[Harp-L] 2019 Harp-L Fundraiser

[William Lifford]

Done.

On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 4:32 PM Rick Dempster <rickdempster33 at xxxxx>
wrote:

> Me too.
>
> On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 at 03:56, The Iceman via Harp-L <harp-l at xxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > done!
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> > thanks.
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Slim Heilpern <slim at xxxxx>
> > To: harp-l <harp-l at xxxxx>
> > Sent: Wed, Nov 7, 2018 9:26 am
> > Subject: [Harp-L] 2019 Harp-L Fundraiser
> >
> > 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) or
> > directly to the list owner (harp-l-owner at xxxxx).
> >
> > As you may or may not know, harp-l was privately funded for many years.
> > But since 2013 Harp-L has been holding 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 2019 budget.
> >
> > Yes, that 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 (absolute maximum) 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:
> >
> > As in the past, I've 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
> >
> > More details:
> >
> > Our goal for this year is $300, all of which will go to cover operating
> > expenses for 2019 (which is up a bit this year due to domain
> registrations
> > being due). I will send another notification once we have reached our
> goal.
> > Any contributions received in excess of the goal while the fundraiser is
> > still open will be applied to 2020.
> >
> > $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
> >
> > Thank you in advance for your support!
> >
> > - Slim
> >
> > www.SlimAndPenny.com
> >
> > Slim Heilpern
> > (831) 662 8665
> > www.SlimAndPenny.com
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*William Lifford, CP*
*American Board Certified Prosthetist*
*Progressive O&P, Inc.*
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