--- Erik Moeller erik_moeller@gmx.de wrote:
Sheldon Rampton wrote:
If the search feature is slowing down the site, I think using Google would be a satisfactory permanent alternative. We've been using it for years at the PR Watch web site, with no complaints.
I'm very much against this.
Me too. Our search is more up to date, more precise and doesn't have ads. I don't think Google is a good permanent alternative.
I hope we have the nonprofit setup soon, and if we can't get it setup, we should start raising donations without an organization. Kuro5hin raised 35000 dollars in a few days -- I'm not sure if we can get that high, but we should certainly try.
I don't think asking for donations is the way to go once a non-profit is in place. The US is full of foundations that are happy to throw money at half-baked proposals vaguely related to education. Pretty much every billionaire sets up a foundation like that. You just write a grant proposal and wait for the money to come in. Lots of people in academia make their living that way. And we are talking at least an order of magnitude higher than your figure above.
Axel
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