Meta: Fundraiser Update

I would like to thank the people who helped spread the word about the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive last week... Craig D, Zep, Lee, NateBear, Jorge Garrido, Paul Etcheverry, P-E Fronning, Amir Avni, Loon, James Suhr, Dungeon Warden, Childewolf, In-Sect, Calmspirit and Max Ward. (excuse me if I missed anybody!)

As you know, every six months we take a week to promote the Archive project and encourage those who have benefitted from it to contribute. ASIFA-Hollywood is a non-profit arts organization, and the Archive project depends on donations to fund its operations. Unfortunately, last week's fundraiser didn't generate a single donation.

I'm working on other ways to generate funding, but it is going to take some of my time away from digitizing and drafting new posts. Instead of three posts a week as I have been doing, I am going to go to two posts a week. I am working on a series of charity auctions that will include occasional ebay lots as well as a live auction event this Summer. We have plans for fundraising events tied in with upcoming screenings and celebrity appearances in the Los Angeles area. And I am looking into ways to publish art prints and books based on the material in our collection. We continue to look for corporate sponsors and advertisers to cover the expenses of the website content creation and hosting.

If anyone out there has fundraising ideas, or if you are willing to help us generate funds to operate and expand the archive, please let me know at sworth@animationarchive.org.

Thanks for your support.

Stephen Worth
Director
ASIFA-Hollywood
Animation Archive

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