Several of the folks at the "spinoff" dKos site Street Prophets have come up with a project to help generate funds for Democratic candidates in the Fall 06 elections (as well as building community and having some fun at yKos.)
It is an album" quilt"featuring "White House Steps" blocks surrounding a hand-pieced donkey block, four corner blocks embroidered with Street Prophets cookies, and sixty-two signature blocks, including the signatures of famous progressives, dKos and Street Prophets familiar names, and the makers of the quilt. This quilt will be raffled off at YearlyKos and funds generated donated.
The project leaders are looking for a volunteer to help with some legal aspects - The main, broad brush areas of concern are:
How best do we handle the money coming in (as what kind of non profit or PAC).
And how do we distribute it to the candidate(s).
More specifics are here
Advice and questions are welcome below the fold.
Oh - and please see
THIS diary - we are trying to collect some notable names signatures to increase the value of the quilt - if you have a contact that could help secure a valuable signature on a patch for the quilt, drop by SP and let the organizers know.
Please recommend this so that we can harness the power of dKos to raise awareness of this fundraising and community building effort (and find the legal help to make sure what has become quite an ambitious project doesn't cause any headaches). Thanks.