04.04.2012

Momentum

With a hole to plug in the fighting fund, Robbie Rix asks comrades to step up and show support.

Unfortunately we did not manage to raise the extra £367 we needed to meet our £1,500 target for March. But perhaps that was not surprising, as we only had two days to do it.

In the circumstances it was very gratifying to receive four donations via PayPal - thank you, KU (£25), HF (£20), RP and CS (£10 each) - plus two standing orders (from JC and RL) totalling £15. Those last-minute gifts, which added up to £80, meant we ended the month at £1,213 - in other words, we didn’t even make the old target of £1,250.

So I’m very keen to make up the deficit in April. And we’ve got off to a good start - mainly, it has to be said, because of all those standing orders that come in at the start of the month. Amongst them were four for £30 (from CG, SD, AD and DL), one for £25 (from BH), plus two for £20 (FK and CF). Added to which was EJ’s regular £50, transferred via PayPal, and a handy bonus of £50, added by comrade RG to his annual subscription. Brilliant! So we start April’s fund with £340 raised in only four days. Now we need to keep up the momentum.

I’m afraid I can’t tell you how many online readers we had last week because of a technical problem connected to the fact we have just changed our internet server. That in turn is connected to the forthcoming launch of our new website. Yes, it really is going to happen soon - I can’t give you a date (not after we weren’t able to meet previous relaunch dates), but I can tell you that things are looking promising.

And, you never know, you might just be so impressed by all the new features that you will immediately rush to reward us. All I can say is that we really do need your donations. And, for a start, we must reach that £1,500 target in April - and more!