ARISSat-1 and FOX social media fundraising
Hi Everyone,
I've set up a fundraiser on Facebook using Fundrazr and PayPal. If you have a Facebook or Twitter account, please visit http://bit.ly/c861N7 and use the share button to post to your own account. The $2000 dollar limit is far below what we need to raise, but is the max allowed by the program. I'm hoping I can create new ones as we exceed that amount.
I hope to soon have a PayPal donation widget that you can include on your own webpages, or anything html. When I get that working I'll post back here. The idea is to solicit support from those outside the normal AMSAT membership and circles.
Thanks for the support, and please help us pay for the costs incurred during ARISSat-1 construction, and get us off to a good start as we begin working on FOX!
73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT-NA VP Operations
Good Morning!
I'm proud to say that the combined ARISSat-1 and FOX fundraising effort has gathered 690 dollars over the last 24 hours! Donations have been received from all over the globe, both from inside, and outside, of normal AMSAT circles.
The real potential in these two campaigns is being able to reach out to those outside of the normal AMSAT circles, and allow them to quickly and painlessly donate via PayPal. Donations may be any size, and we have received anywhere from $10 to $250 from individual donors.
To make this campaign really successful, we need -your- help, whether you can donate or not. Please visit the links below and either "share" the Facebook link to your wall, or on the PayPal widget, click "Add to Site" and include the code on your website, blog, or even just your QRZ entry. Everyone on this list has at least one place they can post the widget, and help AMSAT raise money for ARISSat-1 and FOX.
The links are:
Facebook: http://bit.ly/c861N7
PayPal widget: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/CTNews.php or http://www.qrz.com/db/KO4MA
If your club or group sends out HTML based emails, or has a website, or a blog, please ask them to add this widget too!
73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT-NA VP Operations
On 11/15/2010 11:41 PM, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote:
Hi Everyone,
I've set up a fundraiser on Facebook using Fundrazr and PayPal. If you have a Facebook or Twitter account, please visit http://bit.ly/c861N7 and use the share button to post to your own account. The $2000 dollar limit is far below what we need to raise, but is the max allowed by the program. I'm hoping I can create new ones as we exceed that amount.
I hope to soon have a PayPal donation widget that you can include on your own webpages, or anything html. When I get that working I'll post back here. The idea is to solicit support from those outside the normal AMSAT membership and circles.
Thanks for the support, and please help us pay for the costs incurred during ARISSat-1 construction, and get us off to a good start as we begin working on FOX!
73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT-NA VP Operations _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
I'm proud to announce that the Facebook and PayPal widget campaign has raised $1,000 over the last 48 hours! This is a great first step towards replenishing the funds used in the construction of ARISSat-1, and beginning the design and construction of AMSAT-FOX. Thank you to those who posted the fundraiser to their own pages, and to those who donated.
Did you know:
ARISSat-1 will broadcast live slow scan pictures from space? All that will be needed to receive these pictures is a 2 meter FM receiver and a soundcard equipped computer.
ARISSat-1 has a Mode U/V (B) linear transponder using SDR technology as a testbed for future transponder missions.
ARISSat-1 uses a new robust telemetry format including FEC to counteract signal losses during long fades.
ARISSat-1 is set to deploy early in 2011, just months away.
Our PayPal widget is now on the front page of amsat.org (thank you JoAnne!), where you can donate and download the widget for your own webpage or blog, and our Facebook application is available at http://bit.ly/c861N7 . With these two fundraising tools, it is as important to share and post the widgets on your own page as it is to actually donate. To succeed we must reach those amateurs and space enthusiasts not in the normal AMSAT circles. Please visit and share today, to help us fund these two projects. Thank you for all your support!
73, Drew KO4MA
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