Instead of saving mine to a folder, I had simply deleted it, and now it resides in my trash folder. So for those who lost it...
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Tuesday, July 11, 2000 3:12 PM ET
From: Silicon Investor
Dear Silicon Investor Members:
On behalf of the entire Silicon Investor team, we are writing to apologize for the issues that have occurred on SI over the past couple weeks.
As many of you know, we rolled out a new database infrastructure. Our intent was to provide a better platform to support the growth of your community. Clearly, the rollout did not happen according to plan; we ran into a number of unanticipated issues, many of which you have noted. Again, we apologize for these issues, and we are sorry for any inconveniences that may have been caused.
At this point, the new database is in place, and we have tackled the critical bugs. If you notice anything out of place, please do not hesitate to let us know.
We fully recognize that we exist to support your community, and we hope you'll forgive us for letting you down in that respect. We also want you to know that we intend to continue investing in SI's infrastructure, to support its continued growth. After all, we all want SI to be the best site of its kind, and we know that what truly makes SI great is its tremendous member community.
Frankly, with this thought in mind, you deserve more than an apology. You have proven, time and again, that you know what it takes to build and maintain a high-quality community. You have proven it by making Silicon Investor the best community on the Web, and we appreciate the contributions that each of you continue to make. And since no simple apology can re-write these events, we have an offer that we believe shows our commitment to your community and to your ownership of that community.
To that point, we are giving you the ability to give a free, lifetime Silicon Investor Premium Membership to anyone you deem worthy. You have consistently demonstrated that you genuinely have SI's best interest in mind, so we are confident that you will invite only the highest quality individuals to join your community. Please note: We have no intention of making Silicon Investor a "free" community, which is why we must limit this offer to one request per member, and requests must be submitted by the end of July (see Instructions below). We hope that this will serve as a small token of our appreciation for your patience and continued support.
As always, please let us know how we can serve you better.
Regards,
Bryan Burdick
Managing Director, Silicon Investor
Senior Vice President, Go2Net, Inc.
Russell C. Horowitz
Chairman and CEO, Go2Net, Inc.
Instructions:
To request a free, lifetime Silicon Investor Premium Membership for a friend,
1. Ask your friend to register for a Basic Membership on Silicon Investor. The Basic Membership registration process is simple and free. The registration page can be found at this URL: siliconinvestor.com. Note: If your friend is already a registered user of Silicon Investor, you can skip to step #2, i.e. they don't need to re-register.
2. When your friend has completed the Basic Membership registration process, have your friend send you the Username they selected during that registration process.
3. Reply to this Private Message (PM) with the Username that your friend selected, and we will set up the complimentary lifetime membership, and send you a confirmation.
Important Notes:
1. One Request per Member: We can only honor one request per member.
2. Request Deadline: Requests must be submitted via PM by July 31, 2000.
3. Terms of Use: All members will be subject to the Silicon Investor Terms of Use.
4. Attention Monthly Subscribers: If you are currently a monthly/annual subscriber and you would like to request a free lifetime membership for yourself, you may do so by following the same procedure outlined above. Simply submit your own Username to us via reply to this PM.
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