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From: "R.J.Whiston" <rwhiston@rwhiston.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Fw: [euro-dads&mums] request from Donna Laframboise
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 23:40:19 +0100
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-----Original Message-----
From: R.J.Whiston <rwhiston@rwhiston.demon.co.uk>
To: dlafra-@nationalpost.com <dlafra-@nationalpost.com>
Date: 15 October 2001 00:54
Subject: Fw: [euro-dads&mums] request from Donna Laframboise
>Dear Donna,
>
>Please see mesage sent out to members.
>RW.
>(London, England)
>_____________
>
>From: the Chairman
>
>To: All ManKind members.
>
>
>Dear Members,
>
>Many of you will know the vital work that journalist Donna Laframboise has
>undertaken over the last few years to straighten out the public's view of
>the corrupted statistics pumped out by many Gov'ts including her own in
>Canada.
>
>It is, therefore, with deep regret that we all learn that her employment at
>"The National Post" has been terminated.
>ManKind has always found Donna's work very helpful when compiling
>submissions in response to British Gov't Green papers.
>
>I would like all of you to read her email (below) and I would hope some of
>us can find ways of rallying round and supporting her.
>
>You could, of course, begin by sending a message of encouragement to Donna
>at her old address at The Post.
>< dlafra-@nationalpost.com >.
>As an organisation we can begin by pledging the data and research
facilities
>at our disposal to Donna should she need them for future articles.
>
>Yours sincerely,
>Robert Whiston.
>(Chairman)
>
>
>From Donna Laframboise:
>
>Dear readers,
>
>On Sept. 17, I was among 130 employees of The National Post
>relieved of duty due to budget constraints. Since then, a number
>of you have expressed interest in continuing to read my weekly
>columns. However, given the politically-incorrect flavor of my
>work, few newspapers are likely to hire me.
>
>I need to decide whether to remain a journalist or to pursue
>another line of work. In theory, the Internet gives me a new
>option: online commentator. For many readers, especially those
>outside Canada, I have long been an online presence. (Some of
>my columns are still available at The Post's web site by
>selecting my name in the second list.)
>
>Because a newspaper is no longer compensating me for the
>time it takes to research and write my column, the rent money
>has to come from elsewhere. The online commentator model is
>similar to the one employed by public television stations.
>Without funds raised directly from viewers, these stations
>wouldn't exist.
>
>Many people have told me they consider my writing a breath of
>fresh air. The question is whether a year of fresh air is worth the
>price of a music CD. I don't know the answer to that question,
>but this is my attempt to find out.
>
>My proposal is a modest one. Whereas some Post writers earn
>$750 per column, I am proposing to write a weekly online
>column for $600 dollars Canadian (see U.S. dollar equivalents).
>This means I would be paid, over the course of a year, $31,200
>for two days work per week. I am therefore in search of:
>3,120 readers willing to send me a $10 cheque or
>2,080 people willing to send me a $15 cheque or
>some combination of the above
>
>At $10 a year, each weekly column will cost a reader 20 cents
>
>Here's your chance to be an online pioneer.If you think my voice,
>as a weekly columnist, is worth 20 cents a week, please send
>me a cheque and urge your friends to do the same. If, by 5
>January 2002, I have raised 1/3 of a year's pay, I will commence
>writing a weekly column that will appear on this web site. The
>column: will be 750 - 1,500 words long (standard newspaper
>length is 700-850) will appear every Tuesday morning by 8 a.m.
>Eastern Standard Time and will be of the same high quality that
>characterized my weekly 1992-1996 Toronto Star columns as
>well as my more recent National Post columns
>
>Because a column is a contribution to a broader debate, these
>pieces will be available to everyone visiting the web site. This
>means people who send me a cheque will be subsidizing
>non-payers in the same way those who send money to public
>television stations subsidize viewers who watch for free. (It's not
>about whether everyone pays. It's about whether enough people
>are willing to pay to make this a viable use of my time.)
>
>My address is:
>Donna Laframboise
>429 Danforth Avenue, Suite 415
>Toronto, Ontario
>M4K 1P1
>
>
>Other things you should know (the fine print):
>
>I will cash the cheques shortly after they arrive and deposit them
>in a separate bank account I will post the accumulated totals on
>this web site each Friday beginning 9 Nov. through to 5 January
>2002 if, by 5 January, the goal of 1/3 of a year's pay ($10,400
>Cdn./$6,900 U.S.) has not been achieved, the project will be
>abandoned
>
>in such an event, I will not be able to refund your money due to
>the costs associated with mailing potentially hundreds of
>cheques in more than once currency back to more than one
>country instead, the money raised will be divided equally
>between two charities, the American Red Cross and ABC
>Canada. Afterward, I will scan in and post to this website the
>receipts received from these groups
>
>If we meet our 1/3 goal by 5 January:
>we will need to continue recruiting new paying readers prior to
>the end of March 2002 on each Friday during February and
>March, I will post the accumulated totals of new money received
>should these funds not add up the remaining 2/3rds ($20,800
>Cdn./$13,900 US) by Friday 29 March 2002, the money raised
>between 5 January and 29 March will be divided between the
>two charities, as above, and I will stop writing the column
>
>Should we make it through the first year successfully, I will
>pursue creditcard or e-payment options for 2003
>
>E N D
>
>
>