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Koalas March
May 21, 2007



Hi everyone! It is me the annoying black gif posting mod from far away! I want to help people and give back to the community. Specifically, my sub, The Great Race Space. I would like the posters of the BFC to try and help me.



So without further ado...

The Goal
Some sort of rainy day fund by TGRS, for TGRS posters in good standing. A socialist, altruistic endeavor to help vulnerable people during bad times in their lives.

The Why
I have been pretty depressed lately. Not, necessarily going back to the hospital or anything (though I'd be lying if I said I hadn't thought about it) but I wanted to try and leave this world better than when I came into it. I have been on the forums over about a decade. I lurked for a long time before I even had my account, and I also want to leave the forums better as well. It's true that I put too much on myself and care about people to a fault, but I want to help. Maybe it's because I grew up struggling and I couldn't help myself or my family.. I don't know.

The last thread (which was supposed to be by TGRS, for TGRS) turned into.. well let's just say not good. I am aware there is a FYAD mock thread, and that's fine. I am not trying to force anyone to participate.

What Needs To Be Answered:

What kind of "program" is his? it is a charity?
It is not a charity. It should me more like a mutual society, a benefit society, or a bigger Take A Penny, type of deal. I'm not looking for thousands (or even 1k) of dollars. Just a couple hundred that can sit and be ready when someone really needs it. We helped one of our users (Fluffdaddy, who is cool and good.) get their car fixed and move out of a hotel. Which loving delights me, and if thats our only success, I'll take it. At least we made a difference to someone.

Who should "hold on" the money?
I was nominated but certain folks outside our sub were very uncomfortable with that. A group of members seems like a good idea, as long as they are TGRS posters in good standing.

Keeping this TGRS-centric
By the nature of our sub, our posters are statistically at risk to be struck by poverty or income instability, which is why I want to keep this TGRS-centric. There are also outside forces who want to see this fail, I get it. It's the internet and people are dicks. But I need to try and solutions to make sure that this stays for and by TGRS. If you have any ideas, comments or potential solutions please let me know! I think that the biggest threat to this project are concern trolls and racists/sexists/homo/transphobes coming out of the woodwork again in an attempt to rip it all apart. If you have any suggestions about that, I'd appreciate it. For now, I think the best that can be done is just to confront anyone you see engaging in this behavior.

Ok, but who is Koalas March and why should she be trusted?
Hi, that's me! I am a black woman from Detroit, and I live with my mother (who is mentally ill) and my grandmother (who is recovering from breast cancer). I am a screenwriter and filmmaker and I worked for a marketing company making commercials on literal zero dollar budgets. Right now I'm working on my own projects. I usually hang out in D&D. I started the Misogynoir thread, from there after some talking with Lowtax, I was made a mod. I talk a lot about racial injustice, inequality and white supremacy. As you can imagine, I have stepped on a lot of toes.
I have a really bad anxiety disorder, manic depression and a chronic pain disorder, trigeminal neuralgia. My medicine costs over $400 a which I could never afford in my wildest dreams, but luckily I have insurance because of the ACA. I was bullied a lot as a kid and as a result, I had severe panic attacks (to the point of vomiting) every morning before school. I have come a long way with the help of therapy (again, thanks Obama!) and my medicine but I still have a lot of anxiety and depression. I have an EBT card so that I can eat. Luckily my grandmother lets me live with her, in exchange for caring for my mom and taking care of the house. My non-work related expenses are my phone, cigarettes and my cats. I am luckily enough to have a great group of friends who take me out to eat, to the movies, trade Magic cards with etc. What I am trying to say, is that I know the struggle. If you really want to know more about about me, I encourage you to read my post histories in the Misogynoir and Old Negrotown threads. (New thread is here!)

My personal experiences are my single biggest motivation to help others. I don't want anyone to feel or experience the depression, anxiety, hurt and shame that comes with needing financial help. Some turn to money lenders, which are predatory and poorly regulated. People shouldn't have to go into more debt because they want to loving live their lives.


What I need to know:
Is setting something up like this even feasible?
What would be the best way to go about making this fund a reality? Mutual/Benefit society?
Tax implications?
Who should look after the money?
Is this even possible or should I just have a thread where people can post their paypals and others can pick and choose what they donate to?
How do we keep outside agitaters to a minimum? (For example some people tried to report me to paypal for fraud, they tried to shame FD for asking for help)

And I'm sure there are things I am forgetting, but I am looking for nothing for feedback, so please ask me anything. Tell me your comments and concerns and I'll do my best to answer them. If you have ideas, pitch them to me! If you think I should give the gently caress up, gently caress it, tell me.

:siren: Also, this is supposed to be a semi positive thread, for people who genuinely want to help. Please do not be rude as gently caress or snipe at each other! This is all about helping disadvantaged people out.

Koalas March fucked around with this message at 19:28 on Oct 19, 2017

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Cassius Belli
May 22, 2010

horny is prohibited
First and most obvious question: "What is TGRS?"

I'm going to guess something like The Goon Rescue Society or something, but come on, spit it out. Who are TGRS posters and what does 'good standing' entail?

e: Oh, I see, "The Great Space Race"?

Koalas March
May 21, 2007



Yond Cassius posted:

First and most obvious question: "What is TGRS?"

I'm going to guess something like The Goon Rescue Society or something, but come on, spit it out. Who are TGRS posters and what does 'good standing' entail?

e: Oh, I see, "The Great Space Race"?

Haha, yeah I forgot that a lot of people don't travel around the forums a whole bunch.

In good standing: a regular poster who has shared some personal details of their lives, who has also supported other posters and is pretty well known. (ie, Wren, Blackguy32, Fluffdaddy, there witch, etc) Basically as long as you post a lot and aren't a troll.

Koalas March fucked around with this message at 18:12 on Oct 19, 2017

Some Pinko Commie
Jun 9, 2009

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The simplest (hah!) legal way to set up something like what you want to do is to essentially start a nonprofit (exact type to be determined by BFC regulars because I only know just enough to know it's a headache), keep running expenses to a minimum and find people you trust not to gently caress everyone over to run it. But I don't know that a separate organization would really help the actual administration/distribution of funds.

EDITED to remove stuff that doesn't help.

Some Pinko Commie fucked around with this message at 18:29 on Oct 19, 2017

Krispy Wafer
Jul 26, 2002

I shouted out "Free the exposed 67"
But they stood on my hair and told me I was fat

Grimey Drawer
So kind of like Oprah's Angel Network? But Lowtax's Goon Stew.

Is the idea to raise a rainy day fund and then find worthy causes or find a worthy cause and then raise money?

Some Pinko Commie
Jun 9, 2009

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Krispy Wafer posted:

So kind of like Oprah's Angel Network? But Lowtax's Goon Stew.

Is the idea to raise a rainy day fund and then find worthy causes or find a worthy cause and then raise money?

My understanding of it is to have some kind of rainy day fund going and only give out money for people in the local subforum community that need help. It's not a general charity thing for the wider public.

Closest mental comparison I can think of is like whenever Goons pool resources in an online videogame to help other goons out, except with real money and nobody stealing it all causing huge drama.

Koalas March
May 21, 2007



Krispy Wafer posted:

So kind of like Oprah's Angel Network? But Lowtax's Goon Stew.

Is the idea to raise a rainy day fund and then find worthy causes or find a worthy cause and then raise money?

Just to have a few hundred bucks sitting around that we can give to a TGRS poster when they're in need of it.

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

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It's going to be a giant headache to set something like this up and even more of a headache to set it up with meaningful oversight. Off the top of my head would be to establish a 501c3 corporation, but as far as how you'd set up the voting board and take in/dispense the funds I have no idea.

Another idea would be to set up a trust, but that's going to be even more leg work and will require legal documents outside of EIN request forms and articles of incorporation (not to mention registering in a state for operation). None of these options are free either.

How much are you planning to hold?
How often are there going to be disbursements?
Who would you like to have control of the funds?
That's going to be the big one once you boil it all down. There's gonna be a signer that can close and take the funds no matter how you set it up, except for maybe a custodian trust account, but I don't know how you would set that up with out naming a specific beneficiary.

An easier way might be to have a dedicated thread where someone can state their need and goons just send funds directly to their paypal or something.

Devian666
Aug 20, 2008

Take some advice Chris.

Fun Shoe
Have you looked at other already existing organisations to see how they operate and deal with issues that are likely to arise?

Ashcans
Jan 2, 2006

Let's do the space-time warp again!

I think the issue you are going to have here is that the amounts you seem to be considering are kind of too small for the legwork you would need to do. Setting up a 501c3 or something similar is usually a huge pain and requires lawyers to be involved (most of the time), and if you're talking about kicking people a couple hundred bucks its not worth it. I don't know if there would be any issue with doing it more informally, if you can figure out someone who is trusted enough in the community to hold and disperse cash.

I know that this is something a number of social and faternal organizations sometimes do, in a manner similar to churches, but I think both of those examples already have an organizational framework for their lodge/etc. that can be used for that purpose.

Krispy Wafer
Jul 26, 2002

I shouted out "Free the exposed 67"
But they stood on my hair and told me I was fat

Grimey Drawer
If I could make a suggestion, I think the fund should have an expiration date. A definite beginning and end would perhaps put some urgency to the fundraising and make it more purposeful. Like the Fall Pumpkin Drive or the Winter Invitational. Then if it's successful you take what you learned and start another iteration. Kind of like threads that get retired and started over. Each thread's front page could have posts reserved for recognizing contributors, like those little shamrocks you get for donating to the March of Dimes.

Shorter goon drives make it easier to brush aside any inevitable failures and create opportunities to hand off all or partial responsibility so one handful of people isn't expected to do everything. It would also encourage things to stay small and simple. Because keeping things simple is going to be paramount.

Krispy Wafer fucked around with this message at 20:14 on Oct 19, 2017

Cassius Belli
May 22, 2010

horny is prohibited
Overall this does seem like something that would be relatively easy if you had a few hundred thousand dollars (found a credit union, offer zero-interest emergency loans and other minor financial services), annoying but not terrible with a few tens of thousands of dollars (set up a nonprofit or something like a donor-advised fund), barely worthwhile with a few thousand dollars (a very simple trust, maybe), and "way, way more trouble than it's worth" with a few hundred.

My best suggestion would be a locked sticky "main thread" that people can subscribe to. Each "campaign"/help-request gets its own thread, with a little mod introduction and the poster's request for help, and the OP there gets copied into the sticky with a link). After the campaign is over, the version in the sticky can be changed into a report on how it went, and a feel-good after-action report if everything works out as planned. That way, the main tracking thread doesn't get cluttered up with pledges and stuff, but people can still see what happened in each case if they want details.

It might be worth seeing if you can turn on the old E/N-style "no edits" rule for those threads.

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

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Yond Cassius posted:

My best suggestion would be a locked sticky "main thread" that people can subscribe to. Each "campaign"/help-request gets its own thread, with a little mod introduction and the poster's request for help, and the OP there gets copied into the sticky with a link). After the campaign is over, the version in the sticky can be changed into a report on how it went, and a feel-good after-action report if everything works out as planned. That way, the main tracking thread doesn't get cluttered up with pledges and stuff, but people can still see what happened in each case if they want details.

It might be worth seeing if you can turn on the old E/N-style "no edits" rule for those threads.

This seems like a pretty simple and easy way to do it.

Koalas March
May 21, 2007



Yond Cassius posted:

Overall this does seem like something that would be relatively easy if you had a few hundred thousand dollars (found a credit union, offer zero-interest emergency loans and other minor financial services), annoying but not terrible with a few tens of thousands of dollars (set up a nonprofit or something like a donor-advised fund), barely worthwhile with a few thousand dollars (a very simple trust, maybe), and "way, way more trouble than it's worth" with a few hundred.

My best suggestion would be a locked sticky "main thread" that people can subscribe to. Each "campaign"/help-request gets its own thread, with a little mod introduction and the poster's request for help, and the OP there gets copied into the sticky with a link). After the campaign is over, the version in the sticky can be changed into a report on how it went, and a feel-good after-action report if everything works out as planned. That way, the main tracking thread doesn't get cluttered up with pledges and stuff, but people can still see what happened in each case if they want details.

It might be worth seeing if you can turn on the old E/N-style "no edits" rule for those threads.

Yeah I think something like this is probably our best option. Thank you!

I'm still taking suggestions but that's probably the way to go from here.

Also big thanks to everyone who replied so far! I appreciate it.

Foma
Oct 1, 2004
Hello, My name is Lip Synch. Right now, I'm making a post that is anti-bush or something Micheal Moore would be proud of because I and the rest of my team lefty friends (koba1t included) need something to circle jerk to.
Why are you planning on holding money if the idea is just to give it to someone when they need it?

Make it simple, when someone needs assistance they post a help/why thread or post and their Paypal/Venmo/Email Address/GoFundMe people directly give that person money based off their desire to help. Take the centralization out of the equation and all the problems melt away.

Lead out in cuffs
Sep 18, 2012

"That's right. We've evolved."

"I can see that. Cool mutations."




Foma posted:

Why are you planning on holding money if the idea is just to give it to someone when they need it?

Make it simple, when someone needs assistance they post a help/why thread or post and their Paypal/Venmo/Email Address/GoFundMe people directly give that person money based off their desire to help. Take the centralization out of the equation and all the problems melt away.

I think the problem was that this was tried (recently) and did not work well. The original thread got gassed, and I didn't follow it, but there was some discussion here after the fact.

Fozzy The Bear
Dec 11, 1999

Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud
Its great that you posted about this in the Bad With Money thread. I laughed.

Cassius Belli
May 22, 2010

horny is prohibited

Foma posted:

Why are you planning on holding money if the idea is just to give it to someone when they need it?

Make it simple, when someone needs assistance they post a help/why thread or post and their Paypal/Venmo/Email Address/GoFundMe people directly give that person money based off their desire to help. Take the centralization out of the equation and all the problems melt away.

I think you need at least a little centralization, someone to do a first-pass filter for requests (at least "hey, is this person actually part of our community?"), because otherwise the subforum just floods with random Internet people begging for money.

Fozzy The Bear
Dec 11, 1999

Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud
A few things to think about:

"My roommate used my computer and took the money!"

"I was robbed on the way to the bank, can you send the money again?"

"I ended up using the money on drugs/ gave it to my ex/ bought a horse. Sorry everyone, I'll do better next time"

How would the subforum react to this. How would each member react to hear that the money they gave was basically wasted. Would this strengthen or weaken the bond of the subforum?

Michael Transactions
Nov 11, 2013

Put the money in a box in the middle of a room and train a camera on it and castr it to the internet. Then everyone can watch the box and make sure nobody steals the cash instead. I nominate myself for receiving the money and putting it into the box.

Suspicious Lump
Mar 11, 2004
I think a Kiva style interest free loan system could be extremely powerful, especially in getting people on track to financial security or avoiding financial ruin. It means money is perpetually in rotation, when (if ever) people get back on their feet they can pay it forward to the next person. I also think you should add financial education to successful applicants. Maybe I'm stereotyping poor people here so correct me if I'm wrong: some pitfalls can be avoided if people are educated about the risks, their options etc.

What i've suggested is complex and might be too complicated for your vision. So maybe a plan to grow the organisation into something with a long term plan would be great. Something like Kiva setup could be extremely helpful to people because it provides the loan and the education which IMO is important to stop preventative problems from reoccurring.

Good luck.

winning!!!
Jun 19, 2012

Foma posted:

Why are you planning on holding money if the idea is just to give it to someone when they need it?

Make it simple, when someone needs assistance they post a help/why thread or post and their Paypal/Venmo/Email Address/GoFundMe people directly give that person money based off their desire to help. Take the centralization out of the equation and all the problems melt away.

How is she supposed to spend the money on things for herself then? Last time she did this particular scam she used the money to buy a bunch of stuff for herself, she forgot to mention that in the OP. Quite frankly if she does it your way she won't be able to take any of the money for herself, making the whole exercise pointless.

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

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Ha, was that a thing?

OctaviusBeaver
Apr 30, 2009

Say what now?

Solice Kirsk posted:

Ha, was that a thing?

She kicked off the original thread by complaining that her laptop ran GTA V too slowly.

Castaign
Apr 4, 2011

And now I knew that while my body sat safe in the cheerful little church, he had been hunting my soul in the Court of the Dragon.

Yond Cassius posted:

My best suggestion would be a locked sticky "main thread" that people can subscribe to. Each "campaign"/help-request gets its own thread, with a little mod introduction and the poster's request for help, and the OP there gets copied into the sticky with a link). After the campaign is over, the version in the sticky can be changed into a report on how it went, and a feel-good after-action report if everything works out as planned. That way, the main tracking thread doesn't get cluttered up with pledges and stuff, but people can still see what happened in each case if they want details.

It might be worth seeing if you can turn on the old E/N-style "no edits" rule for those threads.

This seems solid.

Foma posted:

Why are you planning on holding money if the idea is just to give it to someone when they need it?

Make it simple, when someone needs assistance they post a help/why thread or post and their Paypal/Venmo/Email Address/GoFundMe people directly give that person money based off their desire to help. Take the centralization out of the equation and all the problems melt away.

I was on board with the original concept and specifically liked the idea of a Patreon account because it automated the process of donating a small amount to the fund each month, which (for me) was a big plus. I recognize the issues with oversight of such a system though, and Yond Cassius' suggestion seems like probably the best alternative.

Ride The Gravitron
May 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

Foma posted:

Why are you planning on holding money if the idea is just to give it to someone when they need it?

Make it simple, when someone needs assistance they post a help/why thread or post and their Paypal/Venmo/Email Address/GoFundMe people directly give that person money based off their desire to help. Take the centralization out of the equation and all the problems melt away.

This is the best way. No one had to worry about holding or losing funds. The posters can shower directly to KM and she decides which pay pal and stuff to give out

Koalas March
May 21, 2007



Ride The Gravitron posted:

This is the best way. No one had to worry about holding or losing funds. The posters can shower directly to KM and she decides which pay pal and stuff to give out

I think that just letting everyone post their own things is the best way. This way, aside from making the thread, I won't have people accusing me of poo poo I didn't do (like in this thread, ha)

Originally I posted the patreon (which was never used and no money was exchanged) and also said people could post their own PayPal/GoFundMe/etc.

Like I posted about taking care of my family and my medical conditions and that we're poor. I explained that I am a contractor and need more equipment and am trying to build a desktop to edit my video projects because my laptop is an old Acer. I used myself as an example and posted my own PayPal because I'm loving poor, (as did another user, who we helped a lot and I love it) and am in a terrible place in my life (including family stuff, abusive ex drama and other stuff I didn't even talk about) and am being accused of trying to grift people despite urging everyone not to feel pressured and those folks donated out of their free will. I told everyone who donated how much I appreciated it and I told them where their money was spent. (Extra batteries, SD cards, etc)

And I guess that's the last I'm saying about this.

winning!!!
Jun 19, 2012

Koalas March posted:

I think that just letting everyone post their own things is the best way. This way, aside from making the thread, I won't have people accusing me of poo poo I didn't do (like in this thread, ha)

Originally I posted the patreon (which was never used and no money was exchanged) and also said people could post their own PayPal/GoFundMe/etc.

Like I posted about taking care of my family and my medical conditions and that we're poor. I explained that I am a contractor and need more equipment and am trying to build a desktop to edit my video projects because my laptop is an old Acer. I used myself as an example and posted my own PayPal because I'm loving poor, (as did another user, who we helped a lot and I love it) and am in a terrible place in my life (including family stuff, abusive ex drama and other stuff I didn't even talk about) and am being accused of trying to grift people despite urging everyone not to feel pressured and those folks donated out of their free will. I told everyone who donated how much I appreciated it and I told them where their money was spent. (Extra batteries, SD cards, etc)

And I guess that's the last I'm saying about this.

Can you go one entire sentence without explaining the thousands of ways you are a victim

Grognan
Jan 23, 2007

by Fluffdaddy
So pants, how many pairs do you need?

Sic Semper Goon
Mar 1, 2015

Eu tu?

:zaurg:

Switchblade Switcharoo

winning!!! posted:

Can you go one entire sentence without explaining the thousands of ways you are a victim

That's my job, according to my avatar.

Some Pinko Commie
Jun 9, 2009

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winning!!! posted:

Can you go one entire sentence without explaining the thousands of ways you are a victim

Can you go one entire post without it having poo poo in it?

Some Pinko Commie
Jun 9, 2009

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Solice Kirsk posted:

Ha, was that a thing?

No. KM has been 100% up front about what she was doing, and there were three separate people needing help (including KM) that I'm aware of who all got help individually prior to the "this might be easier to keep track of if we could centralize things somehow" idea that drove the original thread and this one.

This is all after some "Hey, did so-and-so get help with their problem? Has anyone heard from them?" posts looking for updates to make sure nobody got lost in the shuffle when some bad luck for some regular posters came up at the same time.

No sinister scamming or bullshit goon drama required.

botany
Apr 27, 2013

by Lowtax

winning!!! posted:

Can you go one entire sentence without explaining the thousands of ways you are a victim

can you shut the gently caress up you moron

CharlestonJew
Jul 7, 2011

Illegal Hen

Lead out in cuffs posted:

I think the problem was that this was tried (recently) and did not work well. The original thread got gassed, and I didn't follow it, but there was some discussion here after the fact.

this is, in fact, not true at all.

The original idea was to have a patreon people would throw money into periodically, people would ask for money from that patreon for reasons x, y, and z, and KM would give out that money at her discretion for reasons such as "this is a good poster and I like them". If you took a step back you can see how easily exploitable this is (especially considering the one and only person to ask for money in that thread was KM).

It's a much simpler idea to just encourage TGRS posters to save their money and make a thread where people can post their PayPals/GoFundMes/etc. when they're in great need instead of going thru a bunch of middlemen, and I'm not sure why this hasn't been implemented yet.

a dingus
Mar 22, 2008

Rhetorical questions only
Fun Shoe

winning!!! posted:

Can you go one entire sentence without explaining the thousands of ways you are a victim

But then why would people send her money?

wateroverfire
Jul 3, 2010

CharlestonJew posted:

It's a much simpler idea to just encourage TGRS posters to save their money and make a thread where people can post their PayPals/GoFundMes/etc. when they're in great need instead of going thru a bunch of middlemen

Pretty much this. For the amount of money and activity you're probably going to handle there is no way to legally organize it that's going to be cost or time effective. If you pool everything in someone's account and disburse from there in an informal way, whoever controls the account risks tax problems, possible loss of benefits if they're audited and the agency involved decides the money coming through that account is income, and eventually, that person is going to take the heat when fraud occurs or there are disagreements over how to use the money or they take too much for themselves, or etc. It's better for everyoen involved, probably, if people ask individually when they need a hand.

Koalas March
May 21, 2007



wateroverfire posted:

Pretty much this. For the amount of money and activity you're probably going to handle there is no way to legally organize it that's going to be cost or time effective. If you pool everything in someone's account and disburse from there in an informal way, whoever controls the account risks tax problems, possible loss of benefits if they're audited and the agency involved decides the money coming through that account is income, and eventually, that person is going to take the heat when fraud occurs or there are disagreements over how to use the money or they take too much for themselves, or etc. It's better for everyoen involved, probably, if people ask individually when they need a hand.

Yeah this is what we'll be doing. Like I said, it's probably the best way. Posters can pick who to donate to, I don't have to be involved outside of making/policing the thread and hopefully won't have to deal with the stress of being accused of misconduct since I can be hands off.

It's pretty much decided, I'll leave this thread open a little longer for more feedback, but the decision has basically been made.

I'd like to give big thanks to everyone to posted earnestly here. You're good people.

spincube
Jan 31, 2006

I spent :10bux: so I could say that I finally figured out what this god damned cube is doing. Get well Lowtax.
Grimey Drawer

Koalas March posted:

I am a contractor and need more equipment and am trying to build a desktop to edit my video projects because my laptop is an old Acer.

Koalas March posted:

Some turn to money lenders, which are predatory and poorly regulated.

:monocle:

Nocheez
Sep 5, 2000

Can you spare a little cheddar?
Nap Ghost
If you're looking for a charity that already does something similar, I suggest Modest Needs.

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Koalas March
May 21, 2007



biracial bear for uncut posted:

No. KM has been 100% up front about what she was doing, and there were three separate people needing help (including KM) that I'm aware of who all got help individually prior to the "this might be easier to keep track of if we could centralize things somehow" idea that drove the original thread and this one.

This is all after some "Hey, did so-and-so get help with their problem? Has anyone heard from them?" posts looking for updates to make sure nobody got lost in the shuffle when some bad luck for some regular posters came up at the same time.

No sinister scamming or bullshit goon drama required.

I think that part of the problem is people aren't familiar with TGRS or me. But that's why I posted my post histories in Negrotown/Misogynoir. I get personal in there all the time, same with the chronic pain thread, I have been open about myself (and overshared, because I am a loving chronic oversharer, so my apologies) and talking about myself and my life for quite some time. People don't trust those they don't know, it makes sense and I get it, which is why I try to share details about myself and everything but it is what it is.

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