Update: We're at the 50% mark! Thank-you so much everyone for your efforts, whether you're linking on Facebook, Tweeting or contributing to the fund! You've really lifted our spirits, and we're quite hopeful now that the goal can be reached.
Gordon's update post is here:
http://newstalgia.crooksandliars.com/...
Dear Friends,
For those of you I don't yet know, I'm the administrator and contributing senior editor at CrooksandLiars, OccupyAmerica.
We are in a crisis with one of our sister sites, "Newstalgia," run by Gordon Skene. If you're not familiar with the site, Gordon is an amazing history buff with an extraordinary archive of audio files of presidential speeches all the way back to FDR, decades worth of the most amazing photographs, and each day of the year he surprises us with a new blast of news from the past.
Here is the situation, in Gordon's own words from his fundraising efforts on the site:
Okay. Hate to do this, but we need your help. Running this site costs money. Keeping the Archives going costs money. All the stuff you hear on Newstalgia comes from one place - me. And the upkeep on the archive of over a quarter-million recordings, the vault space, the equipment, the day to day, costs a ton of money. And there's no advertising, no secret foundation, no trust-fund - no nothing, to keep this thing up and running. And the money has run out.
And so that's where you come in.
Between now and May 1st we have to raise $5,000.00. More would be great. Less, we'll have to live with. But we've got to raise some money in order to keep this going. And frankly, it's crunch time. The bills are due, the notices have been received, the landlords aren't happy.
So whatever you can do; pennies, nickels, a few bucks, a hundred bucks - whatever you can give to keep Newstalgia up and giving you the best, will be gratefully appreciated.
Like I said, we have until the end of the month so I'll lay in a few reminders from time to time.
For now though, thanks so much for your help and support!
You rock,
Gordon
http://newstalgia.crooksandliars.com/...
Only a few days remain, and we're just under a third of the way there. We hope to reach the $5,000 goal in order to appease the landlords of the vault long enough to figure out a way to prevent this from happening ever again.
I've turned to all of you here because there are so many great, creative minds here, and I've seen you all work miracles when we all band together. It's my hope that maybe around 3,000 of you know just one person who can contribute one dollar to save Newstalgia.
And I turn to all of you of my own volition, as I am quite fond of all of my co-workers at Team Crooks, and Gordon's Newstalgia is an integral part of that team.
Thank-you all for your time. Have a wonderful weekend. See you May 1st!
-Diane Sweet
PS: There is a PayPal button on the site, it's the yellow "Donate" button.
http://newstalgia.crooksandliars.com/...