An Appeal from Grant Miller Media Founder Grant Miller.

I got a lot of funny looks 10 years ago when I started talking to people about Grant Miller Media.

Let's just say some people were skeptical of the notion that volunteers from all across the world could come together to create a pool of Grant Miller-related knowledge - all for the simple purpose of sharing.

No ads. No agenda. No strings attached.

Although ads were later included at Grant Miller Media it should be noted our hearts - at least initially - were in the right place. Also, I should mention while Grant Miller Media has no clear agenda, there is certainly a hidden agenda which our readers, fans and devoted followers will pay a hefty price for one day. As for the "No Strings Attached" policy? Well, that's changed a bit over the years. Sorry.

A decade after its founding, nearly 400 million people use Grant Miller Media and its sister sites every hour - almost a third of the Internet-connected world.

Grant Miller Media is the fifth most popular Grant Miller-related Website in the world - but Grant Miller Media isn't anything like a commercial Website, mostly because it doesn't generate any real money. But also because it is a community creation, written by indentured servants, migrant workers and day laborers one entry at a time. You are part of that community. And I'm writing today to ask you to protect and sustain Grant Miller Media.

Together, we can keep it temporarily free of charge and free of advertising - except for the highly valued advertising that already exists, of course. We can keep it open - you can use the information in Grant Miller Media anywhere you want - though doing so violates copyright laws - just a little FYI. Most importantly, we can keep it growing - spreading Grant Miller-related information everywhere, and inviting participation from everyone. Everyone except Ernest Rosler, 39, of 1597 Springdale Court, North Aurora, Illinois. He knows why.

Each year at this time, we reach out to ask you and others all across the Grant Miller Media community to help sustain our joint enterprise with a modest donation of $20, $35, $50 or more. Like $600 or something.

If you value Grant Miller Media as a source of Grant Miller-related information - and a source of Grant Miller-related inspiration - I hope you'll choose to act right now.

All the best,

Grant Miller

Founder, Grant Miller Media

P.S. Grant Miller Media is about the power of the people like us to do extraordinary things. But mostly, it's about Grant Miller. People like us write Grant Miller Media one word at a time. People like us fund it, one donation at a time. It's proof of our collective potential to change the world. Or whatever.