Paypal Address for donations: joonze66 @ yahoo.com (Send as a "Gift!")
Link to tracking spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aueb8PaHYm2QdGJLcU1jajQwS1ZHNlVfa2lWb2VaSWc#gid=0

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Based on the petition to allow @tebowie's name change, @sethadam1 will make an exception based on a $250 single donation. Are we all ready to step up?

i have listed the members this morning in the gm.net thread that made a commitment in the various threads and here is where we are so far.

@joonze - 20
@MiguelSanchez - 25
@forbin1 - 20
@jimmymac03 - 10
@muggleballs - 20
@papadance - 20
@jacculus - 20
@jaydubya - 20

thats $155

we will need one point person to collect the funds and then send them off to the foundation...

paypal is the only way to do it. if you fully commit, i will spearhead this and send the donation upon receiving full donation payments from everyone. once we hit or exceed the $250, i will pm each of you my paypal info where you can forward your donation.

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Paypal Address for donations: joonze66 @ yahoo.com (Send as a "Gift!")
Link to tracking spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aueb8PaHYm2QdGJLcU1jajQwS1ZHNlVfa2lWb2VaSWc#gid=0

@cupuscakus said:

Im in for $15 -- the number that Tebow proudly displays as a member of NY Jets (from the bench)

That logic works for me. Count me in for $15.

Is there a deadline to donate? Post-Christmas I can donate.

no time limit, we can set a goal date of new years eve so the donations go in before year end close and you can use you donation as a deductible on your tax form.

at $205

@joonze - 20
@MiguelSanchez - 25
@forbin1 - 20
@jimmymac03 - 10
@muggleballs - 20
@papadance - 20
@jacculus - 20
@jaydubya - 20
@cupuscakus - 15
@johnnyd - 15
@standarsh - 20

keep em coming and if we hit $500 in donations @pzerbo said this...
(For a $500 donation to The Mockingbird Foundation, I'll change MY name to TeBowie, or any other name the donor wishes. Will also cluck like a chicken, wear an Oregon State hat to NYE, or perform any other embarrassing act provided it is legal and wouldn't piss off the wife (or girlfriend).

Kids need music education... I'll do whatever it takes!!!)

@joonze - 20
@MiguelSanchez - 25
@forbin1 - 20
@jimmymac03 - 10
@muggleballs - 20
@papadance - 20
@jacculus - 20
@jaydubya - 20
@cupuscakus - 15
@johnnyd - 15
@standarsh - 20
@ITSnICE - 15

$220 ... only 30 bucks away to restore @Sprachtors name....but lets see if we can pool together enough to get @pzerbo to do something silly... maybe change his icon to a picture of Tebowie

I'm in for $25. I can paypal to someone on Friday, i.e. payday.

Edit: F' it, put me in for $50. I dig the work that Mockingbird Foundation does and sharing music education to some kiddos seems like a great use of the money.

I've got $50 on it.

Yay for matching @sethadam1 and @admins.

@pzerbo has already said that at $500, he'll change his avatar and username.

I'll up the stakes, if you can hit $1500, I'll let you choose the avatar of @TheEmu, @johnnyd, AND @ericwyman for 30 days (and I'll block them from resetting it for that entire period). Sorry guys.

Hit 2 grand and you can add me to the mix. My avatar, your choice*.

Hit $2500 and you can have @icculus, @lemuria, and @jackl.

By the way, this is news to all of them. This is bigger than @Sprachtor now - this is a full on drive for .net to prove how awesome we are.

* some reasonable restrictions apply to all admin avatars

Oh wow this is really happening.

The deal was if you raise $250 he gets his name change? Only $30 more?

@IntoYesterday said:

Oh wow this is really happening.

The deal was if you raise $250 he gets his name change? Only $30 more?

We are way over $250 at this point. Trying to keep it going...

"you know...for kids!"

/another obscure one

we can do it!

In for $50.

I just figured it out. The $100 has been donated. I got my birthday wrong twice before I finally finished the transaction.

If this really slows down and we don't hit at least $500 in whatever time frame has been set, PM me and I'll get us up there, I'm going x-mas shopping for wife, mother in law/sister in law and their dog, be back later.

EDIT: Keep an accurate updated total in this thread? Anybody, not necessarily joonze.

@sethadam1 said:

@pzerbo has already said that at $500, he'll change his avatar and username.

I'll up the stakes, if you can hit $1500, I'll let you choose the avatar of @TheEmu, @johnnyd, AND @ericwyman for 30 days (and I'll block them from resetting it for that entire period). Sorry guys.

Hit 2 grand and you can add me to the mix. My avatar, your choice*.

Hit $2500 and you can have @icculus, @lemuria, and @jackl.

By the way, this is news to all of them. This is bigger than @Sprachtor now - this is a full on drive for .net to prove how awesome we are.

* some reasonable restrictions apply to all admin avatars

Feel free to add me to the avatar pool if you want!

@joonze - 20
@MiguelSanchez - 25
@forbin1 - 20
@jimmymac03 - 10
@muggleballs - 20
@papadance - 20
@jacculus - 20
@jaydubya - 20
@cupuscakus - 15
@johnnyd - 15
@standarsh - 20
@ITSnICE - 15
@MrJones - 25
@bostonron - 15
@missblue75 - 50
@mfhgreyboy - 50
@IntoYesterday - 100
@ProfJibboo - 25
@chris200w - 50

$525 - as of 11:35

Can we get a ruling that @Phrisky's $100 counts towards our total despite the fact that it was donated separately, @sethadam1?

@IntoYesterday said:

Shit I donated straight to Mockingbord instead of PMing you joonze. Did I f*** up? Says it's supposed to be a single $250 donation, I probably should have read more before I got excited.

Please someone tell me my donation just now counts towards this even though it will be a seperate donation.

you would have to check with @sethadam1 on your donation counting towards this, but either way, your donation is a win for the real cause...

@mfhgreyboy said:

Can we get a ruling that @Phrisky's $100 counts towards our total despite the fact that it was donated separately, @sethadam1?

Once we validate that single donation, I'll consider it part of the total for the purpose of this run. But let's make sure future donations are in one pot, otherwise, this will be increasingly difficult to manage.

So you're saying the basic rule is you'll make exceptions to any rule. Once.
Dangerous precedent.

; )

@sethadam1 said:

@mfhgreyboy said:

Can we get a ruling that @Phrisky's $100 counts towards our total despite the fact that it was donated separately, @sethadam1?

Once we validate that single donation, I'll consider it part of the total for the purpose of this run. But let's make sure future donations are in one pot, otherwise, this will be increasingly difficult to manage.

Sorry and thank you! I have a history of being compulsive.

My wife is trying to teach me to be slow and patient. It's a 5-10 year plan.

@johnnyd said:

So you're saying the basic rule is you'll make exceptions to any rule. Once.
Dangerous precedent.

; )

My rule is we don't bend the rules. But I just can't be consistent when the end result is a big donation to Mockingbird. So give 'til it hurts, people.

Way to go guys. Great thread, great group of people we have here

Next time the list is added up change mine to 50. I did an edit in my original post so the total is actually a bit higher...

What needs to be donated to get f*** uncensored?

@sethadam1 said:

The more money goes to charity, the more control of Phish.net I'm willing to put on the table. And I ain't talkin' 'bout avatars.

"Raise enough money, and @sethadam1 will bring back the sun."
"OK. This is my sister. For another thousand bucks, you can all have her. I hear she's very good."
"You better keep pledging, or I'll start swinging!"

/shows some balls, impresses thread

Edit, wrong video