A few years back the website was a crossroads and the future looked dim. The site was down and Rosalinda Ruiz took the bull by the horns and organized the Nuestros Ranchos WorkGroup (Many thanks Rosalinda). Via that group a small group of individuals formed the Tech Group: Lee, Rosalinda, Wesley, Arturo and I but above and beyond the Tech Group was spearheaded by our Elite Webmaster Lee Ingram (Muchisimas!!!). Anyway as a result of the larger Workgroup a fund raising effort was started and with the help of 26 members a total of $776.24 was collected. Since 2021 when the site was revived Lee Ingram has been working tirelessly to get the site up and keep it up to date. During that time Lee had certain expenses with the work and just recently I was able to reimburse him for out of pocket monies spent and to pay forward for the webhosting and domain registration (Lee could explain it better). Anyway this email is to say that the approximate $800 was well spent for the past 4 years as well as covering out of pocket monies through approximately February 2031. If you get a chance to thank Lee please feel free to overwhelm him. Thanks go as well to our past Webmaster who for years carried the group on his shoulder, Arturo!
Now it might seem like 2031 is 6 years away (well it is and 6 years will go by in a flash). We currently have approximately 1000 members. Imagine if each one chipped in $1. Please don’t send me money as the Workgroup needs to do some work on WHERE future fund raising money should go. Maybe we need an elected Treasurer. I’m not sure how that works, we’ll see. Just wanted you all to think about the future of the NR group. For now we’re good but the future is well coming soon
Joseph Puentes
Thank you