Thanks for the emails and PM's I am receiving. I want to let the thread just run for a few days, and then I will generate a compilation of the suggestions. From this I will post a suggested plan based as much on concensus as possible. We can then start to work towards a final product in terms of doing an ongoing, sustainable capital campaign.

Wonderful ideas here, and I have only had to delete one post. That one wasn't intended to be harmful, it just didn't relate to the point of the thread. One other took a personal jab, but the rest of the post was about the fundraising so I left it alone. No one paid any attention to it anyway.

Congratulations, and stay on point. We might just be able to do some real good.

One last thing. Someone above said they were leaving the thread because someone else said they weren't comfortable with the clones having knowledge of who contributes. Two points. First, don't leave. The comment was not made in a contentious fashion, it was just an opinion. Second, I agree with the comment. The list of who donates and what amounts should only be the business of Max and whomever he has in charge of the fundraising. Amount given should not be an indicator of support. For some folks just donating $15.00/year represents a bigger sacrifice and more generous donation than those who can afford to donate more, use it more, and yet send in a small amount. It is not for us to judge who gives what.

Mick