Fighting Fund
Serious hardware
Robbie Rix appreciates all the donated tenners
The last seven days saw an increase in the number of our web readers - well up on the average of recent weeks to 13,533 - but unfortunately there was no commensurate rise in online donations. In fact there were no PayPal donations at all!
We did, however, receive £120 in standing orders, plus there was a minor influx of cheques, thanks to a sudden delivery of mail, which included items posted the best part of a month ago. Amongst them was a nice little £25 from KT, £20 each from HG and FS, and £10 from five separate comrades - PI, NP, LF, CD and SD.
The good news is that we have already achieved our £1,000 target with over a week to go! The total stands at £1,032 and rising. Those new computers and an office printer are looking more and more like realistic propositions! And we could really do with them. The machine I am using right now kind of grinds to a halt when it downloads updates.
Talking of which, NP writes: “I know it’s only a tenner, but at least it’ll get you some stationery!” Well, actually, comrade, adding yours to all the other tenners, we are starting to think about some serious hardware.
I’m hoping that next week I can report a somewhat greater use of our PayPal facility (it can’t be any worse). After all, we can’t rely on too many cheques and postal orders during a post strike. And, the sooner we do get the extra cash we need for those computers, the more effectively we’ll be able to write our solidarity articles with the postal workers.
