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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE BIRTHER SUMMIT
The Birther Summit
Dean C. Haskins
2/21/2012
Thanks to Give Us Liberty (http://www.giveusliberty1776.blogspot.com) for the reference to the article.
Excerpt:
"Based upon multiple factors, Vattelevision, LLC, the parent company of The Birther Summit, has postponed, indefinitely, its planned event in Washington, DC.
In early July 2011, the idea for a gathering of eligibility movement leaders, as well as a public rally and protest march, were borne of a letter written to S.C. Senator Lindsey Graham, and a subsequent article detailing it. The initial ideas were assembled into what became our website, and we set out to promote the event and enlist participants.
Also in July, an extensive analysis was done to determine what it would take, financially and logistically, for an event like this to have any chance at success; and, the overall capital required was estimated to be in the neighborhood of $800,000. Of course, that figure included all the expenses related to bringing in and putting up the participating leaders of the movement for the first-day working conference, producing a large rally the next day (at least 15,000 attendees), and also marketing the event to the general public.
As there was a commitment early on not to emulate the seedier side of movements like ours with a constant stream of appeals for financial donations, we set out attempting to finance the event using a behind-the-scenes approach. While we have always been aware that an event of this magnitude would require much money and many people, we simply didn't want to appear to the public to be like others who tend to make such donations the primary reason for their existence. We chose a simple “Donate” button on our website, but never resorted to sending out appeals for money.
We decided on a partial funding of the event through a registration fee, which would result in many of the event's costs being covered by several people pitching in small amounts financially. While there have been relatively few donations and registrations, we underwrote the expenses of market research, telemarketing, and presentations to targeted individuals to enlist their aid. So far, we have expended far more financial resources in those efforts than we have taken in. The present apparent support does not match the resources necessary to try to hold the event at this time."
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View the complete article at:
http://www.birthersummit.org/news/87...er-summit.html
The Birther Summit
Dean C. Haskins
2/21/2012
Thanks to Give Us Liberty (http://www.giveusliberty1776.blogspot.com) for the reference to the article.
Excerpt:
"Based upon multiple factors, Vattelevision, LLC, the parent company of The Birther Summit, has postponed, indefinitely, its planned event in Washington, DC.
In early July 2011, the idea for a gathering of eligibility movement leaders, as well as a public rally and protest march, were borne of a letter written to S.C. Senator Lindsey Graham, and a subsequent article detailing it. The initial ideas were assembled into what became our website, and we set out to promote the event and enlist participants.
Also in July, an extensive analysis was done to determine what it would take, financially and logistically, for an event like this to have any chance at success; and, the overall capital required was estimated to be in the neighborhood of $800,000. Of course, that figure included all the expenses related to bringing in and putting up the participating leaders of the movement for the first-day working conference, producing a large rally the next day (at least 15,000 attendees), and also marketing the event to the general public.
As there was a commitment early on not to emulate the seedier side of movements like ours with a constant stream of appeals for financial donations, we set out attempting to finance the event using a behind-the-scenes approach. While we have always been aware that an event of this magnitude would require much money and many people, we simply didn't want to appear to the public to be like others who tend to make such donations the primary reason for their existence. We chose a simple “Donate” button on our website, but never resorted to sending out appeals for money.
We decided on a partial funding of the event through a registration fee, which would result in many of the event's costs being covered by several people pitching in small amounts financially. While there have been relatively few donations and registrations, we underwrote the expenses of market research, telemarketing, and presentations to targeted individuals to enlist their aid. So far, we have expended far more financial resources in those efforts than we have taken in. The present apparent support does not match the resources necessary to try to hold the event at this time."
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View the complete article at:
http://www.birthersummit.org/news/87...er-summit.html