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MikeWaters · 12-17-2013, 06:15 PM

Before/during/after CG imploded, my goal had been to use the energy and resources of CG to make the world a better place.

I had a couple of examples of this from my time on cougarboard. For example, I organized funds to be donated to the family of a BYU graduate in the Army who died in the line of duty in Iraq. Also organized donations for a LDS family in the Dallas area, that was bereft of resources.

Due to our very small numbers, it's made any kind of organized effort on a medium scale virtually impossible.

But I did do one thing several years ago--I signed up for a google ad account to generate ad income for this website. And my intention the entire time has been to use that ad income towards worthy causes.

As you know, it takes some amount of money to keep this site running. It's not a lot of money--and I can afford it. So I take care of that.

The ad money is much less than what it costs to keep the site running. So lest anyone think I am trying to make money--I am not. We are making less than $2 a month on ads.

All gross revenue from ads donated to charity.

To actually cash out money from Google Ad Sense, you need $100 in your account. After all these years we are at $95. So we are *almost* there to the point that can we cash out $100 and make a donation.

The question is a donation towards what? In keeping with the theme of Mormon thought and self-improvement, a good candidate would be the perpetual education fund. Could also make a donation to BYU for scholarship money. I think there are worthy non-LDS related charities out there, but I don't see them as directly in line with what CG has been about.

I'm willing to take further suggestions. Thank you for the role that you have played in the CG community and contributing to the page views that have paid for this future modest donation.

12-17-2013, 06:15 PM	#1
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	We are getting very close to our goal Before/during/after CG imploded, my goal had been to use the energy and resources of CG to make the world a better place. I had a couple of examples of this from my time on cougarboard. For example, I organized funds to be donated to the family of a BYU graduate in the Army who died in the line of duty in Iraq. Also organized donations for a LDS family in the Dallas area, that was bereft of resources. Due to our very small numbers, it's made any kind of organized effort on a medium scale virtually impossible. But I did do one thing several years ago--I signed up for a google ad account to generate ad income for this website. And my intention the entire time has been to use that ad income towards worthy causes. As you know, it takes some amount of money to keep this site running. It's not a lot of money--and I can afford it. So I take care of that. The ad money is much less than what it costs to keep the site running. So lest anyone think I am trying to make money--I am not. We are making less than $2 a month on ads. All gross revenue from ads donated to charity. To actually cash out money from Google Ad Sense, you need $100 in your account. After all these years we are at $95. So we are almost there to the point that can we cash out $100 and make a donation. The question is a donation towards what? In keeping with the theme of Mormon thought and self-improvement, a good candidate would be the perpetual education fund. Could also make a donation to BYU for scholarship money. I think there are worthy non-LDS related charities out there, but I don't see them as directly in line with what CG has been about. I'm willing to take further suggestions. Thank you for the role that you have played in the CG community and contributing to the page views that have paid for this future modest donation.