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Originally posted by slavdogg@Oct 21 2003, 01:27 AM
why are you taking Pledges and not donations ?
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I learned from my own failed dot-com, that taking in investor money as you go, is not a good idea... should raise the amount that you think you need (double it), then collect the money, and then execute on a planned budget.
I want to also have a large consensus of webmasters.. afterall, this organization is to help protect webmasters right to do business, and if a large group don't want to support, then what am i fighting for?
Helping to defend people who are faced with patent issues costs money, as well as money to pay for finding prior art, etc.
The 250K raised from adult webmasters will go into the war chest.
I will then go to mainstream to the big companies, to raise more donations (larger amounts), to show that i have a starting decent sized warchest, but need more to be able to do more.
I have been doing all of this prior art searching and email/posts on a full time basis. I am not being compensated for my efforts, and I want to show that I am willing to push hard to fight against patent abuse..and only when the goal has been reached, will I accept any money.
Right now, it's just a pledge of $100 (or more if you can pledge more) to show your support that you believe in the vision of Fight the Patent Foundation.
More info on FTPF at:
http://www.FightThePatent.com/go
With Mike AI's pledge, Trev's, and a couple others, the total is up to $31,300 as of this post. The pledge goal is $250,000. A long way off, but so many more webmasters still don't know or don't care about the issues.
Please give them a nudge to wake up.
Fight the Patent!