This is reprehensible, and a case in point about William Gheen. I don't know any other organization that continually threatens to cut the lifeline of their members like gheen does. Lots of of them have fund drives, and many of them cut back, even to the bone, but seldom do they shut down entirely, IF...their cause is what they are there for in the first place. SOS has subsisted on less than $1,000 dollars in the last two years, excluding the website cost. In that time we've held events, networked with other like minded groups and kept our agenda alive, including staying in communication with our associates. Gheen...I don't know...It doesn't cost much to just get by, but apparently if he cannot rake in some thousands, he doesn't want to hear from anyone, or doesn't want anyone to hear from each other. It's not just "we'll have to cut back", but it's either we reach our goal or I cut you all off:
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From: Americans for Legal Immigration [mailto:listmaster@alipac.us]
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 4:47 PM
To: Americans for Legal Immigration Subscriber
Subject: Activating ALIPAC Emergency Backup email system to reach you
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(This email is being sent by our emergency backup system to assure we are reaching all supporters)
ALL OPPONENTS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND AMNESTY FOR ILLEGALS PLEASE RESPOND!
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Friends of ALIPAC,
Our funds have reached a critical level and we are currently unable to meet our minimum operation requirement as of the first of July!
We have 48 hours to stabilize our accounts or we must shut down the nation's third largest grass roots organization fighting illegal immigration.
Please go to our secure online donations page at this link within the next 48 hours to make a donation of any amount.
ALIPAC's Secure Online Donation Page
http://www.alipac.us/content-9.html<http://www.alipac.us/content-9.html>
If our supporters are generous enough to help us survive the next 48 hours, we will remain in emergency mode all the way to the fund raising deadline for the end of July.
Currently, we have only raised $10,000 of the $40,000 we need to make it to our third drive of the year in the Fall.
We realize that times are very tough across America right now, but if you value our contributions to the fight against illegal immigration and against Amnesty we must have more support immediately or we must make emergency landing plans to shut down ALIPAC.
Please help! In each fund raising drive we have conducted in the last year and a half, our donors have waited until we are at a terrible critical level before responding.
We regret that things have to reach these levels.
If we fail to reach our minimal funding goals for our operations budget, we will use the donations we receive to extend the closing date as far back as possible.
Please help!
William Gheen and The ALIPAC Team
www.alipac.us<http://www.alipac.us/>
AMERICANS FOR LEGAL IMMIGRATION PAC
Post Office Box 30966, Raleigh, NC 27622-0966
Tel: (919) 787-6009 Toll Free: (866) 703-0864
FEC ID: C00405878
PS: No, I do not want ALIPAC to have to announce a plan to shutdown and leave the battlefield against illegal immigration and my donation is en route now via http://www.alipac.us/content-9.html<http://www.alipac.us/content-9.html>
Our secure contributions page is found on the top blue tool bar of each page at www.ALIPAC.us<http://www.alipac.us/>
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