23 hours left, hundreds needed!

[LINGUIST Network]

LINGUIST List Summary: 24 Hour Dash!

Moderators: Anthony Aristar, Wayne State U. <aristar at linguistlist.org>
Helen Aristar-Dry, Eastern Michigan U. <hdry at linguistlist.org>

Reviews (reviews at linguistlist.org) Sheila Collberg, U. of Arizona
Terry Langendoen, U. of Arizona

Homepage: http://linguistlist.org/

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The LINGUIST List Fund Drive is now on! We need to raise $2000 today
to continue! Please visit http://linguistlist.org/donate.html now!
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1) Date: 05-Apr-2005 From: linguist < linguist at linguistlist.org >
Subject: Help LINGUIST raise $2000 in 24 Hours!

2) Date: 05-Apr-2005 From: linguist < linguist at linguistlist.org >
Subject: How to donate...

3) Date: 05-Apr-2005 From: linguist < linguist at linguistlist.org >
Subject: Thank you to all our fellow 24-dashers!


-------------------------Message 1 ----------------------------------
Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 13:03:09
From:  linguist < linguist at linguistlist.org >
Subject: Help LINGUIST raise $2000 in 24 Hours!


Fund Drive 2005 is now on! Visit http://linguistlist.org/donate.html to donate now!

Dear Readers,

A generous LINGUIST subscriber has offered to donate $2000 (with a matching
$2000 funds from her employer) if LINGUIST can raise $2000 in 24 hours!

Help us maintain the services you've come to expect, by contributing to this
urgent drive for funds!

Here's what LINGUIST advisor John Lawler had to say about our services:


>>>>>>>>>>

LINGUIST runs on less than a shoestring. Any public radio station has to raise
hundreds of thousands of dollars every year; LINGUIST is shooting for a goal of
$48,000 this year. . . .Think about it, for you American linguists-- do you get
anything like as much service from your NPR or PBS station as you do from
LINGUIST? Day and night, 24/7, every day of the year, you can look up *anything*
on LINGUIST that has to do with language or linguistics.

And yet LINGUIST still needs your support. And has to go on for weeks and weeks
to get it. PBS and NPR only need one week to raise much more money. If you
contribute to them, why not to LINGUIST?

Even if *you* could, with a clear conscience, say that *you* don't use LINGUIST
that much, I have news for you: your students do. At least, the ones who'd like
to get a job eventually do. And the ones who really want to find something in
the most efficient way do. And the ones who need to communicate with the
profession as a whole do. And the ones who are concerned with the future of our
profession do. That is to say, your best students do, even if you don't.

So, why haven't we seen *your* name on the list of contributors to
LINGUIST?
<<<<<

Please, please, please donate now and help us raise that magically tripling $2000.

Thank you,
Your LINGUIST Crew




-------------------------Message 2 ----------------------------------
Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 13:03:13
From:  linguist < linguist at linguistlist.org >
Subject: How to donate...


This Year the LINGUIST List hope to raise $48,867. This money will go to help
keep the List running, by supporting all of our Student Editors for the coming year.

There are many ways to donate to LINGUIST!

You can donate right now using our secure credit card form.

Alternatively you can also pledge right now and pay later.

For all information on donating and pledging, including information on how to
donate by check, money order, or wire transfer, please visit:

http://linguistlist.org/donate.html

The LINGUIST List is under the umbrella of Eastern Michigan University and as
such can receive donations through the EMU Foundation, which is a registered
501(c) Non Profit organization. Our Federal Tax number is 38-6005986. These
donations can be offset against your federal and sometimes your state tax return
(U.S. tax payers only). For more information visit the IRS Web-Site, or contact
your financial advisor.

Many companies also offer a gift matching program, such that they will match any
gift you make to a non-profit organization. Normally this entails your
contacting your human resources department and sending us a form that the EMU
Foundation fills in and returns to your employer. This is generally a simple
administrative procedure that doubles the value of your gift to LINGUIST,
without costing you an extra penny. Please take a moment to check if your
company operates such a program.

Thank you very much for your support of LINGUIST!