Save Cheers and Jeers from an ignominious fate! As you may or may not be aware, Cheers and Jeers may be on a permanent hiatus now that Bill in Portland Maine is currently between jobs.
Thankfully, public outcry has been enormous and has spurred Kos, ever the laggard on community issues, into action.
Kos has graciously agreed to hold a fundraiser for the community at large to pay BiPM for his daily column. To succeed, we need to raise $50,000 by Friday night.
How you can help and what we'll get below the fold.
First, here's what you'll get for your money:
I will expand C&J to five days a week. I will host special meetups within a five-mile radius of my home (that's as far as I can pedal my Big Wheel™ before I cramp up). I will continue to acknowledge that there exists a land of unicorns and okra fields known as "The West Coast" with special late-edition C&Js. I will broadcast fireside chats to pump up a nation weary of war. I will perform at your child's birthday party, although you should know up-front that I can only make animal balloons out of condoms and I only know how to make one---the rare North American One-Eyed Snake. I will accept all-expenses-paid trips to both the Democratic National Convention and Dennis Kucinich's presidential inauguration on your behalf. And I will rat on anyone who says anything bad about you, because you'll be the best, if not the most feared, boss I've ever had.
But, wait, there's more! If you act now, you pay only $10,000 for each of the first five columns. After that, every issue is absolutely FREE!
So, now that you want to donate, you're probably wondering how. Well, if you click the second link above the fold, you can follow the instructions in Kos's diary. Or, if you're lazy like me, you can click on the links below, directly transferred from said diary.
To make a
one-time donation: click here
$5 monthly donation: click here
$10 monthly donation: click here
$20 monthly donation: click here
If you don't trust electronic payment services, you can always snail mail it to the following address (but I'd ask before sending Christmas cards):
Bill Harnsberger
16 Pitt Street
Portland, ME 04103
As of yesterday we were estimated to above $30,000 including one-time and averaged recurring contributions (if anyone has current numbers I'll update). Let's do our best to give Bill a job tonight!
Update [2007-10-9 20:38:35 by guyermo]:
Timroff would like me to tell you people to vote in his poll so that we can gauge the recurring donations. But please only do so if you've really donated!