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Originally Posted by Phobia
Very cool idea. I'd love to do something like this, but I really don't like "begging" for contributions - which is why I'd rather do a subscriber model. Subscribers get more features and benefits and freeloaders get vanillaPlanet. The thing I hate most about asking for contributions is it's always the same people opening their wallets deeply and carrying the ones who can't spare $10 while they blow through 2 packs a day. I think the coolest donation this time around was from a college student who took the time to send $2. I got the feeling that $2 hurt. Now I'm rambling, but I did want to acknowledge your response, ChiTown. Do you think it's too late to try that with this fundraiser?
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I don't think it's too late at all. But, it does take a helluvalot of babysitting.
The deal is that you have to either know a little something about the people you are dealing with (financially speaking), and/or you need people on this bb to just fn pony up and make it happen. Most likely, you won't get the majority to pony up. People have tons of excuses why not to give, but they'll sit on here night and day with little problem. So we might have to use a little pressure on the people we know to open their wallets and donate.
I'm sorry if I'm pissing people off, but I love this site. If we have a chance to make it better, then let's get it done. Cut back on a couple of weekends (dinner/drinks), use a month's worth of entertainment dollars to go towards CP, donate over 3 months vs. lump sum, etc, etc.
I suggest making this drive a 4 month deal. May-August. People can then donate a little every month if that helps. I still like the donor format though. It really helps define what you need, and then we can tell people what we have to have in order to reach our goal. I don't want to chase people away from this site by asking for money, but this is by far the best NFL site I"ve ever participated in. I'd like to keep that way.