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Re: [lojban] Re: how can i help lojban? what can $ do?
At 07:25 PM 07/21/2001 +0000, thinkit8@lycos.com wrote:
well i guess that's the way the world works. i just can't help see
money as such a primitive concept, though. that's why i asked if it
would even help. i think the best it could do would be to remove
individuals from their need to make money.
Well, at this point, a certain chunk of unrestricted money would close off
LLGs debts and cause us not to be worried about keeping the organization
afloat for a long time to come (probably talking around $10K here). A
somewhat larger amount would allow me to farm out the business-work to
people who do that sort of thing professionally for a fee. (probably a few
more thousands, but it has to be ongoing).
If we could get up to the level of even $100K, we can run the organization
on the interest alone, $200K would start to finance real research (these
numbers might be lower with non-US researchers).
I don't make money at Lojban and never expect to. But this also means that
at some point I may have to go back to work, and my Lojban time will shrink
even further.
and getting grants...working the system, i could never put up with that.
I know something about doing so, but it is a much more intensive job than I
have had time to do for many years.
anyways, lojban is one of the only things i ever thought to donate
money to (i don't even tip). so if you ever see a huge donation, it
might be me. i floated the $10-million dollar value out but even
that seems small.
Not to me. Even $100K would change the way we do business, and I have
trouble imagining what we would do with more than a million it seems so
unlikely. (I'm sure I'll come up with something appropriate should you be
so generous %^) And I'll definitely deposit the check promptly, once I
recover from fainting %^)
lojbab
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