-Caveat Lector- Please forward appropriately: ============================= Hi folks, Apologies for the delay of RadTimes. (A number of issues will be assembled shortly.) I needed to write the following: The response to RadTimes has completely exceeded my expectations. I started this off in the middle of August and have now produced 113 issues. This averages to more than one per day. Subscriber response has been tremendous, indicating a definite need for this type of "radical clipping service." I started off with 30 recipients and am now up to over 300 individual subscribers. New subscription requests arrive daily. (I sent out only one subscription invitation during this time, so most of this increase has been via RT circulation online, where I notice (with no small satisfaction) that it is showing up in numerous non-subscriber venues.) I am also posting RT to a few selected email groups, whose membership cumulatively totals around 700. This means that well over 1000 people receive RadTimes daily! I have also picked up a small army of people who regularly submit newsworthy items for inclusion. While all this is more than gratifying, and an indication to me of the importance that RadTimes has come to play in the online world, I find I have less time to sort through the onslaught that has become my daily inbox and to also concurrently earn a living. It has become apparent that I am over-extended in gathering, reading, and assembling articles for RadTimes. I initially intended to stop at issue # 100, and take a break, but current events compelled (and continue to compel) me to keep publishing. 'Vital irregularities' continue to pour in, but I find myself overlooking my financial underpinnings. I do have a fairly productive business operating online, but the more time I put into RadTimes, the less time I have for income generation; and vice-versa. I now find myself in the position of either, a) having to stop producing RT for some period of time and attend to my personal finances, or, b) appeal to my readership to help underwrite this project (and hopefully others). I have decided to try b). In addition to wanting to continue RadTimes, I'd also like to engage a number of new projects: --Compilation of a "How to produce your own RadTimes" guide. This will be a list of information sources I've been using to produce the newsletter, which will contain a list of lists, how to subscribe to them, useful websites, etc., so folks can either get this type of information directly or use it to produce similar newsletters. It will, of necessity, be quite lengthy. I will attempt to get this out regardless of the ongoing status of RT. --Editorializing. The stories you see in RT beg for commentary and contexualization. Not left, not right, but from a definite anti-domination perspective. --More outreach. More subscribers. --A new compendium of environmental news, tentatively called "The Hard Green Herald". It will be identical in format and spirit to RT but will focus on our continuing environmental decline and opposition to same. --I've been offered the editorship of the Haight Ashbury Free Press <http://www.hafp.org/>. Non-paid position, but offers an excellent outlet for news, activism, etc. This site has the potential for some serious development and online impact. I have numerous ideas for the site. --Give RadTimes a web presence. Conversion into html, archived and cross-referenced, either on the Free Press site above or on its own site. --There are a number of "name" subscribers to RadTimes. Facilitating some networking and/or dialogue among subscribers may (or may not) be appropriate. (Anonymity is always respected.) There is a huge body of collective wisdom available that I can infer from merely perusing the subscriber list. To continue RadTimes without interruption and to move forward with the above projects, I need some of the following to happen: 1) Large donor underwriting: My expenses are $2000/month. Cover all or part of them, or find me someone who can. 2) Put me on the payroll: Hire me to do similar (compiling/editing/researching) efforts under the aegis of your organization. A (non-profit) sponsor of RT would also work. [Online/telecommute only.] 3) Individual donations: I have set up an account at <www.paypal.com> which enables you to donate money directly via a credit card. If you are a current PayPal user, then you know that all you need is my email address <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> to contribute. If you are not a current user, use this link --> <https://secure.paypal.com/refer/pal=resist%40best.com> to sign up and contribute. (I also get a small referral payment when you use the above link to register.) The only information passed on to me via this process is your email address and the amount you transfer. Quick comparison calculations: $2000 divided by 300 subscribers = $6.67 per subscriber per month. $2000 divided by 1000 recipients = $2.00 per subscriber per month. (I realize that not everyone can or will contribute, nor does everyone have a credit card, so please consider this if you donate.) There will never be a formal charge to receive RadTimes. I will continue to produce RT issues until at least the end of this, *ahem*, "presidential selection process". What happens after that is up to you. I will keep everyone updated on the status of these projects, responses to this email, and aggregate amount of any donations received. We all need to be as accurately informed as we can today. I need your assistance to continue, and to perhaps expand, my contribution to this process. We really are living in rad times! 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