As most of you already know Tony Rome has just had his business wiped out by Hurricane Wilma in Cozumel. He and his family are OK fortunately but life for them there is very hard and Tony has to try and rebuild his life under very difficult circumstances.

If you can afford to help out please do. Tony is a close member of our online family and most of you regulars here know what a great friend he is and how he is always happy to help us out whenever he can. This is our chance to say thank you to him by clicking on the link below to put a donation directly into a PayPal account setup to help him. Please help make life for Tony and his family a lot less stressful than it is at present. And we know that Tony would do the same for any of us. You are a very special friend to us Tony.

Help Our Friend Tony


[This message has been edited by Nigel (edited 11-02-2005).]

hi nigel,with all the identity fraud going on ,i am concerned about using credit cards over the net,i do however have some usa dollars that i am happy to send through the post,can you put up an address that i can send it to,cheers mike

Tony Rome, a fellow musician/entertainer and contributor to several music
forums, lives in Cozumel, Mexico, an island paradise that was recently
devastated by hurricane Wilma. While his home and family survived the
hurricane's ravages, his restaurant, which was his primary source of income,
was completely destroyed.

Tony is making a valliant effort to begin anew, which at age 65 is difficult
at best. While he was able to salvage some of the restaurant's equipment,
most of the essential items were lost to the storm. He is currently seeking
funding to rebuild his establishment, a monumental task that will likely
take several months. In the interum, he needs to find a way to survive under
desparate circumstances. Therefore, I am soliciting donations for Tony and
his family to help them make it through the difficult times he now faces.
You can help by sending a donation of any amount to him via the above PayPal link.

Tony said "When I get back on my feet, I'll put on the biggest Synthzone Jam Session
for the folks who helped me that this island will ever see. God bless
everyone."

Gary (Travlin' Easy)

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Travlin' Easy

[This message has been edited by travlin'easy (edited 11-03-2005).]

Mike,

PayPal is probably more secure than sending cash through the mail. I'll try to get Tony's mailing address in Mexico and email it to you in the next day or two. Keep in mind, however, that most everything in this part of Mexico has been destroyed by the storm, including the post offices and postal service vehicles. It will be several months before postal services are fully restored.

Cheers,

Gary

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Travlin' Easy

Gary, Nigel...just "did it" (and I normally HATE PayPal!)

Russ

I'm in, guys! Give up a couple of dinners out and pitch in what you can. Tony is a great guy.
DonM

Ok gary, i trust your word about paypal, donation has been sent,lets hope tony,s support grows and gets him back on his feet soon,mike

Good Morning to all of you...I just want to take a few minutes to say thank you all for your generosity and support it's overwelming
considering that we have never met...Gary,
Nigel, Russ, Nardoni,Joe Waters, Posey, Graham, Michael Koslowski, worth quarrie DonM and the rest of you beautiful Guys and Dolls....My Wife and Children also thank you....
Tony Rome and Family

Tony, I just sent a contribution on a credit card through Pay pal but I am not sure it went through. Let me know when you are able to and thanks,
I don't have a pay pal account for about a year due to all the fraud, I cancelled it
Bill Forrest
Bebop

Bill, Thank you very much for your kindness
I just checked with paypal and your payment to them didn't take, would you please try again....I will let you know when it comes through....thank you again...
Tony Rome

I might come to mexico next year

Take care

fred

OK TONY, I did it again and this time I am pretty sure it went through.
Best to you and yours,
Bill Forrest the Bebop

Freddy and Bill....they both came in ....and again, thank you both for your kindness...and we will wait for both of you to get here for the SYNTHZONE JAM..God Bless
Tony Rome

Thanks Tony,
Happy to hear the pot is growing and it is my hope that everyone will chip in what they can afford to help out a member in need. It could be them next time.
Tony, Is there any other way I can help you from here? Let me know dude!
Best to all
Bebop

Well, I live in Rome, so...

Andrea, So did I for almost 2 years back in 1975-76-77 Via Sestina....
Andrea, Mille Grazie per il tuo donazione
fratellino e Buona Fortuna...
Tony Rome

Tony,
I sent in a donation via paypal. Good luck in rebuilding your business.
Jim Palmisano

Hello Tony,
We're so glad to hear you again. I hope you can recover fast from this natural disaster. Reminded me of my younger years in my home country where typhoons, floods & earthquakes are normal occurences.
Anyway, pls. accept our small donations to help you & your family even in small way.
Jimmy

I have problem sending money thru PayPal for Tony Rome on office PC.
I'll try at home tonight.
Jim

Andrea, Bill, Jim, Synerjim Thank you all so much for you generosity and support...
God Bless all of you....
Tony Rome

Tony:

Did mine come thru?

Best of everything to you and your family.

Regards,

Michael

Thanks so much to all of you for helping Tony get his life back together. I've always known that we have the very best online community here at Synth Zone. And you've all confirmed that with your generosity. Whenever anyone here is in trouble the other members step up to the plate. We have a comradeship between us that I don't think can be found anywhere else online. Thanks so much to you all. I always knew you are all a very special group of friends.

I look forward to meeting you all for a big party/jam in Cozumel once this is behind us all.


[This message has been edited by Nigel (edited 11-04-2005).]

Nigel...Thank you so much for your comments,
Those are my sentiments exactly...this is the best group of people ever to come together in one general area MUSIC, yes, the camaraderie is the best to be found anywhere, My family and I are overwhelmed with emotion from the generosity of the members...we will indeed meet at the SNYTHZONE JAM when this is all over...Thank you all again so much...I will install a plaque in the new restaurant dedicated to you all.....

Mike, yes it came in and will clear on the 8th which will be Tues....Thank you...I'm going to send personal notes to everyone this weekend....clean up is coming along slowly but should pick up after this weekend
Tony Rome

Tony:

I just used PayPal, looks like it went thru OK. Please let me know once you can verify it.

Best Wishes!

You folks have been GREAT!In an increasingly more impersonal world ,this has been a benchmark reaffirmation of the existance of good people who take the extra step to do the right thing.

I'm honored to know all of you.

Best to all,

Russ

The world moves in circles.
What goes around, comes around.
This is an example at its finest.
C'mon people please sow some of those good seeds the make so much difference in this life and perhaps also in another life.
Best to you all and thanks to all for helping a member in distress.
Tony Rome is one fine fellow and so are most all of us.
WE ARE FAMILY
Best to all
Bebop

Steve...Yes, it came in...also Scotty Yee
and Jaime Reyes...Thank you all so much for your help....
Tony Rome

Hey Brickboo..it was great to hear from you,
Thank you for your donation...it will help a great deal....thank you again...we all miss you on the forum, when are you coming back????????
Tony Rome

Tony...never used PayPal before...got an acknowledgement...everything ok on your end?

Russ

Russ....I received it and posted on an earlier post thank you again man, you guys really don't know how much this all helps...
Tony Rome

Hi Tony,

I'm hoping that I will be able to make a donation by Tuesday or Wednesday of next week.
Best of luck to you and your family.

Eric

Eric....Thank you ever so much....believe me, it all helps....they are talking about giving low interest loans to business men who have like me lost everything....are you ready for low interest...15% instaed of the 25-32% normally...and we would need a co-signer to guarantee the loan to the bank...
so much for Mexican Fema.....go figure...
again Eric and all of you good folks, thank you...it all helps.....
Tony Rome

Tony,

my wife and I are planing to come down to Playa del Carmen in the near future again.

You better have your restaurant up and going by that time so I can report to our Synthzone family where all the money is going.

No pressure there, but I'm looking foreward to some outstanding food.....

Good luck with your loan

Eric

Hi Tony,
Great to hear you received our small help for you. We hope you can go back & restore or maybe open a bigger restaurant sooner.
Jim

Thanks Eric...let me know when you are coming and we will put out the Red carpet...
Tony Rome

Thanks Jim....I will be happy just to have what I had before....Thank you agin....
Tony Rome

I tried it again and again but PayPal doesn't work for me. I don't have any credit cards but I'm having a normal bank account. Why can't I transfer any money to our best friend in Cozumel???

If you give me a bank number and an bank account then I'll be able to transfer some money from my bank to your bank! Any ideas?

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Greetings from Frankfurt (Germany),
Sheriff ;-)

[This message has been edited by Sheriff (edited 11-06-2005).]

Sheriff.....I tried to send you information
but you don't have an e-mail address listed in your profile....how do people contact you
send me your telephone # or get Skype so you can sommunicate with the modern world and the rest of us hehehehe.....thank you...
Tony Rome

Oops? Sorry, Tony! Here we go again...
Try this: sheriff#@#rmrost.de (remove the sharps)
Meanwhile I'm trying to send it direct to you...

For modern world communication I'm still using my 1 bit bonfire system with its firewire III interface. It was delivered with an extra cover as a smoke/non-smoke switch. It has a Fire Stone BIOS and an Abacus CPU. The CMOS settings are chiselled in little stones. The graphic card I'm using is the Big Desert by Sahara with the great Fire Boost graphic chip. My system uses a 1.5 Gigagallon/s pipeline for higher bonfire activity. Hey, I want to be seen all over the world...

Regards, Danny

Fran Carango...I just want to out a few lines to say "Thank you" your support..it means a great deal to me to have the support of the forum membership, this truly is one great "Family" again, Thank you to all.....
Tony Rome

I just talked with Tony on the phone and he was hoping to send everyone individuals emails expressing his thanks. Unfortunately, his computer has a trojan that he cannot seem to get rid of, therefore, he reluctantly had to refrain from sending the personal emails for fear of corrupting the computers of those who have been so generous. He's working on trying to find a fix that would get rid of the computer's nasties, but because the trojan is relatively new, he has not been successful in finding a fix.

In his behalf, I would like to thank all of those individuals that contributed to the Tony Rome Fund, and give a special thanks to Nigel and Joe Waters for providing the links that made this possible.

Gary

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Travlin' Easy

Hi Tony,

I was now able to make a payment to you and your family.
I hope it reached you.

Best to you and your family

Eric

Eric....Thank you for your very generous donation....it will help greatly...and I am Blessed with friends and family I never knew I had until now...thank you all and God Bless....
Tony Rome

Tony:

If we're truly family, would you take care of my dog and my wife's 7 cats for a month while we go on vacation........
pose

Pose....you got it man....just get em down here....I hope they all have names....you can vacation here....hehehe
Tony Rome

So how is the cleanup going down there for you Tony? I'd imagine playing music is a lower priority at the moment than pulling things back together ( Though music always helps the spirit ).

Nigel.....if it weren't for MUSIC, I'd have no sanity....it's the only thing that holds us all together....we finaly have all of the big palapa down and cleaned up...waiting on proposals for the rebuild...
there is a great shortage of building materials here, what ever we have on the island now is being claimed by the township first and the big hotels on the beach....I have no idea how long before it starts to trickle down to the little guys..as son as I can replace the equiptment needed in the kitchen, I will reopen "A LA OPEN AIR", you
know, under the stars so to speak..we will do whatever it takes to survive...as bad as it was, it could have been much more devestating...thank God it wasn't....I will post more photos in the next few days.Nigel again,thank you and all of my SnythZone Family for all of your donations, prayers and support....all of it will be remembered and none will go unrewarded in some way..God
Bless you all and continue to be the best Family out there...
Tony Rome

Tony:

Although we've never met , you and your troupers sure seem like family, I bet if I "had" a dog and 7 cats and could afford a vacation you would take on the chore. If I was able,(and alot younger) I would come down and we'd put that building back up, bigger and better, I'm a retired general contractor, but can't swing a hammer no more, (can't hardly even swing a audience anymore he he) But you'll make it, hope the new building is more hurricane proof than the old......Cheers Pose

Tony,
Susan and I had planned to come see you this month to celebrate our 25th anniversary AND the end of her chemotherapy. Since the storm hit, we decided not to go anywhere and we will wait until you rebuild.
DonM

Nigel.....if it weren't for MUSIC, I'd have no sanity....it's the only thing that holds us all together....we finaly have all of the big palapa down and cleaned up...waiting on proposals for the rebuild...
there is a great shortage of building materials here, what ever we have on the island now is being claimed by the township first and the big hotels on the beach....I have no idea how long before it starts to trickle down to the little guys..as son as I can replace the equiptment needed in the kitchen, I will reopen "A LA OPEN AIR", you
know, under the stars so to speak..we will do whatever it takes to survive...as bad as it was, it could have been much more devestating...thank God it wasn't....I will post more photos in the next few days.Nigel again,thank you and all of my SnythZone Family for all of your donations, prayers and support....all of it will be remembered and none will go unrewarded in some way..God
Bless you all and continue to be the best Family out there...
Tony Rome

Pose....I hope that you can get to come down for your vacation when you can...with or without the dogs and cats....Thanks for the kind comments...
Tony Rome

Don....I'm sorry that I won't get a chance t met you and Susan but you are welcome here anytime Happy Aniversary and congratulations on Susan being finished with her treatments....I will be here when the two of you decide to get here....till then, take good care of each other.....
Tony Rome....

Hello, Tony!
Is your problem with the PC virus solved?
Can we exchange e-mails again without being anxious to infect our systems?
Regards, Danny

Yes Danny, It is resolved....however, while cleansing the virus, I've lost some important Windows Office files to use Word and Pub and a few other programs that I needed to make thank you notes for all of the wonderful folks that have helped me in this troubled time....waiting for an install disc for Office 2003 to reinstall all of my lost files...i tried to call you a few times but keep getting a busy signal..
I think it's our international lines....
Tony Rome

I would like to take this time to again say a very big THANK YOU to all of the members that sent us donations....again I am blessed
to have a wonderful extended family such as you....now, I need the addresses of those of you who send donations and didn't include an address....I would like to send a
thank you and have just sent out some but are missing the addresses of others, please
send me your addresses in a private e-mail so it will be confidential....thank you ever so much tonyrome@tonyrome.com God Bless
TR