NO BANNER ADS PLEASE!!!

*-Phew!-*

Now that that's out of the way, there are a lot of good options that have been suggested here already. I did like the idea of a Trade Fair page, with links to musical sites. People could use that, especially if it is linked through a permathread.

(Banner ads scattered all over would definitely be somewhat repulsive. Besides, they only pay a little bit for clicks, a bit more for click-throughs, and a bit more for actual purchases through the link. It's not as much as you'd think. And sometimes you can't ignore them. I've gotten headaches from the flicker of certain ads in my "free" email. Please keep Mudcat really free, not "free".)

Also, we could try the voluntary subscription and see how it works. Certain people would be able to give, and certain others wouldn't. You still have to fundraise constantly if you do it at all, because some people drop out, and other people might not know there is a need for them to give.

Performers who use DT songs could pass around a jar after the specific song, and send that money to the Mudcat.

The idea of making songbooks of specific categories from the DT looks like a good one. "Bawdy Songs" "Badman Ballads" ... This could be good.

You could ask certain of your friends and family (you know, the ones who always give you a piece of (more) pretty junk that you don't need instead of a REAL present that you would use,) to give a donation in your name to the Mudcat instead of a present on holidays and birthdays.

My $0.02,
~*sirepseh*~