How Did We Do In August? Take A Look At The Numbers.

Funding C99 Image 125.jpgWe 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.

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JekyllnHyde's picture

Thanks for the positive report and for all the work you've done (along with other members of this community) to allow caucus99percent to prosper and thrive, David.

There aren't too many other progressive blogs, if any, where dissent is tolerated and differing perspectives welcomed. A huge thanks to JtC, joe shikspack, and their team of moderators who keep this place going.

This is a tremendous start and really good news. Let's keep going!

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elenacarlena's picture

monthly, we'll take it I assume, and then start figuring out how much extra we can do!

Are the videos ready for prime time? I'm thinking they might look cool on Facebook and/or Twitter from time to time?

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elenacarlena's picture

There are always workarounds!!

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lotlizard's picture

We’re not risking getting a notice in lawyerese from AdamB to the effect that “pootie™ is a registered trademark of Kos Media LLC” ? \s

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elenacarlena's picture

so they don't belong to Kos. I'll let you know if I get a cease and desist notice from Pootie and Woozle owners, though.

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JekyllnHyde's picture

The story goes back to ancient times. If I were you, I wouldn't worry too much.

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SnappleBC's picture

A "civilized" person and a barbarian are having a discussion about how wonderful civilization is. When they get to talking about the legal system the barbarian refers to lawyers as, "Those who's job it is to subvert justice."

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A lot of wanderers in the U.S. political desert recognize that all the duopoly has to offer is a choice of mirages. Come, let us trudge towards empty expanse of sand #1, littered with the bleached bones of Deaniacs and Hope and Changers.
-- lotlizard

davidincleveland's picture

$4K comes from. We're trying to fund ourselves. Someone who is an active member and can do $4K (and there are several of us) is one thing. If they aren't part of the community already, their interest is in the 'trust but verify' range for me, for anything over $500. By all means make those videos go viral, if you can.

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Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal's picture

Kudos to whoever made them.

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

katchen's picture

deserves a lot of credit

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and all the great team members, you folks are the best!

And a huge thanks to all that have contributed, you know who you are! You are amazing.

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Raggedy Ann's picture

I messaged JtC to expect a check from my bank every month. If my donation can subsidize anyone, I'm down with it. Dance 4

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"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11

Are gift subscriptions still under consideration, to boost the $2 monthly to a $5 level? If so I'd like to do a fundraiser to encourage gift subscription offers.

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davidincleveland's picture

just as good. I have seven eighths of my gift subscription matches still to make, and I hope you'll simply announce that I'm joining you. With luck, that'll help start perhaps others to add on. We're not publishing until after you do your drive. More in a pm.

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mimi's picture

many thanks to DavidinCleveland for his guidance, JnH for his terrific cartoons and images and Ranting Rooster for the video production. You guys are just ... oh well, huggable.

You know, I could easily fall in love with the guy at the end of the bottom video with the yellow hard hat. So, in case something should upset me in this holy crap shack

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where the peopke speak their mind about all the hot new stuff

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they checked out and marvel all day long about

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yes, when in all that brouh-ha-ha someone would upset me, I just imagine this very rare commentator would look like the yellow hard hat guy the end of the bottom video, looking me straight in the eye ... uhh, oooh, and I melt away. All is forgiven.

Admit it, if all of you would chip in a bit, this place could grow into something beautiful like this tree,

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Donated to You by JekyllnHyde

Let it grow, let it grow ...

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janis b's picture

and very encouraging! It is very satisfying to know that there is so much support for this site and for all the people who make it happen. Thanks everyone.

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divineorder's picture

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A truth of the nuclear age/climate change: we can no longer have endless war and survive on this planet. Oh sh*t.

jwa13's picture

and many thanks for ramrodding this effort --

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When Cicero had finished speaking, the people said “How well he spoke”.
When Demosthenes had finished speaking, the people said “Let us march”.

Amanda Matthews's picture

do what it takes to keep it going. Great job. I think that TPTB on this site should take a bow. You certainly must be doing something right!

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I'm tired of this back-slapping "Isn't humanity neat?" bullshit. We're a virus with shoes, okay? That's all we are. - Bill Hicks

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. - Frank Zappa

SnappleBC's picture

And thank you for taking up this banner.

I'm still holding out on adding another $5/mo. I'm hoping that myself or my wife will nail a job shortly and things will ease up a great deal.

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A lot of wanderers in the U.S. political desert recognize that all the duopoly has to offer is a choice of mirages. Come, let us trudge towards empty expanse of sand #1, littered with the bleached bones of Deaniacs and Hope and Changers.
-- lotlizard