Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is!

[OnTheFly]

Thanks for posting the link to donate to the NFOA-PAF Fly. I signed up for a monthly donation for them too today.

Thanks Patrick...did you change your vote to reflect the total amount you are donating?

Fly

[patrickdm]

I have now. Thanks for that.

[OnTheFly]

I have now. Thanks for that.

Absolutely NOT sir...thank YOU!

Fly

[OnTheFly]

Bumpity bump bump.

Fly

[jFader]

Done & Done! Just signed up for a $10/monthly contribution!

I just joined the NFOA in July 2013 & made my first forum post in November...

I figured out a creative way to make a donation without it impacting my bank account! I will have donated over $300 in my first year of membership & now I'm signed up for the monthly contributions! 

Hey, if a new guy can do it so can YOU! I work in construction & I am by no means wealthy...I just give where I can & I feel very passionately about my second amendment rights! 

I also feel that my hard earned money is best served right here in Nebraska! GrassRoots! On the ground level fighting for what I believe in!

BUMP this post! If you haven't already....join the fight & let's help 'on the fly guy' reach his goal of $1 million dollars in the NFOA coffers!

[bkoenig]

$5 or $10 a month is the equivalent of one less pack of smokes, 6 pack of beer, or fast food meal.  Surely you can give up one of those a month to donate and protect your rights?  You'll be healthier and you'll feel good about helping a good cause.

[NE Bull]

Yeah, but just think about the Bacon that would buy......


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[OnTheFly]

31 Monthly Donors!

The numbers are in and they are astounding!

Forum members donating monthly = 1.427%

NFOA members donating monthly = 0.424%

And by "astounding", I mean dismally shocking that such a low percentage of our members support the principle that the NFOA stands for, but they won't support it financially.  Even with a dismally low monthly donation that will not be noticed. 

Here is an interesting excerpt from the April 2014 NFOA board meeting...

Treasurers Report
Beginning Book balance 3/1/14 – $17,318.06

Total Expenditures – $4,025.93
- One debit $38.96 for Benchmark Email
- One debit $91.33 for Apis (web/domain)
- One debit $602.69 Print Direct for brochure printing
- One debit $40.00 Print Direct for brochure printing
- One check $3,252.95 to Husch Blackwell for Legal services

Total Deposits – $610.11

Ending Book balance 3/31/14 – $13,902.24

So in one month, the NFOA had to pay an expense that exceeds what we are currently brining in via the monthly donations.  When I was young and naive, I thought that airplanes flew because of, engines, lifting surfaces (a.k.a. wings), lift to drag ratios, pilots, etc.  Little did I know that what makes airplanes fly is really money and paperwork.  Same here folks.  We don't get much done to protect our rights without some greenbacks giving our bark some bite.

Can we talk for a moment?  Look..I understand.  I REALLY do.  You already donate to other gun groups, you try to be a good ambassador for gun owners, but you just don't have the time to commit to any volunteer work with the NFOA.  I get it.  I'm in the same boat, but did you know that some of the most successful battles to protect our 2A rights are won on a state level?  While the national fight is nearly stagnant, we must continue to gain (or at least hold our) ground here in Nebraska so we don't become the next New York or Colorado.  Colorado...that is literally and figuratively very close to home.

You have joined the NFOA, but now won't you please join the fight?

Fly

[farmerbob]

Yet another BUMP!!!

[OnTheFly]

Done & Done! Just signed up for a $10/monthly contribution!

I forgot to add...

Thank you jFade for taking a stand with the NFOA.  Your testament to the importance of supporting the NFOA is an important message for all non-participants to heed.  As you also stated, you don't have to be rich to participate in the monthly donation.  $5 a month will hardly be noticed by most of us. 

Thanks again!
Fly

[OnTheFly]

An additional reminder.  There are two different donations you can make.  You can send money to the NFOA, or the NFOA Political Action Fund (NFOA PAF). 

Click HERE to open the donation page for the NFOA

Click HERE to read about the NFOA PAF and/or make a donation

If you are planning on donating $10 or more per month, you could set up a $5 donation to each.  Your choice, but the important thing is that you do SOMETHING.

Fly

[jFader]

Thanks again!
Fly

Yesssir....I have been practicing my open carry out to the mailbox every hour since making the monthly donation earlier......just waiting for my 'cool kids' patch in the mail! 

[OnTheFly]

just waiting for my 'cool kids' patch in the mail! 

We should do that, but then that would probably break the NFOA's measly budget and negate any collections resulting from this thread.   

Fly

[OnTheFly]

Someone snuck in here and became donor number 32.  Who was that?  Step up and take the recognition you deserve!

Fly

[RedBird]

Someone snuck in here and became donor number 32.  Who was that?  Step up and take the recognition you deserve!

Fly

I signed up to make a monthly donation yesterday. I realized that I had a few dollars to spare each month and that it was time to do my part.

Thank you all for fighting to protect our rights!

[OnTheFly]

I signed up to make a monthly donation yesterday. I realized that I had a few dollars to spare each month and that it was time to do my part.

Thank you all for fighting to protect our rights!

Thank you RedBird!  You are now officially cool.

Fly

[OnTheFly]

Take a stand with the NFOA!



I have gone back through the prior 8 pages of this thread and tried to glean the names of all the cool kids in the monthly donation club.  I know I'm missing some here.  Possibly due to my errors in recording, but also because I believe there are a few that set up a donation, then voted, but didn't post their name.  So I apologize for missing anyone.  If you DID donate and vote, please let me know so we can get your name on the list.  If you donated but did NOT vote, please vote and let us know who you are.

gigabelly             wusker                bkoenig
Greybeard          Gary                    abbafandr
WESchultz          Jutty                    farmerbob
Hank                 Neeco                  Ghost
whatsit              greg58                 CliffD
Lorimor             minnowmaker        Skooter
kozball              AWick                  Mudinyeri
patrickdm          waroche               jon-schram
jFade                RedBird                OnTheFly

Fly

[OnTheFly]

Which is it going to be?

Fly

[OnTheFly]

I was just reading a recent post about a fight that is close to home. 

http://nebraskafirearms.org/forum/index.php/topic,13237.0/topicseen.html

The state of Kansas finally makes some huge progress in solidifying 2A rights, and now they are under attack.

My question to you is, how are these fights won?  When I was a young and naive pilot I thought that airplanes flew because of a combination of aerodynamics, power plants, and the interaction of the pilot.  Come to find out what makes airplanes fly is paperwork and money.

In much the same way the battles to defend our Second Amendment rights are not won because we all join a pro-gun organization and chat it up with like minded people on a forum.  It takes money to simply hold our ground, let alone to push for advancements in securing our rights. 

You may think that the NRA, CCRKAB, SAF, etc are going to fight our battles for us, but they are focused on larger national issues.  It is the responsibility of Nebraskan's to prepare for the fight. 

My follow up question...what have YOU done to support the NFOA?

Fly

[NE Bull]

+1.  Couldn't have said it better, Fly.