Posted on 11/30/2001 7:48:58 AM PST by Grampa Dave
We need the stewardship of 5,000 Free Republic members to insure the continuation of the Free Republic Life Form!
Jim Robinson said in yesterday's post: "My projections are that our regular monthly expenses for next year will be running in the neighborhood of $22,000 per month, or approximately $264,000 total for the year. This means we will need to raise approximately $66,000 per quarter."
If 5,000 Free Republic members who believe in paying their own way and that no free lunch ever exists, pledge $5/month. Jim's goals and needs will be quickly surpassed!
5,000 good stewards of Free Republic pledging $5/month will total $75,000 per quarter. That would allow Jim/John a little breathing room!
Many of us donate more per month than that. So please don't reduce your donation. We just need 5,000 regular pledgers to make things easier for Jim.
Are there 5,000 good Stewards out there who can afford $5/month to keep alive the Free Republic Life Form?
One way to afford this is to cancel your subscription to your left wing fish wrap or bird cage liner. Donate half of that monthly cost to your favorite charity and the rest to Free Republic. If you do this, you remove your money from the enemies of America and invest it with the friends of America, Free Republic! That would be a double winner for America!
Become one of the 5,000 Freepers who believe that there is no Free Republic lunch and that only parasites want something for free! Sign up for $5/month on a monthly auto payment plan!
You're welcome!! You've motivated me to do my best - I'm happy to help you out by keeping this thread bumped! Glad to hear that you're feeling better! Hope you have a nice time with your family. Take care and get lots of rest!I will ask the folks on the fundraising thread to bump this thread while you're out.
Please bump Grampa Dave's thread!
Bumping for new $5 monthlies! Please join Grampa Dave's team!! Your $5 per month donation will be greatly appreciated!
An excerpt from Grampa Dave's Free Republic Lifeform post:
"This is a wonderful description of what Free Republic really is. It is a living and evolving Life Form to battle the left wingers and those who would destroy this country!...
Free Republic needs a constant infusion of cash to keep the Free Republic Life Form alive, viable and to grow. If we believe in Free Republic, we must donate each month or quarterly to keep this incredible life form alive... Good stewardship is what this world needs, not good intentions. Good conservative stewards will insure that the Free Republic Life Form continues to grow, be viable and thrives!"
The Free Republic Life Form continues to grow -- A $5 per month "infusion" will make a difference!!
(2nd - see what I mean?!!)
If the Gang of 5,000 (the term I prefer) or the 5,000 Responsible Freeper Club, or whatever it winds up being called, is actually formed, I will proudly wear my cyber-pin -- whether it is a colored handle display, or an icon attached to my screen name or whatever.
Maurice wrote:
I just sent some money via PayPal from an old monitor that I sold which I received at no cost. Maybe, someday we can have a FreeRepublic Auction. Just sell old stuff and make donations from the proceeds.
An excellent idea, which might be used to fund special projects, such as a new stable of computers when Free Republic outgrows the ones it's using now.
A Freeper White Elephant Auction -- such a deal! Who knows what I can buy if all these Freepers dig those albino elaphantine knick-knacks out of their attics. Maybe eBay would cooperate and designate a special area for this. It would help them attact more traffic and spare FR from having to manage the software end of things.
And my money would go to support FR. And, I'd have those gifts available for Aunt Tessie, and my mother-in-law, and that weird cousin who wanders into our part of the world every third or fourth Christmas.
Bill
Maybe we should have a contest to name the Terrible 5000 next year. Then we can have an ongoing membership drive!
Thanks!
"If the Gang of 5,000 (the term I prefer) or the 5,000 Responsible Freeper Club, or whatever it winds up being called, is actually formed, I will proudly wear my cyber-pin -- whether it is a colored handle display, or an icon attached to my screen name or whatever."
Hey - there's an idea! A Grampa Dave's "5,000 Responsible Freeper Club" cyber-pin!! Any of you Freeper HTML/graphics wizards want to design one?!!!
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