Posted on 12/08/2001 12:25:12 AM PST by Jim Robinson
AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!
I wonder if the membership is sufficient . . . if we could build up an endowment . . . of some substance.
Perhaps an endowment not technically connected in any legal way . . . but with a group of trusted board members of a new org . . . which happened to 100% of the time donate 100% of the endowment interest etc. to the operation of FR.
Not sure what the legal implications of all that would be. But would love to see FR avoid the quarterly hassles.
And, would love to have it so JimRob didn’t need to feel like he was living on the quarterly edge—not that he does—just what I might feel like in his place.
I know that IF I ever won a lottery or some such, I’d sure be seeking ways to set up FR and JimRob and family in a way that was much more financially secure and insulated from potential hassles—if there was such a way.
Being a semi-retired pauper—no danger of that any time soon, as far as I know.
But if Rush could raise 2.1 million in a week for that farce of a letter . . . seems like we ought to be able to do considerable something toward an endowment.
I wonder if there were a category of 10% of the quarterly goal set up toward an endowment if that would be worth doing???
Blessings to all concerned and particularly to JimRob and family who afford us so much meaningful participation in the body politic at this critical time in our history
as well as who afford us so much fun and enlightenment.
bttt
;)
Of course not. The only thing that matters is that Jim raises enough money to cover the budget. Of course, it would be nice if enough people signed up for a monthly donation so they could terminate the quarterly FAT’s.
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I don't know where you got the 99% number from but don't forget that there is a choice for people to donate anonymously.
BOBJ in all the years that I have been on this board I think that you may have had a negative influence. I will grant that you kept JR alive in the earlies, and I give you credit for that but your one size fits all Kali Republican Republican politics drove a lot of non Kali’s off.
I agree and hope the ones that can afford to remove a couple of trips to Arbys a month could help here.
There are different ways of looking at that number. If you count all the people who come to FR over a three month period, that number may be low. If you count only regular users, say people who come here once a week, that number may be high. Divide the amount Jim raises every three months by the average donation to get number of donors than divide that by what number you want to use as participants.
I have no idea what you’re talking about. Maybe you could be a little more specific. My involvement and contributions to FR go far beyond my efforts in FR’s early years.
“Kali Republican Republican politics”?
You'd think they would stay here.
I could call myself a Non-Hindu Goddess Kali and I'm staying!
One of the things that I realized, aside from the fact that FR network drove many of the activists, that I relied on, away from FR, is that a centrally planned, Kali style, Republican Assemblies ain’t going to work.
I’m not sure what you mean by centrally planned Kali Repub Assembly. The National Federation of Republican Assemblies is a national organization of all state republican groups, the President residing in FLorida. It’s not run from CA, they are only one of 50 chapters. So you’ll need to explain this in more detail.
In any event the FRN was never affiliated with this group other than working together on specific projects. The NFRA did give Jim their annual “Ronald Reagan” award back in ‘02 or ‘03, an award Jim was honored to receive.
As for the Networks affiliation with you, I am again mystified. I know there was an active chapter based out of Connecticut who was one of the original chapters in FR, but I don’t remember the the Network dictating anything to them. As I recall they were pretty independent anyway, I doubt they would take that kind of instruction well.
In fact, the Network never dictated anything to any of the Chapters. The purpose of the FRN was to be a resource and provide services for them, not to tell them what to do. The FRN helped fledgling chapters get organized, gave them a website where they could conduct business in private, organized online meetings so chapter leaders could discuss activism and went so far as to provide a million dollar insurance policy so chapter leaders wouldn’t have to worry about losing their homes if a FReep went bad.
At one time we had 50-55 FR chapters involved. OF course some were just a few people, others were very active. We helped organize the 250 rallies around the country during the election debacle and over 250 for the “Rally for America” during the run up to the WOT. We had working relationships with dozens of other organizations. FRN members created the “Winter Soldier” website which ended up being a tremendous resource for the press during the Kerry and Swift Boaters campaign. IN fact, two FRN BOD members created and managed the Swift Boat website for them.
OF course that was destroyed by partisan elements in FR through a process of character assassination and lies. Now, 95% of FR activism is centered around DC which primarily is directed at getting on the face of Code Pink.
I think that is more important than a nationwide network of activist chapters affiliated with dozens of other professional groups that can pull together national activities on short notice, or building research websites like WinterSoldier.com?
Don’t you?
Thank you, Jim.
You and your wife and family and FR are the best.
What brought this on?
Oh, pooh, forget my last question. I just noticed the thread is six years old. Doh!
btatbiwaf
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