X-Digest-Num: 268 Message-ID: <44114.268.1452.959273825@eGroups.com> Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 12:39:27 -0500 From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" Subject: Re: iGive.com X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 1452 Content-Length: 3073 Lines: 59 At 03:06 AM 10/27/99 +0000, Mark E. Shoulson wrote: >From: "Mark E. Shoulson" > >mi puzi cilre fi la'o .gic. iGive.com .gic. .i mi krici ledu'u .ibu ka'e >sarji la lojbangirz. .i .ai mi ciksi .i .ibu te pluta so'o vecnu fo la >.intrnet. .i mu'i lenu lo'e pilno be .ibu cu te vecnu da loi .ibu vecnu kei >.ibu dunda je'u loi jdini le girzu poi le pilno pu cuxna ke'a .i mu'a la >klingon. zei bangu girzu pu se dunda loi jdini .i .e'u loi lobypli cu pilno >.ibu .i mu'i leinu do pilno lemi tcita kei .ibu dunda loi jdini kybycy. .i >do ka'e sarji la lojbangirz. sepi'o .ibu > >Something that might be useful for LLG supporters, which you may not have >run across. There's a website, www.igive.com, which is essentially a mall; >you have a bunch of links to a whole mess of internet vendors (mostly ones >I've heard of). The deal is, you designate some charity with iGive, then >shop at the various places, tell iGive about it, and they give a cut (up to >15% of what you spend) to your chosen cause. You can designate anything; >I found out about it because someone put down the Klingon Language >Institute as the beneficiary. And guess what, they contacted us and found >out about us... but the question always remains, are they on the up and up? >The proof of the pudding's in the eating: they actually have coughed up >some dough for the KLI. What more proof is there to be asked? It's a >simple way to raise a little cash for worthy non-profits without costing >you (or the cause) anything. I think the LLG could use this also; I think >especially small groups like the LLG and the KLI can benefit from modest >donations (because they're so strapped to start with). Currently my >registered cause is the KLI (I can change any time, and I may switch to LLG >sometimes); if you sign up using my link and shop before the end of >November, the KLI gets an extra bonus. Or one of you can sign up and >designate LLG and post YOUR link so the LLG can get the bonus from the >rest. Go for it; it's an easy way to support Lojban. > >The link is: > >http://www.iGive.com/html/ssi.cfm?CID=3995&MID=102037 I will note since this came up, that LLG has received approximately $100 in donations through the iGive program. I have been reluctant to promote it since I know little about it, whether it is a front for some commercial group for example, and because we have a history of strong offense taken to spam. But we will indeed be happy to take any money we can get from the program, and if enough people think we should, we could consider adding a link on the LLG page to their site to encourage others to do so (which they request). lojbab ---- lojbab ***NOTE NEW ADDRESS*** lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: see Lojban WWW Server: href=" http://xiron.pc.helsinki.fi/lojban/ " Order _The Complete Lojban Language_ - see our Web pages or ask me.