Free Republic 3rd Qtr 2024 Fundraising Target: $81,000 | Receipts & Pledges to-date: $42,453 | |||
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Woo hoo!! And we're now over 52%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless. |
Posted on 06/14/2002 8:56:18 AM PDT by BADJOE
The Freepathons are hard work for those of us who work the threads and the incoming donations. When donations come in it is our reward, no matter how small they are. We spend our time thanking the donor, posting amongst our selves, etc. When it gets quiet and hours go by without any incoming donations it gets very frustrating.
So we go out and carpet bomb the threads to create more incoming donations.Here is where the problem starts. If you don't like our appeals, just scroll past them or DONATE. The sooner we reach or goal the sooner the bombs go away. Yesterday your Freepathon team took an amazing amount of abuse, on other threads and via Freepmail. Without this team there would not be this forum for your enjoyment. If you were to read the comments that come in from truely poor Freepers and Lurkers it would make you cry and hang your head in shame. There is no obligation to donate. You all are welcome here. BUT there is an obligation not to bitch about it. Attacking our fundraising team on any thread or via Freepmail will earn you a time out. I want it stopped NOW.
I personally do not give a damn about your pissy assed ego whining about how you can't afford to help. Read all you want. Post all you want. But shut the hell up when it comes to the team and the fundraising efforts. Calling the team moochers and worse on any thread, or sending them nasty Freepmails will get you forever banned.
We do not mind that you ride in our boat. We do not mind that you do not help row. But if you insist on dragging your feet in the water, Get the hell out of our boat.
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If some of you are the ones bashing Pres Bush and his supporters on here like me, then either donate now or shut up and leave us alone! Everytime you bash me and our President, be prepared to be asked if you donated to Free Republic -- would be nice if you gave an honest answer too!
Joe, you are absolutely right. A timely post and well put.
I just sent you the following e-mail in response to your e-mail acknowledging my donation. But I thought it might be appropriate to share it with the rest of Freeperdom. So here it is:
Thank you for acknowledging my donation. This is the first time I have ever received an acknowledgment, which is something I always thought FR should do. The fact that you are now acknowledging donations demonstrates the continuing sophistication and class of the FR website
If I may make a suggestion, I think it would be helpful to future fundraisers (or even this one, if there is time) if FR could publicly acknowledge those who donate. For example, maybe there could be a star on each donating member's profile, perhaps color coded to show what range of donation the member made. Possibly there could be a "Hall of Fame" page where you list the screen names of those who donate. Freeper peer pressure would go a long way towards encouraging those who never donate to do so.
Possibly there could even be additional levels of functionality made available to those who donate. (Not sure what that might be, or how one would implement it. Just trying to offer some food for thought.)
Anyway, keep up the great, important work. God bless you, Jim and John, FR and our great Republic!
I'm hoping that this message will inspire other Freepers to think about what additional steps FR might make to increase the number of donating Freepers.
I love dogs, horses are my passion. Cats are, well, OK. How about a huge democ-RAT, with the tag: Give! Or we let the RAT live!...
Damn right...Thanks BADJOE. The jerks should be kicked off! Their priorities are obviously not with FR.
No there's not, but I did (modestly) anyway. The ability to be informed, comment about it, and blow off steam at the condition of this world is priceless.
Don't let the shallow ingrates get to you Freepathon Volunteers. The more one sweats in training, the less one bleeds in combat.
Thanks for the good job.
Regards,
elBUCKo
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