For those such as some lurkers who may not have received the letter:

"Dear Members of FlyerTalk:

We at FlyerTalk are deeply saddened and outraged by this week's acts of
terrorism on the American people and the world at large.

Our thoughts, prayers and sympathies go out to our fellow flyers and fellow
citizens of all countries who have been affected by this unthinkable
tragedy.

We are also most grateful to those courageous individuals who put themselves
in harm's way to help ensure the health, well being and safety of the
communities in which we all live and especially in those communities that
have been singled out for these cowardly acts.

Each of you, as concerned and valued members of FlyerTalk, should also have
confidence that, despite the enormity of this tragedy, FlyerTalk remains
open for your comment and continued support of the community. We do so with
constant remembrance of the event.

The events of this week have been a tragedy for all of us. Many are asking
what they can do to help. As a community of travelers and more, may I
suggest that you support our new FlyerTalkCares program. On FlyerTalk, we
have established a way for you to donate to the Red Cross Disaster Relief
Fund. ALL donated money by members of FlyerTalk will go to the Red Cross to
help victims of this and other tragedies. WE have made it easy for you to
use your credit card to donate and all donations will be tax-deductible (as
well as earn miles if you are using the right credit card). Also, FlyerTalk
will assume any credit card fees and other expenses related to this process
to ensure that 100% of your support of this effort ends up at the Red Cross.
You will find this donation center on the front page of flyertalk.com and
promoted during the next few weeks on the Web site. As a community, this
will certainly show how far we've come and I for one look forward to your
support. I am making the first donation on behalf of FlyerTalk. I, like many
Americans recently received a tax refund for $300. That is my first, and not
likely last donation to the FlyerTalkCares program. Understand that
donations of $1 will mean the same. It says that we, as FlyerTalkers and
travelers, do care about the world in which we live in. Those passengers on
those four fatal flights deserve our respect, as do the citizens of many
nationalities that were in and around the buildings involved. We chose the
Red Cross because they serve tragedies like this around the globe, and we
are a global community.

Thank you for your time and for your care.

Sincerely,

Randy Petersen
President, FlyerTalk

https://www.secureflyer.com/ft/redcross.php

ELECTIONS: Because most of us as travelers have our minds elsewhere during this
time, we are extending the FlyerTalk TalkBoard elections for an additional 4
days, with the ballots being final as of 7 pm, Friday September 28th."

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Thanks Randy!