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Steve Brooks Founder / Manager Northern California - United States 3780 Posts |
Hello everyone,
As I speak to various people in the magic world it is very clear that the bad economy has affected us all. Shops are closing at an alarming number. Those that remain open are struggling just to keep the lights on. Manufactures of DVDs are dealing with the ever increasing trend of illegal downloads and book publishers are being extremely selective about which titles they release. Yep - It's pretty bad right now. However, bad economy or not - the traffic and membership here in our Café community increases every single day. We average fifteen to twenty new members registering each day (not counting the occassional troll). Of our fourty-three thousand plus members (this number does not include the thousands of folks who visit the Café daily but who are not registered) we have over three MILLION posts with an average of three to five hundred new posts made every twenty four hours. Yep - the Café is still growing. As many of you are aware, the Magic Café is a free resource for magicians, mentalists, clowns and other entertainers all over the world. This resource is provided to its members free of charge. This is not to say, however, that it doesn't cost anything to operate the site. Total operating expenses for the Magic Café are quite high, and and are only partially covered by our sponsors. In fact, many of the advertisement banners you see do not bring in any revenue; They are there as a result of some kind of trade in which the Café may benefit in other ways. The Magic Café does not charge its members for access to this invaluable resource, and we're doing everything we can to continue that in spite of the difficult world-wide economy. Expenses for the Café include server rental, bandwidth, and server tech fees. Expenses do not include payments to any person connected to the Café itself. These are strictly out-of-pocket expenses paid to keep the Café up and running. All of the staff are volunteers and are not paid for their time. If you wish to donate money toward operating costs, please CLICK HERE to donate via PayPal. You may send any amount you wish - every little bit helps! The PayPal address is: donations@themagiccafe.com There is absolutely NO OBLIGATION to donate! It is entirely up to you. If you feel the Café is worth something to you and you want to give to the cause, then please feel free to do so. All donations are strictly confidential. If you wish for us to know your identity when you donate, please include your Café username in the "Payment For" field on the PayPal page. If you prefer to send a check or money order: please make your donation payable to Gene Brott and mail to: Magic Café Donations c/o Gene Brott 611 W. Edgerton St. Howard City, MI 49329 Thank you and God bless - Steve Brooks
"Always be you because nobody else can" - Steve Brooks
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