DNN 2010 Core Fund Drive Update

By Hurt Reynolds, Last updated Thu Aug 5 2010 12:44pm

With July drawing to a close and WFTDA tournament season looming, we thought it'd be a good time to catch you up on our fundraising efforts and shed a little light on where we're headed next.

First of all, your response to the DNN's 2010 Core Fund Drive has been absolutely breathtaking. When we posted our ambitious call for contributions, we honestly weren't sure if we were even being realistic. While we were confident that our ambitious plans were all things that the DNN audience would find really valuable, and we took great care to strip our funding needs to the barest possible level to accomplish them... well, $25,000 is still a hefty chunk of change.

Eleven weeks later, we're a remarkable 73% of the way toward that lofty goal. Thank you. We've said it before, we'll say it again, we never get tired of saying it: thank you. You not only make it financially possible for us to continue pursuing our goals -- your generosity also fuels our internal fires, because you've made it as clear as can be that you value how we spend our time on this project.

We initially set a somewhat arbitrary target date of June 30, two months after the start of the fund drive. By that date, we had cleared 2/3 of our funding goal. Based on that rate of contributions, and on a better understanding of our cash flow and upcoming expenses, we extended the deadline another month, to August 1st. We have a way to go yet, but we think RollerCon this week gives us a primo opportunity to make one more push to finish this thing out, and we hope you'll help!

We believe strongly that many hands make light work, and we think that applies to just as well to shared cost as it does to shared effort. We'd love to finish this fund drive out on the strength of a large number of small contributions. We're focusing this final push on our time at RollerCon, so let's put it in these terms:

If everyone who attends RollerCon this year is willing to contribute $3.00 to DNN's Core Fund Drive, we will reach our target.

Granted, for the same $3.00, you could get a pair of $1.50 Budweisers or Bud Lights at Hooters Casino Hotel (a special you may well have learned about from the RollerCon 2010 Survival Guide right here on DNN). Really, though, which would you rather have?

or

Come on, be honest with yourself. You don't even drink Bud Light.

So, if you're going to RollerCon, help us reach our goal! To make your contribution, find the DNN table at the Riedell Meet & Greet on Thursday night. Select vendors in the vendor village will also be accepting contributions for DNN throughout the event, so if you don't find us, look for those collection buckets!

Not attending RollerCon? You can still be one of the many hands.

Read on for answers to some frequently asked questions.