[sudo-discuss] [sudo-announce] PLEASE GIVE to sudoroom gittip!

[Jeremy Entwistle]

It looks like we're on the front page. :D
https://www.gittip.com/

On 2013-12-06 07:27, Marina Kukso wrote:
> omg you guys we're at $125.50 on gittip! if we get $18.26 more, we'll
> be on the front page! then we'll be the second non-human on the front
> page (after gittip itself which...come on..doesn't count).
> 
> come onnnnn!
> 
> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Matthew Senate <mattsenate at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> We have $96.67 [1] / WEEK COMING IN FROM GITTIP!
>> 
>> IF WE RAISE $42.08 / WEEK MORE, WE'RE LIKELY TO MAKE IT ON THE
>> FRONT PAGE OF HTTP://GITTIP.COM/ [4] 
>> 
>> LET'S DO IT!
>> 
>> // MATT
>> 
>> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Yardena Cohen <yardenack at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> I dearly implore you to slightly compromise your anonymity by
>>> signing
>>> up for gittip and donating a few $/week to sudoroom.
>>> 
>>>    https://www.gittip.com/sudoroom/ [1]
>>> 
>>> The hardest part is overcoming that psychological barrier by
>>> entering
>>> your credit/debit card # - after that it will be easy, and you
>>> will be
>>> making a real difference for all the hard-working folks who
>>> volunteer
>>> here everyday. Even if you haven't been to sudo lately for
>>> whatever
>>> reason, I can't emphasize enough how much it means to us on the
>>> ground. Every dollar you give translates DIRECTLY into the
>>> love-powered energy that helps us keep the space clean, open,
>>> safe,
>>> accessible and hopping with life. None of us are paid for this,
>>> few of
>>> us are wealthy, many of us are struggling. Here's what our
>>> expenses
>>> cost approximately per week:
>>> 
>>> $9 for the server that powers this very mailing list, our
>>> homepage,
>>> blog, wiki, and dev environments for many other projects!
>>> 
>>> $15 for services such as trash pickup that keeps our hackers from
>>> being devoured by mutant flies and keeps our landlord's head from
>>> combusting spontaneously on every visit!
>>> 
>>> $25 goes to our sweet, privacy-conscious, locally owned, ISP to
>>> bring
>>> internets to our public terminals, raspis, radio stream, and
>>> about a
>>> billion laptops and phones every week!
>>> 
>>> $70-90 for our utilities, including power for our lights,
>>> computers,
>>> devices, fridge, ac/heat, printers, dishwasher, crock pot, coffee
>>> pot!
>>> 
>>> $345 to rent our current space, with some prospective spaces
>>> approaching $500+/week. This space has so much value as an open
>>> community space which enables so many people and groups to
>>> accomplish
>>> awesome things!
>>> 
>>> $infinite for the inspiration to learn and create beautiful
>>> things,
>>> which we have MORE TIME FOR when we are not struggling over the
>>> basics!!! That's where we are right now too often, and we ALL
>>> would
>>> like more time for the fun stuff. That will be a lot easier if
>>> you all
>>> give to sudoroom, so PLEASE CHIP IN now <3<3<3
>>> https://www.gittip.com/sudoroom/ [1]
>>> 
>>> Right now we make $96.67. If we make over $138.75 we get bumped
>>> to the
>>> front page as a top receiver. If we make $500 we will finally
>>> have our
>>> basics covered and be free to dream even bigger.
>>> 
>>> Thanks so much!
>>> 
>>> P.S. Really though, they are pretty good about protecting your
>>> identity: "Gittip makes reasonable efforts not to share your
>>> personal
>>> information with the recipients of your gifts, so that particular
>>> gifts are anonymous. We do publicly share aggregated information
>>> about
>>> your giving and receiving. You may opt out of publicly sharing
>>> your
>>> aggregate giving." https://www.gittip.com/about/privacy/ [2]
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>>> sudo-announce at lists.sudoroom.org
>>> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-announce [3]
>> 
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> 
> Links:
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> [1] https://www.gittip.com/sudoroom/
> [2] https://www.gittip.com/about/privacy/
> [3] http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-announce
> [4] http://gittip.com/
> [5] http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss
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