Help Promote Firefly/Serenity via PBS by suinegagpf

GENERAL DISCUSSIONS

Help Promote Firefly/Serenity via PBS

POSTED BY: SUINEGAGPF
UPDATED: Saturday, April 30, 2005 12:25
SHORT URL:
VIEWED: 4712
PAGE 1 of 1

Saturday, April 9, 2005 8:21 AM

Howdy all.

Just thought I'd post a status report on this effort.

First, the donation phase has concluded and the PayPal links have been removed. Total funds raised were $335.00 . Again I would like to thank all those who contributed. Without your assistance, I would not have been able to support this unique opportunity to help promote Firefly/Serenity.

Second, I have pictures of the completed donations. I spent this weekend printing, cutting, gluing, and assembling 8 of the Firefly theme donations. There will be a ninth, but I'm still waiting on the DVD set for that one.

Picture 1: Raw materials that were purchased with the funds raised.

Picture 2: After a weekend of hard work...

Picture 3: Five of the Eight Donations look like this:

Picture 4: Three of the Eight Donations look like this:

I'll post an official report after the Auction concludes. Now I'm off to fill out the PBS donation forms and setup the 2nd VCR in anticipation of the Auction.

Thanks again,
-Dave (suinegagpf)

------ Original Messages Below ------

Howdy all.

Summary:
A Public Television station in SE Wisconsin is holding their annual on-air auction fund raiser very soon. In fact, it begins April 29th, 2005. I'd like to put together some Firefly/Serenity theme donations to help promote the DVDs and the movie. However, I expect that my discretionary income for April will be entirely consumed by the IRS this year. If you'd like to make a donation to help me with my plan to get Firefly/Serenity some on-air promotion time in SE Wisconsin, it would be greatly appreciated.

I have setup a PayPal link where donations can be accepted online:
-- Link Removed -- Donation Phase Concluded --

Thanks,
-Dave (suinegagpf)

------ Original Message with Details Follows -----
Howdy all.

Wanted to float an idea past you all to determine if there is enough interest in a plan I have to help promote 'Serenity' before I commit to all the work needed to see it through.

History:
Last year, on behalf of the Chicagoland Browncoats, I put together 4 Firefly theme packages and donated them to a local PBS station's annual fundraiser auction. In exchange for a donation of sufficient value, they give it a few seconds of on air promotion time along with naming the entity/individual/organization on air that graciously donated the item. Here is a picture of a couple of the items I donated last year:

. All 4 items brought in a total of $235 for the PBS stations that serve SE Wisconsin.

Today:
The time for their annual auction fundraiser is fast approaching. It begins April 29th and runs through the first week of May. I'd like to do something similar for this year's auction to help promote Firefly and Serenity. Only one small problem, I owe the government money this year and expect that my discretionary income for all of April will be wiped out on that one expense.

Here's where you come in:
If I were to setup a link where you could donate money, would anyone be interested in donating a few dollars to help promote Firefly/Serenity in SE Wisconsin?

My tentative plan:
Should there be enough interest in this effort, here's how I'd proceed.
1. Setup PayPal link to accept donations for the next couple of weeks.
2. Use money raised to purchase as many Firefly DVD sets from Amazon.com as is affordable. (Would like to purchase at least 3 sets for donation.)
3. Since the minimum value of items to get on air promotion is $85, I'd dip into my private collection of autographs to pad the values of the donations. Each donated package would consist of: 1 Firefly DVD set (MSRP: $50), 1 Inkwork's Knowle Rohrer Card signed by Adam Baldwin (SMV: $25-$35), and 1 Rittenhouse Archive Cleopatra Card signed by Gina Torres (SMV: $10-$15). The limiting factor is the Knowle Rohrer (A.B.) cards as I only have five of them.
4. Donate the items to the PBS auction under the name of "Friends of serenitymovie.com". That's my clever way of getting the station to plug the movie URL on air.
5. Donate any money left over directly to the PBS station.
6. Tape the auction to see how much each item was auctioned off for. Provide pictures on-line with a summary of donations and what the money was used for just in case anyone wants to double-check my accounting practices.

For more info on the auction:
http://www.10-36friends.org/auction/auction.asp

For a station coverage map:
http://www.mptv.org/mptvhome/insidemptv/coverage.html

Feedback anyone?

-Dave (suinegagpf)

-----

Edited to add:

The response at the OB and on the Serenity site has encouraged me to go forward with this plan.

If you'd like to donate a few dollars to help purchase Firefly DVD sets to be donated to an on-air auction fundraiser for a SE Wisconsin Public Television station, click on the following link:
-- Link Removed -- Donation Phase Concluded --

The auction starts April 29th, 2005. To make sure I have enough time to order the sets and get them at the best price, I will be removing the above donation link on April 17th.

Thanks,
-Dave (suinegagpf)

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Saturday, April 9, 2005 8:32 AM

SUINEGAGPF

Donation Total at $58.

Thanks to those who have contributed.

-Dave

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Saturday, April 9, 2005 9:05 AM

IAMJACKSUSERNAME

Well, I'm all right. - Mal

suinegagpf, to make it easier to read your top post, please replace those long PP URLs with http://tinyurl.com/6smat to prevent page widening.
--
I am Jack's username
Serenity release date and folk on the rim: http://browncoats.serenitymovie.com/serenity/index.html?fuseaction=for
um.viewtopic&t=9781

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Saturday, April 9, 2005 9:17 AM

SHINY

>> Donation Total at $58.

$70 now.

Jayne, your mouth is talkin. Might want to look into that.

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Saturday, April 9, 2005 9:32 AM

SUINEGAGPF

Quote:
Originally posted by IamJacksUsername:
please replace those long PP URLs with http://tinyurl.com/6smat to prevent page widening.

Thanks, I wasn't aware of that service.

-Dave

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Saturday, April 9, 2005 9:41 AM

SUINEGAGPF

>>$70 now.

Just checked and it is.

Thanks for your contribution.

-Dave

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Saturday, April 9, 2005 1:30 PM

GWYNETHH

You should have a bit more now.

Are You Asking me to Dance?

NOTIFY: N | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Sunday, April 10, 2005 3:10 AM

SUINEGAGPF

Donation Total at $225.

Thanks to those who have contributed.

-Dave

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Monday, April 11, 2005 3:25 PM

SUINEGAGPF

Donation Total at $300.

Thanks to those who have contributed.

-Dave

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 4:19 PM

SUINEGAGPF

Donation Total at $315.

Thanks to those who have contributed.

-Dave

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Wednesday, April 13, 2005 3:30 PM

SUINEGAGPF

Evening bump.

-Dave

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Friday, April 15, 2005 5:18 PM

SUINEGAGPF

Donation Total at $335.

Thanks to those who have contributed.

--
Just a reminder that the donation phase concludes on Sunday.
--

Here's a sneak peak just in case anyone is curious:

-Dave

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Friday, April 15, 2005 8:41 PM

SOUPCATCHER

Nice job, Dave!

---------------------
Next up: Early "Nutcrusher" Jubal and the Firebuggers

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Sunday, April 24, 2005 5:03 PM

SUINEGAGPF

Quote:
Originally posted by SoupCatcher:
Nice job, Dave!

Thanks.

I just modified the first message with updated pictures and status info.

-Dave (suinegagpf)

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Sunday, April 24, 2005 11:18 PM

SOUPCATCHER

Outstanding! (I'm running out of superlatives)

I really look forward to your post-auction update. Spreading the love of Firefly and helping out public broadcasting. It doesn't get much better than that.

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Saturday, April 30, 2005 12:25 PM

SUINEGAGPF

Dropped off the 9th and final donation this afternoon.

Here's a picture of it:

This one makes use of a little cross-promotion.

-Dave

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

YOUR OPTIONS

SHARE THREAD

NEW POSTS TODAY

USER	POST DATE

USER

POST DATE