FUNDING AND FUNDRAISING...

     Sam Sternberg (T.O. Freenet) said that funds could result from
making info providers into donors as well. ie., show an information
provider that providing  their information over the net is a much more
cost-effective approach, and with all this money we are helping you
save, how about using some of that money as a donation to Freenet.

     In one group it was suggested that, to help support freenets
financially, volunteer public subscriptions could be used, but some of
our American colleagues pointed out that this hasn't been a
particularly effective fundraising method for many public radio and
telvision stations in the US.


HOW DO YOU RAISE MONEY TO RUN YOUR FREENET, OTHER THAN BY BEGGING? 

It's possible to charge information providers to put their information
on the system.  You could also consider adding a menu item for
commercials, which would be paid for by advertisers.  A couple of
other creative suggestions are to get corporate sponsors for some of
your phone lines or to get local computer stores, etc., to donate
equipment such as modems.  The philosophy of freenets is that "free"
implies universal access to information, not necessarily the provision
of information at no cost.