Year-End Fundraising?
Russell Senior
Dear Personal Telco Supporters,
Well, the end of the tax year is approaching, and the opportunity to
support a cause like the Personal Telco Project and deriving a mild
tax-benefit in the process is beginning to narrow. Over the history
of PTP, we have gone through considerable gyrations to become and
maintain our status as a 501(c)(3), so we might as well try to take
advantage of that.
Last year, we had a project to fund the AlixCab project, and that went
very well. This year, we don't have any specific hardware needs.
One of the biggest impediments to most of the new-node requests we get
is: "I can't afford the internet connection". Historically, that's
something we couldn't do anything about. I'm wondering if, this year,
we might try raising, say $600-$800 and actually buy bandwidth for
some worthy location for a year, to enable people to get online
somewhere they otherwise wouldn't.
PTP has lots of things to do, but most of them don't involve money.
This is one thing that does.
Thoughts?
--
Russell Senior, President
rus...@personaltelco.net
Christopher Chen
I like it! I think we could turn this into a grant, you know, so
people can apply on behalf of a community, for a year of service and a
node.
cc
--
Chris Chen <muff...@gmail.com>
"The fact that yours is better than anyone else's
is not a guarantee that it's any good."
-- Seen on a wall
Russell Senior
Christopher> I like it! I think we could turn this into a grant, you
Christopher> know, so people can apply on behalf of a community, for a
Christopher> year of service and a node.
Random brainstorm:
You know it would be cool fundraiser where "roof toss" was one of the
events. Time-trials for unloading a non-penetrating sled of its eight
cinderblocks. Ladder climbing with a tool bag in your teeth. That
sort of thing.
Christopher Chen
<rus...@personaltelco.net> wrote:
>
>>>>>> "Christopher" == Christopher Chen <muff...@gmail.com> writes:
>
> Christopher> I like it! I think we could turn this into a grant, you
> Christopher> know, so people can apply on behalf of a community, for a
> Christopher> year of service and a node.
>
> Random brainstorm:
>
> You know it would be cool fundraiser where "roof toss" was one of the
> events. Time-trials for unloading a non-penetrating sled of its eight
> cinderblocks. Ladder climbing with a tool bag in your teeth. That
> sort of thing.
DON'T FALL
Russell Senior
Russell> Random brainstorm:
Russell> You know it would be cool fundraiser where "roof toss" was
Russell> one of the events. Time-trials for unloading a
Russell> non-penetrating sled of its eight cinderblocks. Ladder
Russell> climbing with a tool bag in your teeth. That sort of thing.
Christopher> DON'T FALL
Falling violates our Terms of Service.
Sara H
~Sara.