We exceeded expectations. We passed our threshold target by $1079.36. The internal numbers are even better. Please click on the link below and read further as you listen.

The 'recurring donations' total of $1121.03 -22.07% of the total- is actually low, because we won't have an accurate count of recurring pledges before September's numbers and probably not before October's figures.

Notes on recurring payments: So many accounts were deleted and then set up again that it was kind of hard to pin down a total. September's figures will be more accurate as it will give us a full month and all recurring donations can be accurately totaled.
The recurring donations via USPS is hard to pin down as folks needed to tell me whether they were recurring or not. The figures above are for the donations that were noted by the senders to be recurring. As they come in this month I should be able to have an accurate accounting of the recurring mail donations.

Right now, the threshold voluntary ongoing commitment is set at $24/year. This enables 95% of the membership to have a realistic shot at subscribing. Let's suppose that 10% of the membership (the range from 85% to 95%) fits the "I can do two bucks but not more," category. That still leaves 5% of the members who can't do two bucks a month or $24/year. Three out of five of those 100 remaining members can do $20/year, particularly after our fundraising team shows them how to spin cat hair into gold. The $20/year minimum makes voluntary on-going subscription accessible to 98% of our members.
JtC has added an email address, obtainable from him, for reporting your recurring-support commitment by a simple statement. The address is for those members who aren't making on-line payments in same-amount partials. Just write your user name in the email and say "recurring" in it. Those of you sending in checks & money orders, please include your user name & "recurring" on the 'what's this for?' line of the check/money order. Please feel free to donate in this essay.