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I would have missed it going straight to our cozy discussion forums. Janna wrote and email about Vaughn's health, and the financial health of DP. In case you missed it, in the general announcement section.
Vaughn, and surely Janna, had done so much over the years in helping to keep our discussion forum going, along with DP. They are less than 20% of the way there in raising funds to keep things going. They have a paypal place for donations
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Posted 30 July 2012 - 01:49 AM
Micomico - Thanks for posting this, it shows that this forum has a huge amount for the DP and especially Vaughn. I know how much the DP means to him & it's great that not only you, but also Janna are fundraising to keep the DP going.
I am working on donating to the cause - I'm out of town until late this week, so I can't donate until I get home....
I am working on donating to the cause - I'm out of town until late this week, so I can't donate until I get home....
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Posted 30 July 2012 - 09:51 PM
Like all of us I owe Vaughn and Janna for keeping this great website going. I'm currently not in a great financial position but I will try to put something aside next month. 
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Posted 01 August 2012 - 07:52 PM
Just a note to Janna or whomever reads this: it would probably help to make the donation info and notice a bit more prominent. If not for this forum post, I probably wouldn't have noticed it at all. And even with this post, I still had to go digging for the information on where to donate.
If you want/need people to give you a little money, make it as easy for them to do so as possible.
If you want/need people to give you a little money, make it as easy for them to do so as possible.
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Posted 01 August 2012 - 08:04 PM
so others don't have to search: http://www.dailypelo...nother-subject/
Janna, on 25 July 2012 - 04:38 AM, said:
Hello my wheeled friends,
It has been too long since I’ve given an update on Vaughn. And I have another subject to broach as well.
First, Vaughn. Five months out from his stroke he is walking well with a cane and is pretty strong on his right side (where the stroke “hit”). He can’t write very well yet, hasn’t tried typing, and his eyesight is giving him fits – reading is still too tough.
His communication is akin to being full steam in a sprint and then flatting. He has his line mapped perfectly. The first half of the sentence comes out clear and strong, and then, he gropes for a word. Often it does not come. He still pushes to grasp it, and when it finally won’t he usually laughs out loud and says “Ahhhh, F*%#k it!!”
Very occasionally he bursts into tears of frustration.
But in the past five months he has come from intensive care, where the doctors told his kids it was unlikely he would ever walk or talk again, to regular hospital care, to transitional care, to a heavy-duty, 8 hour a day, 7-day a week stroke rehab program, to convalescent care (where he would help his often gravely ill roommates and spend much of his days walking in the neighborhood), to assisted living. He has uniformly hated the food.
Then two weekends ago we discovered his heart was having a mechanical. But the team car was right there and he is now the proud owner of a pacemaker, a permanently embedded race radio that only his heart can hear (we promise no race regulations will be broken). He also requires a scary-sounding little surgery that may cause some improvement in his sight, so that is coming soon. But as of this week he has graduated to a much-less-assisted living, where his room is at the top of a pretty steep flight of stairs, he is now in charge of taking his meds and making his own food, with help (and he’s eaten two entire chickens in two days).
Our goal is that within the next couple of months he will be functioning fully on his own, in his own place. He wants to come back to the DP but that’s the finish of this mountain stage he’s on, and while he’s nearing the summit he still has some hard climbing ahead of him.
Which brings me to my other subject: fundraising.
I know that Vaughn traditionally runs a fundraising campaign to cover DP costs. I do not myself advocate charity as a business model. But there is loyalty.
The yearly DP server payment is due soon, and our trusted provider, Sleek Networks <http://www.sleek.net>, has reduced the DP yearly fee this year to show its support of Vaughn and the DP team in this challenging period, for which I would like to publicly thank them very much. There are other costs as well – I would like to pay for the forum for a full year instead of monthly (it’s like those drug tests for the podium – so annoying) so that you (yes, NBOL, I mean you) can enjoy the forum without interruption.
But more importantly, I would like to make sure the DP is here when Vaughn comes back.
If, over the past ten years, you would always see him logged into the forum, see his regular “chat now” messages, see the volume of articles posted on the DP, then you know the measure of his loyalty to the sport and to you, his fellow race fans.
I also know very well your level of loyalty: regularly reading the DP, impassioned posts in the forums, avid attendance of rider chats, and by your donations - of article submissions, kudos emails, photography, technical help, and yes, money.
But acknowledging all that you already do, would you help raise a few thousands so that we can all be here cheering when Vaughn flies across the line?
If you would, there is a PayPal link in this article: http://www.dailypelo...le.asp?pk=18929
Thank you for reading and best regards,
Site Goddess
(Janna Trevisanut)
It has been too long since I’ve given an update on Vaughn. And I have another subject to broach as well.
First, Vaughn. Five months out from his stroke he is walking well with a cane and is pretty strong on his right side (where the stroke “hit”). He can’t write very well yet, hasn’t tried typing, and his eyesight is giving him fits – reading is still too tough.
His communication is akin to being full steam in a sprint and then flatting. He has his line mapped perfectly. The first half of the sentence comes out clear and strong, and then, he gropes for a word. Often it does not come. He still pushes to grasp it, and when it finally won’t he usually laughs out loud and says “Ahhhh, F*%#k it!!”
Very occasionally he bursts into tears of frustration.
But in the past five months he has come from intensive care, where the doctors told his kids it was unlikely he would ever walk or talk again, to regular hospital care, to transitional care, to a heavy-duty, 8 hour a day, 7-day a week stroke rehab program, to convalescent care (where he would help his often gravely ill roommates and spend much of his days walking in the neighborhood), to assisted living. He has uniformly hated the food.
Then two weekends ago we discovered his heart was having a mechanical. But the team car was right there and he is now the proud owner of a pacemaker, a permanently embedded race radio that only his heart can hear (we promise no race regulations will be broken). He also requires a scary-sounding little surgery that may cause some improvement in his sight, so that is coming soon. But as of this week he has graduated to a much-less-assisted living, where his room is at the top of a pretty steep flight of stairs, he is now in charge of taking his meds and making his own food, with help (and he’s eaten two entire chickens in two days).
Our goal is that within the next couple of months he will be functioning fully on his own, in his own place. He wants to come back to the DP but that’s the finish of this mountain stage he’s on, and while he’s nearing the summit he still has some hard climbing ahead of him.
Which brings me to my other subject: fundraising.
I know that Vaughn traditionally runs a fundraising campaign to cover DP costs. I do not myself advocate charity as a business model. But there is loyalty.
The yearly DP server payment is due soon, and our trusted provider, Sleek Networks <http://www.sleek.net>, has reduced the DP yearly fee this year to show its support of Vaughn and the DP team in this challenging period, for which I would like to publicly thank them very much. There are other costs as well – I would like to pay for the forum for a full year instead of monthly (it’s like those drug tests for the podium – so annoying) so that you (yes, NBOL, I mean you) can enjoy the forum without interruption.
But more importantly, I would like to make sure the DP is here when Vaughn comes back.
If, over the past ten years, you would always see him logged into the forum, see his regular “chat now” messages, see the volume of articles posted on the DP, then you know the measure of his loyalty to the sport and to you, his fellow race fans.
I also know very well your level of loyalty: regularly reading the DP, impassioned posts in the forums, avid attendance of rider chats, and by your donations - of article submissions, kudos emails, photography, technical help, and yes, money.
But acknowledging all that you already do, would you help raise a few thousands so that we can all be here cheering when Vaughn flies across the line?
If you would, there is a PayPal link in this article: http://www.dailypelo...le.asp?pk=18929
Thank you for reading and best regards,
Site Goddess
(Janna Trevisanut)
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Posted 01 August 2012 - 08:09 PM
sorry to hear about vaughn's stroke. i hope you guys are hanging in. i'll donate tomorrow. great board, great friends.
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Posted 09 August 2012 - 04:49 PM
walt, on 07 August 2012 - 01:44 AM, said:
I've been away for awhile but have enjoyed this site for years. I will chip in. Sorry to hear about Vaughn. I hope he Is getting better.
Hello everyone. I will add to the total.
Vaughn and family you are in my thoughts and wish you the best for recovery.
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