http://www.geocities.com/cropcirclecanada

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RESEARCH ASSISTANCE - DONATIONS AND 2001 SUMMARY REPORT

As you know, we are now in the middle of the 'circle season' here in Canada, primarily August and September each year. With this, and especially this year with the 'Signs'-related increase in public interest, both the web site traffic and CCCRN News subscriber list have seen significant increases in recent weeks and months.

I had just finished upgrading the web site a few weeks ago to hopefully prevent a shutdown from the expected increase in traffice resulting from 'Signs'. Unfortunately, the upgrade wasn't sufficient to handle the even more than expected increase (!), resulting in the web site being shutdown for about half a month, an inconvenience not only to the viewing public, but also to myself, in wanting to keep people as up to date as possible on current crop circle events in Canada.

While both the web site and e-news service have always been free (and will continue to be), and CCCRN itself is non-profit and volunteer based, it is becoming necessary to cover increasing costs, which includes web site hosting, internet / phone charges, travel to the prairies (as I actually live in Vancouver, a good third of the way across the country from where most of the 'action' is), etc. The web site will be upgraded further, with regular domain name, increased storage space, etc., but support is needed, and for that online resource to continue without further interruptions. The CCCRN web site has the only online archive of Canadian formations, now over 200 known reports going back to 1941.

Donations:

Donations help the research work to continue, making the lastest Canadian information available, exclusively from CCCRN. Any amount is appreciated, and can be made by cheque or money order or online with PayPal. They can also be sent to respective CCCRN provincial branches to assist with local research expenses:

http://www.geocities.com/cropcirclecanada/assistance.html

For those who have already contributed recently, thank you!

Canadian Crop Circle Summary Report 2001:

A few copies of the Canadian Crop Circle Summary Report 2001 are also still available, until additional ones can be printed as needed. Full colour cover with b&w inside pages. 8.5 x 11 format, saddle stitched, 20 pages, 38 photos and diagrams, with an overview of the twenty reports including CCCRN's field investigations for Crop Watch 2001 and related experiences and anomalies.

Prices (all in Canadian funds, including postage):

Canada: $6.00
USA: $7.00
Other Foreign: $8.00

Please do not send payments by PayPal at this time (cheques or money orders only) as there is a problem with the links not working properly (the PayPal link for donations on the Assistance page _is_ working however):

http://www.geocities.com/cropcirclecanada/summaryreport01.html

Again, to those who have already purchased copies, thank you!

Thank you for your continued support, and please note that this will not be an often-repeated request! Paul Anderson

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CCCRN News is the e-news service of the Canadian Crop Circle Research Network, providing e-mail updates with the latest news and reports on the crop circle phenomenon in Canada, as well as other information on CCCRN-related projects and events, sent free to your e-mail.

To subscribe, send an e-mail with Subscribe CCCRN News in the subject line to:
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The Canadian Crop Circle Research Network is a non-profit research organization which has been investigating and documenting the crop circle phenomenon and other possibly related phenomena in Canada since 1995, creating a liason between researchers, farmers, the public, the media and scientists in trying to solve this ongoing enigma.

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