[OH-Publicity] Fundraising blog post

[Asheesh Laroia]

Excerpts from Deb Nicholson's message of Tue Aug 21 18:06:42 -0400 2012:
> I think a sentence or two about Asheesh is doing and how much more of it he
> can do if he can remain funded at a full time rate would be useful set the
> end.

I presume you meant "a sentence or two about what Asheesh is doing". 
That's a sensible thing to ask for!

I'm less excited about promising what the future holds. If we had a 
solid plan for the next year, I might be more willing to do that, 
although in general it seems fraught! So I won't offer any specific text 
suggestions for that.

I'd also prefer to emphasize "the organization" and our community rather 
than me personally.

> It also wouldn't hurt to say something either general our statistic based
> about *how* open source empowers people, changes lives etc. I imagine
> people kind of know this, but it's nice to remind folks of the big picture
> right before you ask for money.

So, at the risk of sounding kind of absurdist, I would say the point of 
the post is mostly the announcement of the donations we have received, 
rather than to strongly and effectively encourage people to donate. 
Mike, let me know if you agree.

Given that, but given that it does end with a call for donations, maybe 
we could change the last paragraph from:

"Won't you join these pioneering supporters?"

to:

"In the time since last August, we've been able to be very active. For 
example, OpenHatch has deployed new features to the web app and 
organized three <a href="http://campus.openhatch.org/">Open Source Comes 
to Campus</a> events and is organizing more for the fall, incorporated 
and applied for non-profit status, and inspired and helped tech groups 
to become more newcomer-friendly and gender diverse. Subscribe to our <a 
href="http://lists.openhatch.org/mailman/listinfo/announce">monthly 
newsletter</a> to stay in touch.

Won't you <a href="https://openhatch.org/donate/">join our pioneering 
supporters</a>?"

-- Asheesh.