[Harp-L] 2017 Harp-L Fundraiser

[William Lifford]

Done!  $10 donated.  Thanks so much for helping!

On Monday, November 7, 2016, Slim Heilpern <slim at xxxxx> wrote:

> IMPORTANT: This post, while definitely meta discussion, has been approved
> by the list owner. Whatever you do, please do not respond to this post on
> harp-l. Instead, you may respond directly to myself (slim at xxxxx
> <javascript:;>) or directly to the list owner (harp-l-owner at xxxxx
> <javascript:;>).
>
> As you may or may not know, harp-l was privately funded for many years.
> Beginning with the 2013 budget, Harp-L tried something new in the form of
> an annual fundraiser to offset the basic costs of keeping the list up and
> running and this has worked out very well. Please note that the real work,
> provided entirely by the list owner, has and continues to be done on a
> volunteer basis. The previous fundraisers have all been successful and now
> it's time for a repeat performance with regard to the 2017 budget.
>
> The time has come again for folks like me (and hopefully you) to step up
> and contribute to the basic cost of keeping the list alive. We are asking
> that those who can afford it and would like to help out donate $5 or $10
> (max) for the upcoming year’s expenses.
>
> To be absolutely clear, donations are voluntary and will not affect your
> status as a list member whether you contribute funds or not in any given
> year. It’s perfectly OK to not make a donation.
>
> How to contribute to the fundraiser:
>
> I have volunteered to be the middleman for donations. The preferred way to
> donate is via my paypal account (all major credit cards accepted):
>
> To contribute $5 via paypal, click on this link:
> http://tinyurl.com/95dfp7b
>
> To contribute $10 via paypal, click on this link:
> http://tinyurl.com/9oo2ss2
>
> If you prefer to contribute by personal check, please contact me off list
> and I will send you the details of how to do that: slim at xxxxx
> <javascript:;>
>
> More details:
>
> Our goal for  2017 is a very modest $150, all of which will go to cover
> operating expenses for 2017. I will send another notification once we have
> reached our goal. Any contributions received in excess of the goal will be
> applied to 2018.
>
> $10 is the maximum individual contribution. Payments greater than that
> will be refunded in full (or in the case of a personal check, it will not
> be cashed).
>
> As far as I know, your contribution is not tax-deductible, although I’m
> not an expert on the subject.
>
> At the request of the list owner, your donation details (such as your
> name, email address, how much you donated) will not be made public, not
> even to the list owner. However, I will post a summary of the amounts
> received on a monthly basis to the list until the goal is reached. In the
> interest of keeping this as simple and cost-effective as possible, we’re
> not setting up any kind of business account for the contributions and folks
> will just have to trust that I have no intention or reason to do anything
> with the money other than forward the funds to the list owner, who pays the
> bills. My role in this is strictly as a volunteer.
>
> One final detail: During the first fundraiser there was some on-list
> discussion (and confusion) with respect to transaction fees when paying via
> credit card and the PayPal options to work around this. (Transaction fees
> are taken off the top of your contribution by PayPal). Please don't worry
> about the transaction fees as we're trying to keep this simple and I don't
> want to ask anyone to lie to PayPal as to the nature of their transaction.
> Rest assured, the transaction fee _will_ be covered by a matching donation,
> so your full contribution will be applied to the harp-l budget.
>
> If you have any questions, please contact me off list: slim at xxxxx
> <javascript:;>
>
> Thank you in advance for your support!
>
> - Slim
>
> www.SlimAndPenny.com
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William Lifford, CP
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