Hopefully this can be a good start towards easing this fund raising for Jim/John, the regular fund raisers and old goats like me, who like to help out!
One of the key things in getting people started in something like this is to make it understandable re the need for their support and too make it easy for them to start and contribute on a regular basis! Hopefully that has been started.
The goal of 5,000 regular donors should be an ongoing goal for FR! New comers need to be made aware of the need and how they can help!
It has been a very amazing and positive day for me. We have a number of new pledgers who don't have jobs and a number of "old" pledgers who lost their jobs and still are maintaining their pledges. I have received some incredible and personal freepmails from people staying with us or getting on board!
FR was a big comfort during the 2000 post election period. It's a daily favorite hang-out. Thanks for being there!!