• Unlike many web sites it is our general policy to keep the site free from advertising.
  We feel advertising would be detrimental for the visual appeal of the site and it's, (your) content.
• Another early policy decision was that there should be a free membership option, making the site as accessable as possible for emerging artists to include their information.

• Currently the HCJ Project is funded out of my pocket.... But I believe that ...
  
• It will, in the future, be funded by people's time.

• As the saying goes ... "Time is money".
• I am gambling that my time is cheeper than yours.
  Members can spend their time logging in, learning how to submit and edit their content, many will, depending on how they value their time.
• For some people it will make much more sense to join as an assisted member for peanuts and have all their content proffessionally added for them for a year.

• The "featured artists and galleries" on the front page are in effect advertising.
• Allowing members to, (at extreamly reasonable rates) dramatically increase their level of exposure, allows us to offer most services free.
  

• There are other ways which are being explored to fill any gap in funding, like books: but care is always taken to try to consider the *site visitor".
• If you'd like to make sure we don't reach the bottom of our pockts you can also make a donation. Great or small: teeny weeny ones count too.