On June 27th, 2010 I upgraded the server for this site to one that could handle things better.  Over the past few months I've had problems with the website being slow and intermittent crashes, so hopefully the bigger and faster server will solve these past problems.  This also means I can stat installing the arcade as well.  Work on that will start later on this summer.

 

And my sincere thanks to the following people and their help with their donations, it really does make a difference & it keeps this site online.  Rather than simply sending a note of thanks I decided to share the names of who is responsible for keeping this site active.  I don't mind working on the site, keeping things updated, and paying for small improvements here and there... but this site has grown to the point of needing a special server and rather expensive forum software, so any help with expenses are truly appreciated.

 

A big round of applause for the following people who have donated to keep this site going: 2010 Donations:
John Abbott (3rd donation) David C. Allen (2nd donation) Allen Benson Rich Beranek (2nd donation) Leslie Brown	Greg Brumley (4th donation) Bob Desch (2nd donation) John Lingrel (5th donation) Andrew Lowe Mark Martin (2nd donation) Q4 Services LLC. (5th donation)	Steve Rockwell Thomas Shields (6th donation) Jerry Trim (2nd donation) Dan VanValkenburg (3rd donation) Joyce Weller
Donations received from previous years:
John Abbott John Abbott (2nd donation) Lonny Albertson David C. Allen Peter Allen Lawson Anderson (Anonymous) Hector Arteaga Merle Bariekman Charles Beatty Rich Beranek Stephanie Bixel Bill Bowen George "Dude" Brady Dale Broadus Greg Brumley Greg Brumley (2nd donation) Greg Brumley (3rd donation) Greg Chase Farrokh Chothia Richard Conway Richard Conway (2nd donation) Richard Couture John Crowley Daedalus   Edward Daniels Brion Davis Ronald Davis Bob Desch George Duncan Joseph Dunovsky III (Sabre Updates) Joseph Dunovsky III (2nd donation) Art Dunnier thekil.com Jon Edman Lynda Feierer Lynda Feierer (2nd donation) Lynda Cherniske (3rd donation) Rick Fonseca Eric Gardner John Gilligan Carlos Gomez Michael Grace Michael Grace (2nd donation) Rob Green Kenneth Hale Richard Hall Randy Harden Robert Hess Anthony Hinkel Nate Hocking	hudspethandassociates.com John Hudspeth (2nd donation) John Hudspeth (3rd donation) Terry Huey Robert Hunt William Johnson Suzanne Jones Suzanne Jones (2nd donation) Twyla Jones Mohan Khisty Mohan Khisty (2nd donation) Mohan Khisty (3rd donation) Mohan Khisty (4th donation) Mohan Khisty (5th donation) Paul Kjosa John Lamprecht M. Larusso Greg Lawrence Mark Lavin David R Lemmel Bob Lester David Leverenz Jan Lightsey John Lingrel John Lingrel (2nd donation) John Lingrel (3rd donation) John Lingrel (4th donation) malwin.com Mark Martin Todd Marquardt Daniel Martin www.danielpaulmartin.us Juan " el chivero" Martinez John Matter Michael McBroom Robert McCarthy Roger McCausland William McNair Mark Midgett Don Morgan Donald Morgan (2nd donation) Jack Morton Jeff Mowry Ruben Ontiveros James Palmehn Alfred Pechin Mike Ponder Mike Ponder (2nd donation) Michael Poteet Michael Poteet (2nd donation) Michael Poteet (3rd donation)	Q4 Services LLC. Q4 Services LLC. (2nd donation) Q4 Services LLC. (3nd donation) Q4 Services LLC. (4th donation) Jeff Reese Mark Richards Carlos Rodriguez H. Sagle (Sagle Enterprises) Juan Santana Dave Schultz (TTI) in memory of Brian DeGaugh Thomas Shields Thomas Shields (2nd donation) Thomas Shields (3rd donation) Thomas Shields (4th donation) Thomas Shields (5th donation) Marcus Sieracki Marcus Sieracki (2nd donation) Sim-Zone - www.sim-zone.de Austin Singley Austin Singley (2nd donation) Gary Smith Patrick Smith Phillip Smithpeters Phillip Smithpeters (2nd donation) STRAC surplusavionics.com/surplus.htm Ray Sutherland Eugene Syrek Paul Sysun Andy Taylor Michael Tennant Lyndon Thomason Lyndon Thomason (2nd donation) Michael Thomas Fred Toledo Fred Toledo (2nd donation) Patrick Trevino Tricky Guy Special Effects Jerry Trim Dan "V-man" VanValkenburg Dan VanValkenburg (2nd donation) Michael D. Walker Terry Weldon Darin Werner Darin Werner (2nd donation) Christopher Weyer Jeff Wisnewski Jon Woodgate

You don't need to have a PayPal account to donate.
If you are feeling generous I am only asking that you contribute $5 or so to help soften the ongoing expenses for me.
The following link allows anyone to place a donation using a credit card.
You can also help by clicking on one of the above ads that say "ads by Google" as they pay me per visit.

AND I STILL NEED THOSE UPDATED FIGURES FOR THE PAY SCALE PAGE!
PLEASE CHECK THE NUMBERS AND SEE IF THEY ARE RIGHT FOR YOUR SHOP.
WITHOUT YOUR HELP I CAN'T KEEP THIS SITE CURRENT!
ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED WILL STAY COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS and your data will be appreciated by many folks throughout the world.
 

The numbers on the "Pay Scale" page are outdated for many shops and I need updated figures.
The pay scale page does have an impact on all of our long-term pay/benefit issues and has made a difference over the years.

CLICK HERE FOR THE ONLINE PAY SCALE SUBMISSION FORM

Please contact me if you have any additional questions or comments:
frontpagecontact (at) simtechonline.com