At 11:47 AM 10/5/2000 -0700, Gavin Scott after me wrote:
>Tom and others suggest:
> > I would vote to keep the money for a while longer, to see if HP
> > really does get it.
>
>Since there does not seem to be a desire to run an ad in the immediate
>future, I would suggest that perhaps Wirt should return the actual funds
>received, but continue to accept "pledges" of money that people would be
>willing to contribute *if* it should be deemed necessary.

That's an excellent idea, and I change my vote to concur with Gavin.

I'm wondering if Wirt or Ted (in their copious spare time :) should post
the amount pledged on a web page somewhere.