year.

Three things have caused this.

• I have been affected, as have so many, by the current economic troubles. I am currently unemployed, and have been for some time (nearly 2 years). Because of this, I have had to turn most of my attention, time and energy towards a serious search for employment. This has left me little time, or finances, to pursue this web site.

• The MCC Workshop itself is not currently heated. This effectively keeps me out of the shop during the winter months, and away from any projects. I hope to resolve this sometime in 2010 if I find the budget to do so.

• The Workshop is in need of financial help. The aforementioned heating issue as well as completing the building is one example. My sole digital camera has gone to that darkroom in the sky leaving me without the ability to take pictures. And, as much as I hate to admit it, I need a new computer. Windows 98, especially in recent months, has ceased to be viable. The last straw was trying to add some instructional videos to the site. I can not find video capture or editing software that will work on Win 98. It is, alas, time to move on. My current situation also leaves me with no funds for materials to experiment with or document. In other words, I have run out of the financial means to expand the website.

At the same time, I do not want to over-commercialize this site. It is meant to be fun and educational, not intrusive. To that end I have decided to ask for donations to the cause. I plan to explore other ways of quietly financing it also.

Number one, I can not promise anything. My family comes first. When and if I find the means to provide support to them, and if I can find the funds to do this web-site, I will. I want to, very badly. I feel I am in some way meant to do it, and I think I can make a contribution to the furtherance of technology awareness, education and pro-active experimenting. I will promise that any funds donated will be used towards the furtherance of that goal, and the pursuit of my Mission statement. But I cannot guarantee success. Neither can I predict the future, or what may happen to deter that goal.

Number two, we are not destitute, and this is not a desperate plea for help, nor am I asking anyone to make any kind of sacrifice in this website’s behalf. If you can afford it, whatever amount, a very sincere thank you. If you cannot afford it, please do not give. This website is a hobby pursuit, no more, no less.

But, with that said, if you can afford to, and would wish to donate a sum towards the continuation of, and expansion of this site, thank you. As I said earlier, any amount, large or small, will in some way go towards achieving my goal and mission. My ambition would be to make the MCCWorkshop website, and theme, the nucleus of a larger effort to expand technology education and interest.

Any and all funds contributed shall be considered solely as gifts to the owner and webmaster of mccworkshop.com. I can make no guarantees, warrantees, or promises, expressed or implied, as to the use or purposing of the funds, nor to the continued viability, or existence, of the mccworkshop.com website. Neither can I guarantee the future content, legal status, or usage of mccworkshop.com. My sole guarantee is my personal promise that I desire very much to continue to develop it. I cannot, and will not, return any donated funds for any reason. This is a private, non-commercial, hobby website, and gifts contributed to it are NOT deductable for any tax reason.