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jeremy
08-11-2006, 12:58 AM
There seem to be a lot of people here making a decent living. Maybe no internet millionaires, but definitely some people who are doing pretty well for themselves. Personally, I'm set to pull in about $20k this year. That might not be much for some people, but for a college student who has most tuition covered by scholarships, $20k is huge. And for most people in the world, $20k would be a fortune.

I want to organize a donation drive for web publishers. Here is my idea: take a percentage of your revenue for next month (September) and pledge to donate it. Then, at the end of the month, I could get the details from everyone (how much donated, and to where) and post it on the web somewhere. I think it would be a great thing to do, and I am sure that we could raise a good amount of money.

Whether anyone else goes along with this or not, I am going to donate all of my revenue from September to charity. Not profit; revenue. My profit from other months can cover the expenses in September. So, I'll probably end up donating something like $2000.

So what do you guys think? Would anyone be interested in participating in this? If there are a few more people that are interested, we should start a website and try to get some more people to participate. Setting September as the month for this would give us a few weeks to promote it.

Sam
08-11-2006, 07:48 AM
I know Bryan Le does this for the moment, and I think it's a great idea.

jeremy
08-13-2006, 08:44 AM
wow, not a whole lot of response...

ScoobyDan
08-14-2006, 05:57 AM
jeremy,

I'm a member of a philanthropic organisation (The RAOB (http://www.raob.org)), so I already donate a sizable proportion of my disposable income to charities. Also, my total revenue from websites since the beginning of this year is about $40 - I probably donate more than that each month!

I think your idea is a good one - I'm all for spreading a bit of love (and money) to those more in need than ourselves.

Daniel

aloksingh
03-19-2007, 05:39 AM
Charity is a good thing to do. But personally I believe it should be done after a level when you feel that you have earned enough money for yourself. Currently, that is not the case with me. So, I am not taking part in any charity right now. But perhaps when I earn more money, I would like doing it.