hey, it's May day and while we're not yet in a mayday situation, we are asking for your help.
As you may know, MAL is part of the University of Colorado but generally a lot of our funding has come from external donors, and that has contributed to our ability to operate with a little more freedom, do weirder things, be more open and accessible to the general public than most university stuff. but, as these things go, a lot of those donors are shifting their priorities or scaling back.
we want to be able to continue being a resource in the way we have become accustomed to - maintaining our collection in working order as much as possible, offering these tools to artists and scholars and students and the general public, and doing our level best to be as weird as possible about it.
so, while we're looking at grants and other funding modes that we can shift to, we are also asking you all: does your workplace have a philanthropic fund? do you or someone you know have the means to make recurring donations? please consider asking them to contribute to our support fund, or doing so yourself:
@mediaarchaeologylab
Disappointed I can't instantly kick in a few bucks - without filling out multiple forms, sharing personal, banking info.☹️ (part of being 501c3, I guess) FWIW, inclined to use frictionless, secure Apple Pay, Google Pay (YouTube "Thanks!", Resistbot, eBay, et al.)
@ShutterbugDoug unfortunately we don't have that option, as we are part of the University and required to use the University fundraising infrastructure. that is not something within our control.
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