[CRNMC] Butte County and Fundraising example

[Lanny Cotler]

Shannon, and all...

I just checked out Butte County's crowdfunding campaign. While I thought it was great, it is falling far short of their goal. And they have only three days left in the campaign.

What could they have done better--to make the campaign more effective? Their video was wonderful!

Lanny


On Jun 24, 2014, at 4:28 PM, Shannon Biggs <shannon at globalexchange.org> wrote:

> Hi Robin and all,  
> 
> So I know many of you are aware of the Butte ban issue, but in case not, here is information on their petition, which is currently kicked off the November ballot, making Mendocino (fingers crossed) one of 3 counties on the ballot for November. ;-) 
> I know that Robin is looking at how to do fundraisers, this is a great example of a community using online fundraising via Indigogo.  Very easy to do. Let me know if you need more help on this, happy to walk through it together. 
> 
> Blessings, Shannon 
> 
> 
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> From: Sarah Craig <sarahcraig815 at gmail.com>
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> Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 16:09:54 -0700
> To: "CAfrackattack at cafrack.org" <cafrackattack at cafrack.org>, <CAF_Members at googlegroups.com>
> Subject: [CAF_Members] Frack Free Butte County fights dirty energy money
> 
> Dear Friends,
> 
>  
> On June 1st the all-volunteer group, Frack-Free Butte County <http://frackfreebuttecounty.org/> , successfully raised the 10,000 signatures needed to secure a citizen initiative to ban fracking on the ballot this November.
> 
>  
> Last week <http://www.chicoer.com/News/Local/ci_25998257/Antifracking-initative-hits-roadblock-with-challenge> , a law-firm hired by Californians for a Safe, Secure Energy Future – a group funded by the oil & gas industry – challenged their petition on the superficial grounds that certain sentences were not in bold-font and the word "enacts" was used instead of "ordained" and their initiative was rejected.
> 
>  
> 
> They have FOUR days left of their Indiegogo campaign <https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/frack-free-butte-county> , so please donate as soon as you can. Let’s send a strong message that we will not let the will of the people go unheard!
> 
> 
> 
> This is the classic example of the will of the people being crushed by the money of the fossil-fuel industry, and they are determined to put their initiative back on the ballot! However, this will cost thousands of dollars to hire an attorney and counter the onslaught of oil industry money pouring into Butte County and they need a strong coalition of people like you to donate to their campaign.
>  
> Please visit their Indiegogo campaign here <https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/frack-free-butte-county>  and donate to their fight against Big Oil & Gas! And please forward this email to at least 5-10 of your friends, family, and allies to spread the word.
>  
> Thanks so much,
> 
> The Frack-Free Butte County Campaign
> 
>  
> 
> P.S. Please spread this message far and wide across your social networks! Here is a tweet to get started!
>  
> Dirty energy money blocks a fracking ban in Butte County: DONATE and SHARE if you agree that the fossil-fuel industry has gone too far. igg.me/at/frackfree <http://igg.me/at/frackfree> 
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