Good ideas, thanks!
It seems to me that a sharp FR lawyer could set up a “Friends of FREE REPUBLIC” Legal Entity that could then make donations to FREE REPUBLIC under certain legal terms.
This legal entity could then receive monies from a strict set of categories which would not encumber FREE REPUBLIC from it’s historic and current activities.
For example, fees from:
* Individual authors promoting one book per year, max.
* Conference, vacations, trips or Convention promotion notices.
* Membership promotion by approved organizations such as the NRA, and the Heritage Foundation.
Please, let’s not complicate this thing. I’m a strong believer in keeping it simple. FR works fine just the way it is.