Sponsorship Details


Kagnew Page News
November 11, 2010

Happy Veteran's Day 2010 to all my fellow veterans.

Another year, another decade is coming to a close, 2011 will be here soon.

Thanks to my good web hosts, I can again report the Kagnew page hosting has been very stable with rare short server downtimes. Whenever there is a problem that I'm aware of, the response time from them is amazing and the problems get sorted out quickly. It is still possible you may see errors when accessing the page. If you can't access the Kagnew web site and can still access other sites, it's likely there is a host problem so try again later. No shared hosting I know of can give you 100% uptime, but my host has been very close. I have a monitoring service that emails me when it is down so you won't need to. If you see a problem with one page while the rest of the site is working for you, please contact me immediately and I'll get it corrected as soon as possible. In the past many have helped out here and I need and appreciate the input.

As I report every year, the web site continues to grow. I recently added a blog that people have let me know they like. I'll continue to add topics, and if you have a topic about Kagnew you'd like to see posted, pass it along to me and it just might get added. No promises, but some of the best ideas on the page have come from you. Yesterday I posted over 100 pictures from Wop Borruso and they keep coming in. A good problem to have. Due to the growth and expansion, and of course with the help of sponsors, I have taken the hosting up a huge step. I now have unlimited disk space available to me with unlimited bandwidth. What this means to you is I can keep adding with no problems and I don't have to worry about downsizing pictures to make sure I don't go over the limit. These larger pictures give you a greater detail you just can't get with a downsized image. Again, THANKS to the sponsors for being there with me. I absolutely could not do it without you.

In July, I marked my 13th anniversary of doing the Kagnew page. and I can't believe where the time has gone. In those 13 years I have rediscovered old friendships from Kagnew and met new people at reunions or via the web page. I never tire of it. August marked the 40th anniversary of when I stepped on the silver bird in Asmara headed back to the world. Just like yesterday!!!

Over those years, the time I spend on the page daily has decreased some, partly to setting up databases for much of the work and partly due to a family that doesn't like me spending my life in the basement! Even though, there are nights I'll spend 8-10 hours working on projects such as the new blog. I hope everyone appreciates the results.
On the sponsorship side, as always, a huge "Thank You" goes out to ALL the sponsors because I absolutely could not do this without them PERIOD! I'm locked into about $75.00 in monthly expenses to maintain the page, and last year's sponsors allowed me to finally update my computer and some software, which was 5-plus years old. I'm always trying to keep up with new software, so you can see how important everyone's support is. I'm sending out a "special thank you" to Jack Hill for his support and to John Sims (63-65, ASA, Ops. Co., C Trick) of Adamsville, AL for supplying me with a new scanner and printer (mine were 8 years old!). If you get a minute, send Jack and John an email and thank them for helping. (Special Note: John Sims has been having some health problems lately and I'm sure he'd love to hear from fellow Kagnewites just to hear a "hang in there" message). This type of friendship in my book is priceless (thanks Jack and John). For anyone who would like to continue to help support the Kagnew page, you can check out the details below.

For those of you who visit the Kagnew page regularly, why don't you take a minute and send someone on the sponsor list an email and thank them. This growth truly would not be happening without them. Last year I started eliminating using email links on people's names as I update, instead using an encrypted type of link. This will take a long time to get to everything. If you don't see a link on a sponsor's name, just look them up in the roster and email them a thank you.

Thanks again to the sponsors for helping support the cost of doing this page. I get comments every day and "newguys" coming in all the time and that makes it worth it. Especially when I hear the stories of finding a lost friend of 30-40 years ago.

Here are the updated sponsorship details:

up to $50
  • Page Sponsor Listing
  • Kagnew Station Bumper Sticker
$51-$100
  • 1/2 Page Sponsor Listing
  • 2 Kagnew Station Bumper Stickers
$101-$150
  • Full page width Sponsor Listing
  • 3 Kagnew Station Bumper Stickers
  • An Eritrean $1.00 Nakfa note.
Super
Sponsor

$151-$200
  • Items in the above range.
  • DVD of the Kagnew page files. (Too large now for a CD)
  • New!Your personal email address on the Kagnew Station server. That is, you can have any name you choose with a .com address, such as yosemitesam@kagnewstation.com with 10megs of disk space! And you can keep using it until I retire or the Kagnew Station Home Page closes it's doors.
Mega
above
$200

Mailing address:

Rick Fortney
3704 Windshire Dr.
Springfield, IL 62704-6718

If you have any questions about anything you've seen on this page, or any questions at all about the Kagnew page, don't hesitate to at any time. I like hearing from all you, it never gets old.

So until later, as always, thanks for all your support,
Rick