sunset(avant gardener)
Josey needs a lawyer by the name of Zenia Gilg .... she is the very best with these types of things. Most docs will stand behind their recs even though they are tech expired.
A lawyer by the name of Robert Raich would be worth considering. I don't think anyone has more experience in cannabis law than he does. He's taken the only two cases that went to the Supreme Court. Down to earth guy, he helped draft sb420 and he isn't any more expensive than any other lawyer. I spent a couple hours asking him questions last year as kind of a preventative measure.
Putting a funds together is not easy to do. We have to stay within the sites TOU. We can not be giving out our personal info.. This is why DF attempted to do a seed auction for Phillity. Its the only way to do something like this get everyone's support but also stay safe and within the TOU.
Detroit Michigan.Hey paladin.. where is the THC expo at?
is this the rooster tail event?
Putting a funds together is not easy to do. We have to stay within the sites TOU. We can not be giving out our personal info.. This is why DF attempted to do a seed auction for Phillity. Its the only way to do something like this get everyone's support but also stay safe and within the TOU.
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there's ways of setting up crowdfunding but it can't be done through ICMag, as PF points out.
I read a Forbes review of the top 10 sites for crowd funding (google it). Kickstarter does not allow charity fundraising, so it's out. Of the ones on the list, most that do allow charity fund raising have pretty steep fees, between 4 and 9% of the donated funds, not counting the credit card fees that are applied when the donation is made. many don't allow dispersal of the funds to the recipient unless a pre-designated fund raising goal is met.
the one that seemed to best fit is Crowdrise (google it). it is focused on charity fund raising. it also allows individuals to raise money for themselves or for friends. the money is available in real time, as soon as it's donated, not just at the end of a fund raising campaign. it was started by Ed Norton, the actor (yes, Fight Club Ed Norton). they charge a 5% fee at time of payout for individual funding but they allow contributors to pay a processing fee at time of donation that allows 99% of the donation to go to the recipient. no one else that i saw had anything like that.
the only potential negative, which every crowdfunding site would have, is what's called a Son of Sam clause, which prohibits creating a fund that would allow profiting from a crime. in this case, that shouldn't apply as a crime has not been proven. i looked thru the TOU and i didn't see anything saying fundraising for legal defense fees is prohibited.
anyway, if someone with web skills and family contacts wants to set something like this up, i'd consider looking there first. if it gets set up, care needs to be taken not to use ICMag to solicit contributions as that will lead to a ban. Crowdrise has widgits to use on social media sites like FB and twitter but not to be used here. not sure if events like cannabis cups would limit what people to with their tents but if someone had a computer hooked up, people could donate on the spot. or maybe a sign with one of those scan-able QR codes
EDIT: never mind, i misunderstood what you meant about setting up a website. i thought you were meaning setting up the crowdfunding page.Maybe make a website explaining it all and have jw family make a paypal account to collect money? Then we can all throw the site into our sigs?