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schwag just sounds cooler than swag

Corporate Whore wrote:true but only slightly. for instance, check out teh access fund's site. they're tshirts have no taxable value. i'm going to look into that one today.. (where's our tax experts?) and i think it really become an issue only when you're giving more than $250 at once or more than $500 a year since you don't have to itemize until those points (again, tax people correct me..)

Look's like you are right with the shirts but we need to remember that if we do give t-shirts, part of that membership donation will go to buying the shirt. Notice that the AF only gives you the shirt for $50 or more. Another option would be to have t-shirts and other things like hats available from a "store" area on the website.

and I am all about giving away the dirty brown mexican brick schwag

captain static wrote:..but we need to remember that if we do give t-shirts, part of that membership donation will go to buying teh shirt..

right, of course. i have to admit, most of what i'm doing is modeled after the scc. they're been hugely successful and they have a pretty good system in place. for example, with shirts and memberships: $10 gets you a shirt (no membership), $25 gets you membership (no shirt), $35 and up gets you membership and a shirt (if you want it).

it's sort of like nike and reebok.. you take a little hit to get people out there with your logo, spreading the word without having to spread the word.. and you make people feel good about it and, at least in my opinion, help build the community.

That is true, but I would not take too much of a hit on the shirts, no one really expects to pay less than $15 or $20 for a shirt now a days. Wearing that shirt is more than just feeling like part of the community, it also shows that you help to support it. I proudly sport my AF shirt that I paid $50 for.

Corporate Whore wrote:true but only slightly. for instance, check out teh access fund's site. they're tshirts have no taxable value. i'm going to look into that one today.. (where's our tax experts?) and i think it really become an issue only when you're giving more than $250 at once or more than $500 a year since you don't have to itemize until those points (again, tax people correct me..)

i'm not a tax expert, but i believe that it's $400 a year, not $500. re: $250, it's when you've made a donation of $250 or higher that you need a statement/letter from the organization you donated to that states the amount of your donation and the monetary value of anything you've received in return. you don't send that sheet in, but file it in case of an audit.

stay tuned, shirts will be for sell with partial funds going to the rrgcc at our shop.

My bank let me set up a repeating payment to the coalition after logging into my account online. It didn't take longer than 5 minutes. Thanks for mentioning that option, Josephine and Bill. I wouldn't have thought of it otherwise.

Man it's really awesome. Some people are really bringing it! We have several new memberships some donations, etc. I will update you as soon as we get a number. Keep it coming people..you rock!

Okay kids. Since this post on March 6 we have received $370. That's a terrific start but not nearly enough to make our payment.

Now there may be some contributions that were sent by U.S. Mail that we have not yet received or logged in. Still, we appreciate everything people can do to raise the remaining $14,630. $4,630 of that we hope to see by March 30 for the 5K match!

Thanks for everyone who donated and for everyone who will!