Ahem -- it's not *exactly* free . . . much like a certain alarm company
with the letters resembling BDT, it's going to cost someone something.
Much like ads, or spam -- it's all with a price.  

But seriously, to do this, the "organization" would need to form a
non-profit entity and then donate "profits" to a charity organization.
Again -- this is getting pretty "pricey" because you have to factor time
and expenses to incorporate.   

-- Bradley Miller

At 10:00 PM 6/13/01 -0500, you wrote:
>We don't actually have to keep the money.  Let's just donate it
>to GNU or the EFF or the Salvation Army or St. Jude's ...
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>This is free money, let's not turn it down just to save some
>work in forwarding it to a charity.
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>Regards,
>		Tony
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>"Duston, Hal" wrote:
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>> OK, I'll take the role of the crotchety old fogy, but
>> we have gotten by more than fine without funds so far.
>> This would require actual effort on someone's part, to
>> manage the money.  We would need to have a treasurer
>> or something.  Maybe a bank account somewhere.  I don't
>> think mixing money into the group would be a good idea.
>> We get enough flamewars going on without having to
>> decide the proper way to spend any money.
>> 
>> Grumpily, ;-)
>> Hal Duston
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>> Wednesday, June 13, 2001 4:27 PM, "mike neuliep"
>> [mike@illiana.net] wrote:
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>> > Hmmm, the cards DO look pretty cool and I do like the idea
>> > behind the card.  The only thing I don't like is the 14%
>> > APR interest the card carries.  If they could make the
>> > interest rate competitve, say to the 9.8% my credit union
>> > carries, I'd look very closely at changing cards....
>> >
>> > But on the other hand, if you're never going to carry a
>> > balance, why the hell not?  What do the rest of you think?
>> >
>> >       Mike
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