{"id":15210,"date":"2016-02-23T08:10:20","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T16:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kith.org\/journals\/jed\/2016\/02\/23\/15210.html"},"modified":"2016-02-23T08:10:20","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T16:10:20","slug":"lets-close-the-funding-gap-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/jed\/2016\/02\/23\/lets-close-the-funding-gap-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s close the funding gap for the WisCon Member Assistance Fund!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Short version of this post: Please help people attend WisCon by donating<\/a> to the Member Assistance Fund! I will match your donations!<\/p>\n

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Longer version:<\/p>\n

I love WisCon, the annual feminist science fiction and fantasy convention in Madison. I've been going since 2000 or so; it has flaws and problems sometimes, but overall it's my favorite convention. I love the smart and interesting and thoughtful and funny and political discussions there; I love the shared sense of purpose and sense of fun and sense of wonder; I love the Tiptree auction and the dessert salon and the Guest of Honor speeches; I love the chance to get together with old friends and make new friends.<\/p>\n

And I would love for everyone who wants to attend to be able to attend, but sometimes people can't afford it. (Attending conventions can be expensive!) Which is why there's a Member Assistance Fund<\/a> to provide financial aid.<\/p>\n

But this year, the Fund got a lot more requests than it ever has before, and even after last week's great fundraising effort, the Fund ended up $5000 short of being able to help everyone who qualified.<\/p>\n

So let's fix that. This week, I will personally match every donation to the Member Assistance Fund, dollar-for-dollar, up to $2500. In particular, that means that if y'all collectively put in $2500 by the end of the day on Saturday the 27th (only five days from now!), then I will put in the other $2500, and together we can provide financial aid to everyone who qualified.<\/p>\n

To donate, visit the WisCon blog<\/a> and click the Donate button. We'll be posting progress updates as the week goes on.<\/p>\n

Donations of any amount are welcome. And WisCon's parent organization is a 501(c)(3), so donations are tax-deductible in the US.<\/p>\n

Even if you can't donate, you can help by spreading the word; please share this post!<\/p>\n

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(By the way, this matching donation is in addition to the amount that I was already planning to donate, not instead of.)<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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