Mike Gravel fundraising week, and mass donation day (updated)

April 3rd, 2008 by rossl

 

There will be a mass donation (or money drive or whatever you want to call it) week from April 15th (tax day) to April 22nd (Earth Day), culminating in a mass donation day (money bomb) on April 22nd.  The donations should go directly to the Gravel campaign (Liberty Decides is still an option, but donations to the Gravel campaign are highly preferred, see below for more details, and see the comments for even more details).

 

Let's start advertising it!  Videos on Youtube, comments everywhere you can comment, tell family and friends about it, donate yourself, make flyers, whatever you need to do to get the word out.

 

MIKE GRAVEL NEEDS THIS MONEY FOR THE LIBERTARIAN NOMINATION!  OTHERWISE, HE CANNOT GO TO THE STATE CONVENTIONS AND HE WILL NOT WIN!

 

www.gravel2008.us/donate_now

 

More info will be posted on the blog by Brian soon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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BELOW IS THE INFORMATION FOR THE FORMERLY PLANNED DONATION WEEK AND DAY.  IT'S NOT TRUE ANYMORE, BUT YOU CAN STILL DONATE TO LIBERTY DECIDES IF YOU WANT!

 

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There will be a fundraising week (money drive, whatever you want to call it) from April 15th to April 22nd, culminating in a mass donation day on April 22nd.

 

While donations directly to Mike Gravel are appreciated greatly, THE DONATIONS FROM THIS SHOULD NOT GO DIRECTLY TO MIKE GRAVEL.  THEY SHOULD GO TO THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY IN MIKE GRAVEL'S NAME.  Why, and how do you donate?  Here's the info, originally from http://www.gravel2008.us/node/3428:

 

Liberty Decides '08 is a new program in the Libertarian Party to promote their pre-nomination presidential candidates as they engage in a competitive process.  To participate in the program, candidates must cross three thresholds:

  • (1) meet the LP bylaws requirements
  • (2)  file with the FEC
  • (3) raise at least $5,000 for the LP or LP state parties for ballot access

Mike Gravel has currently met the first two requirements.  However, he has not met the third requirement:

  • Minimum needed: $ 5000
  • Currently raised:    $ 345

So if we supporters can raise $ 4655 on behalf of Mike Gravel, he will be qualified and in 5th place for the program.

If you want to donate on behalf of Senator Gravel, go to  https://www.lp.org/libertydecides/donate/donategravel.shtml

 

 

So to donate you go to https://www.lp.org/libertydecides/donate/donategravel.shtml, and for more info on Liberty Decides go to Liberty Decides '08.

 

PLEASE ADVERTISE THIS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE!

 

For YouTube videomakers, make videos about it!  Post on online forums about it!  Tell friends and family!

 

Even if someone doesn't support Gravel, tell them that they could help a lot by donating just a few dollars.  I have gotten a few people to donate $5 to Gravel by doing this.  Tell them to donate how much they spend when they go to the movies, like Mike does, or tell them to donate how much they spend at Starbucks or something like that.  Anything to get them to donate.

 

If Mike passes Root, who has over $15,000, he is much more likely to become the Libertarian nominee.

 

If you're hesitant to suppor the Libertarian party, don't worry.  If Mike wins, the money just goes back to his campaign.  So you are really just indirectly giving money to the campaign.

 

Thanks, and let's get to work!

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Comments

Liberty Decides...

Submitted on April 4th, 2008 by seventy-one

The Libertarian nomination is all about the delegates, the Senator can campaign all he wants, but he needs to convince the 1000 people in that room in Denver (and I'm not sure how they are binded, but nonetheless, he needs to convince them at some point in the process) that he is the Libertarian guy.

 

Liberty Decides was created just for that purpose (by the national party mind you), as a way to measure how a candidate can unite and grow the party. And judging from the latest poll, that issue is among the top for Libertarians.

 

 

I vote for Liberty Decides.

Those delegates are binded

Submitted on April 4th, 2008 by Brian798

Those delegates are binded at the State Conventions. The State Conventions are pretty much all week and go from Wisconsin to North Carolina in a few days. That is where Mike is going to be able to tell those people he is the Libertarian guy. If he does not go to those State Conventions, he will not be heard. And he is not going to be able to go to the State Conventions if we cannot fund it, and that is what happens if we donate to Liberty Decides.

Gravel '08

 

 I disagree 100%. We should

Submitted on April 3rd, 2008 by Brian798

 I disagree 100%. We should not be donating to that program. What does this program do for the campaign NOW..nothing! If you have seen the State Convention schedule that we need to be at, you will see that we should be in Wisconsin then back to the East Cost and then back in a matter of a few days. It is not like we can skip these conventions, that is where delegates are awarded to the National Convention, and that is the only way we can win! How the hell are we supposed to fund that kind of trip, from now until the National Covention? Yes, the money goes to Mike IF he wins the nomination, but we aren't going to win the nomination if we do not get to these State Coventions and get us some people in this party to agree with us. How about we win the nomination first, and donating money to that program will decrease our chances. Do NOT donate to that program, please don't!

Besides, our web team is planning to get a Donation counter up for that week, and if we don't donate here, then we can't do the donation counter!

Gravel '08

 

How about an "either-or"

Submitted on April 3rd, 2008 by rossl

How about an "either-or" kind of donation week?  Because it seems like this Liberty Decides program is also important for the nomination.

I don't see how it is that

Submitted on April 3rd, 2008 by Brian798

I don't see how it is that important. Okay, so you can raise money on some silly little program, does it gurantee that you win the nomination? Of course not. If we want to have a chance at coming close to getting the nomination, OUR campaign is going to need some money to campaign.

Gravel '08

 

From what's on the LP

Submitted on April 4th, 2008 by rossl

From what's on the LP website, it seems like this will be used as a judge for how much support there is for a candidate within the Libertarian party.  I know, the conventions mean more for that, but I don't think there's harm in getting people to donate for both things.  If you can explain to me the harm of donating to Liberty Decides, or get Gravel/someone very close to Gravel to comment on this, then I'll delete this post and write a new one on a mass donation week/day just for Gravel directly.

The harm of donating to that

Submitted on April 4th, 2008 by Brian798

The harm of donating to that is that if Mike does not get the nomination, all of the money that people donated to him goes to someone else, and do people really want that? In effect, people are wasting their money. We need money that we can use NOW, not money that there is a chance that we could have. Besides, how many people do you think will donate to both?

Gravel '08

 

I meant more that some

Submitted on April 4th, 2008 by rossl

I meant more that some people will donate to one, some to the other.  But I see what you're saying.  I think I'm gonna sleep on it.  Skyler, someone from the campaign, what do you think?  What does anyone else think?

True. But there is no

Submitted on April 4th, 2008 by Brian798

True. But there is no gurantee that some would donate to one and some to the other. Personally, I think this week should be just donating to our campaign. Then maybe later on, we can urge people to donate to the Liberty Decides.

Gravel '08

 

Also, Brian - congrats on

Submitted on April 4th, 2008 by rossl

Also, Brian - congrats on the blogger job.  And where exaclty is the campaign blog?  Is it just the posts on the front page?

Yeah, I definitely see what

Submitted on April 4th, 2008 by rossl

Yeah, I definitely see what you're saying.  I guess it doesn't do any harm to advertise Liberty Decides on the forum and other devoted Gravel places (?), but maybe for the mass donation week/day we should just do it for the Gravel campaign.  I'm still waiting for someone else to weigh in.

Thanks about the campaign

Submitted on April 4th, 2008 by Brian798

Thanks about the campaign blog. It is located on the front page only, but posts will be added almost everyday.

I think right now our campaign needs the money most, and we need to respond. I would like to hear what others have to say though. 

Gravel '08

 

Is this an acceptable compromise?

Submitted on April 4th, 2008 by Jaywin

 If Senator Gravel raises another $4,655 then that qualifies him for the program. As a consequence, he ends up on the main page of the Libertarian Party's website.

One could make the argument that this could get him a little more exposure, which in turn could lead to more potential contributors down the road. It could also show Libertarian delegates (of whom Senator Gravel is seeking support) that he can support the party as well, and that may be a factor in the party's decision-making process for a nominee.

So could these two goals be an acceptable compromise?

(1)  raise $4,655 for the LP program

(2) raise $????? directly for the campaign

Whether or not something like this is agreeable, we need to come up with an agreed upon course of action quickly. April 15th is only 11 days away, and we'll need at least a few days to promote it.

I'm good with whatever those involved in this fundraising project ultimately decide.

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Jason

National Staff

Volunteer Moderator

Jason@Gravel2008.us

 

Okay, so we are on a front

Submitted on April 4th, 2008 by Brian798

Okay, so we are on a front page of a website? Now, we won the nomination! Yeah, no, not yet. Okay, so we raise about $5,000 dollars for some program, great! But how many people do you think are you going to donate to both programs in order to raise money for both? I know I would not even consider donating to both. Jason, you say that it will bring future contributors to that program? Well, it works the same way. They will see that people are donating directly to our campaign, which means, hey, that guy must have some support if people are giving money to him. Also, saying that that program will bring us exposure. How? Yes, because you always hear people talking about the Liberty Decides program...Finally, you never hear the other candidates boasting about the money they raised through that program. I wouldn't care much about it either, since it is money donated that cannot be used. I just cannot support donating to that program in any way shape or form.

Gravel '08

 

I guess the campaign is

Submitted on April 4th, 2008 by rossl

I guess the campaign is pretty desperate for money.  Given that situation, we should probably donate to the campaign first, before anything else.  And since the Liberty Decides program is of questionable importance, I think we should make people (that is, Gravel supporters who go to this website) aware of its existence and purpose, but maybe the mass donation drive should just be for the campaign.

I agree, this is what we

Submitted on April 4th, 2008 by Brian798

I agree, this is what we need to do right now. I'll be making a post on the blog about it soon.

Everyone, please promote Mass Donation Week from April 15 to April 22!

Gravel '08