FReepathon: Our new Donation System is Ready to Roll!

Free Republic Donation System ^ | September 28, 2002 | Jim Robinson

[Jim Robinson]

Welcome to the New Free Republic Donation System!

John has programmed a great new donation system for us. It can accept credit cards or PayPay donations and will eventually also accept electronic checks. We have installed a new secure server system and have contracted with Authorize.net to do the actual credit card processing, and, of course, PayPal will process the PayPal donations through their system.

I've changed the links on our front page to link to the new program:

https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/

If you have bookmarks to the old system, please update to the new. The old system will be discontinued.

Take a test drive through the new system if you haven't already, and notice that it has several new features and reports available, including scoreboard, current stats, our budget and a faq. It's live now, so if you enter a donation it's for real (and thank you very much if you do).

John will continue making enhancements to the new system as we go, but the basic program is ready to go, and is live, and on the air.

We've decided to roll out our 4th quarter fundraiser with the new system on a late Saturday afternoon, as Saturday's are slow days and we might as well be gentle while breaking in the new system.

Thank you John for the new system! Great work!

Thank you BadJoe, WillaJohns, WIMom and all of the dedicated hardworking volunteers on the fundraising team who have helped us so much with these FReepathons in the past.

And thank you all for your continuing efforts! Without your dedication and hard work, FR could not stay on the air.

And thank you FReepers! Without your continued participation and financial support there would be no Free Republic!

A note to current monthly donors: We will need you to re-enter your recurring monthly donation to the new system, but please do not do it yet. Joe just processed your September donations on the 20th of September. The new system processes your donation on the day it is entered, so please wait until later in October to start your monthly on the new system. Also, please let BadJoe know via FReepmail (and please include your real name so he can match it with your credit card info in his file) after you re-enter your monthly donation so he can take you off his list. At the end of October, he will email all of those on his list who have not contacted him to remind them of the new system. Thank you very much for your continued support.

A note to prospective new monthly donors: We have included a list of our fixed monthly expenses as well as an estimate of our non-recurring expenses on our budget page of the donation system. We've also included an estimate of our current recurring monthly donations from our monthly donors. If and when the total of the recurring monthly donations ever meets our monthly expenses, there will no longer be a need for these FReepathons. It can happen someday. Thank you for considering a regular monthly contribution.

Note to all: We are looking forward to an exciting and rewarding election cycle. I know that we are not all in full agreement on this, but I sincerely believe that we have an excellent opportunity with this election to set the liberals back many years. And I also believe that winning this election in a big way for the conservatives will be the spark that allows our fight to return the Constitution to its rightful place as the Supreme Law of the Land to really get off the ground. I sincerely believe this is essential in our fight to secure our Liberty!

We hold the White House and the House of Representatives. If we re-take the majority in the Senate, it will be one of the very rare times in our history that the conservatives have held the majority control in all departments.

I see this as a gift from God. A majority means that the conservatives will chair the various committees of Congress and can set the legislative agenda. And, perhaps more importantly, a majority in the Senate will make it much more likely that President Bush's appointments will be confirmed.

This means we will be able to start replacing some of the liberal judicial activists on the bench with conservatives (don't tell Daschle & Co. that) and perhaps we will finally have a real shot at actually overturning some of the liberal bunk that has been foisted on us over the last century or so. How about overturning Roe vs Wade? With the current mood of the populace and with a conservative Senate, I think it can be done!

Remember, the liberals have controlled all or most of our government for at least 80 of the last 100 years. No wonder we are in such a mess today. This is the best opportunity we've ever had to reverse it in a big way. Kick the liberals out! Take control of the Senate and replace the liberal judiciary. This alone will set liberalism back thirty to forty years!

We must not fail to take advantage of this opportunity. Daschle and Company sense their days are numbered and are in a panic. Now is the time to redouble our efforts and throw these bums out!

I expect the volume on Free Republic to pick-up substantially as we head into the final weeks and days of the campaign season. And I expect exciting things will be happening for for all of us!

Thank you all very much!

God bless you all and may God continue to bless America!

[rintense]

Let's go freepers!!!!! Help support Freerepublic!

[chance33_98]

Donation coming your way Monday AM (our new payday schedule is twice a month versus every other week - ARRRGH!). Keep up the good work!

[zlala]

Thank you Mr. Robinson! I've been a lurker since 11/98, signed up 6/99 and now I'm finally in a position where I can contribute :-) I hope others will do the same.

[chance33_98]

PING! If you don't donate then children will suffer all over the world and the redwoods will fall down. And some liberals will do bad things.

Do something liberals hate - support FR and then email a liberal dem and tell them they inspired you to.

[upchuck]

Jim Robinson, John Robinson and Free Republic BUMP

I agree with (almost) everything you wrote!

[Jim Robinson]

By the way, the $18,000 listed as pledges to date in the graph above is the estimated total of our current monthly recurring donations ($6,000 x 3 = $18,000).

[I_be_tc]

Done

TC

[f.Christian]

Dollar-A-Day By contributing at least $30/month (or $360/year) to Free Republic you can be a member of the Free Republic Dollar-A-Day club. You can contribute any combination of monthly and/or one-time contributions to reach this goal. Once a member, you may choose to have your name displayed in the club roster or you may remain anonymous.

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On the old list I was #7...put me back on the new list---my monthly just barely cleared the bank!

[lodwick]

Good job with the donations - thanks and bttt

[lodwick]

Nice work - thanks and bttt

[Jean S]

I just made my quarterly donation. The new system works very well.
Good job!

[Tennessee_Bob]

Ok - I'll donate - but you have to explain to me just what a "FReeer" is. Check the tagline under the banner...

[RightWhale]

Still at

Free Republic, LLC, PO Box 9771, Fresno, CA 93794

for those intermittent FR donors who don't like the PayPay system?

[DainBramage]

Coming your way. Thanks so much for your efforts.

[Jim Robinson]

Oops, well, I guess a FReeer must be a real freee FReeper. Thanks for the typo alert. And thanks for the donation!
Jim

[Jim Robinson]

Yes sir. Thank you very much.
Jim

[Eastbound]

BTTT! (Been there, Diddit!)

[Jim Robinson]

Yesterday we received donations of $100 from Ohio, 30 from Florida, 30 from Wisconsin and 20 from Ontario.

Thank you FReepers!

[AAABEST]

Meager amount posted and pinged.

[AAABEST]

Florida ping.

[RottiBiz]

Thank you, f.Christian.

You'll be on the new Dollar-A-Day list as soon as it's ready and you'll get a ping.

[Jim Robinson]

$50 in from Wisconsin
$100 from Texas
$30 from Washington
$75 via PayPal (no state listed)

Thank you all very much!

[RottiBiz]

Thank you, zlala!

[Jim Robinson]

$20 in from Florida
$100 from Washington
$20 from California
$100 from Minnesota

Thank you FReepers!!

[RottiBiz]

Thank you, Jean!

Isn't the new system great?

[RottiBiz]

Thanks, Bob!

[ArneFufkin]

Jim, can I email all my information over to BadJoe and have him type it into the new system for me?

[Salvation]

I see this as a gift from God. A majority means that the conservatives will chair the various committees of Congress and can set the legislative agenda. And, perhaps more importantly, a majority in the Senate will make it much more likely that President Bush's appointments will be confirmed.

Some conservative judges are what we need. Support the Senate races!

[RottiBiz]

Thank you, AAABEST!

[RottiBiz]

Thank you, Wisconsin!

Thank you, Texas!

Thank you, Washington!

Thank you, Pay Pal!

[RottiBiz]

Thank you, Florida!

Thank you, Washington!

Thank you, California!

Thank you, Minnesota!

[TomServo]

Alright all you slack-asses. Let's pony up.

[WIMom]

I've had major computer problems. Mostly they are resolved. (New computer). I should have everything ready to go tonight or tomorrow.

Awesome new donation program.

[Soaring Feather]

Mr. Robinson,

I shall send a check to you. Thank you so much for Free Republic. Wonderful organizaion.

In Gratitude,

poet
bentfeather

[brityank]

All gave some;
Some gave all.
Can you do any less?

Contribute to Free Republic
and keep the Spirit alive.  

 

 

Want to see where FReepers live?

[Imperialist]

"Freepaton" in the solicitation?

[Howlin]

A PAY TO PLAY BUMP!

[MinuteGal]

With thanks to Jim Robinson for his steadfast strength and leadership, I'm sending a check for $1000 to the greatest website on earth, FREE REPUBLIC.

God bless all our patriotic freeper family.

God bless America!

Leni

[Howlin]

Bump!

[glock rocks]

Thank You Leni / MinuteGal !

[RottiBiz]

Thank you, bentfeather!

[RottiBiz]

Thank you, MinuteGal!

God Bless YOU!

[Howlin]

Just renewed my monthlies!

[Jim Robinson]

100 more from Minnesota
10 from Vermont
5 from Washington
5 from Florida
25 from New york
50 from Maine
50 from Chile!
100 from Pennsylvania
20 from North Carolina
50 from Alaska

Thank you one and all!

[RottiBiz]

Thank you, ArneFufkin!

[RottiBiz]

Thank you, Howlin!

[KS Flyover]

[lodwick]

Thanks for helping keep the best forum on the www up and running for freedom. Well done.

[RottiBiz]

Thank you, brityank!