"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" vote TOMORROW!

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Dear Readers, URGENT: The Senate is voting on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" TOMORROW. Click here to call your senators immediately. Make two calls. Make history. Stop what you're doing, pick up the phone, and call your senators: The senate has scheduled a final vote on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal for tomorrow. Even though a majority of senators support repeal, we need 60 votes to overcome a filibuster – and when they last voted, we had 57. This could be our last chance for years. Every single call counts. And with the vote just hours away, every single minute counts. Click here to call Sen. Robert Casey at (202) 224-6324 and Sen. Arlen Specter at (202) 224-4254 and tell them: I'm counting on you to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Whether your senator is a courageous champion of repeal, or a die-hard opponent – you still need to call. Pro-repeal senators need to know we're counting on them to give every ounce of effort and overcome any last-minute tricks by John McCain and Senate Republican leaders – and those on the wrong side of history need to know their constituents are watching. Every senator has staff on hand to answer the phones and speak to constituents. Make your quick and easy calls now: Sen. Robert Casey at (202) 224-6324 and Sen. Arlen Specter at (202) 224-4254. Right-wing activists are desperately trying to stop this bill, and I can guarantee they are lighting up the phone lines right now. If you don't get through right away, try again. Call one senator's office, and tell the staff person who answers where you live so they know you're a real constituent. Tell them you want the senator to support the standalone bill repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" – and that you'll remember how they vote when they're next up for election. Thank them, hang up, and make your second call to the other senator. Click here to let us know you made a call – we use this information to guide our lobbying efforts, so please don't skip it. One more thing: save the Congressional Switchboard number – (202) 224-3121 – in your cell phone right now. Then hand it to a friend, then a co-worker, and ask them to make two calls. While you're at it, tell your family and your Facebook friends to call as well. We need as many calls as possible in order to make repeal happen in 2010. I'll be making calls too, Joe Solmonese President P.S. Years of work, thousands of volunteer hours, hundreds of thousands of phone calls, emails, lobby visits, and town halls come down to this. Please call now, and tell everyone you know to call!  Share on Facebook  Share on Twitter This link is specific to you, so please take action before you forward to your friends. Having trouble clicking on the links above? Simply copy and paste this URL into your browser's address bar to reach the action page: https://secure3.convio.net/hrc/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=989

The Case Foundation | How to start a Non-Profit.

This is part of a special series on “accidental entrepreneurs” that showcases inspiring stories and learnings of determination and innovation in business across sectors.
One of the first stumbling blocks that halt or stall great entrepreneurial (whether it be for profit or nonprofit) ideas is money. Who hasn't come up with a great idea, then gave up or never followed through on it, because they didn't think they had the money to start the endeavor?
Well, Nate Westheimer, CEO of AnyClip.com, was at the NextGen: Charity Conference in NYC to tell the audience that this should no longer be an excuse. He gave a presentation on how to start up a nonprofit like a startup ... and all for less than 60 bucks!
Here are his 6 steps for how to do so:

1. Name and identity - $10
   • Buy your “.org” domain name. Average cost is $10 on any site.
   • Start your Twitter & Facebook accounts.
   • Get a logo created pro bono by making your first supporter a designer!
2. Get a website for free - $0
   • Don’t know tech people? Get a Tumblr site, it's free!
   • If you do know tech people, then use Wordpress. There are a lot more features.
   • Make sure you measure everything with Google Analytics, again, it's free!
3. Get ready for the money - $0
   Get your donation infrastructure ready through a number of different payment accounts for free, whether it be one or all of the following: PayPal, Amazon Payments, Venmo, ChipIn, etc.
4. Internal infrastructure - $0
   Sign up for everything you need, from email to shared documents for free via Google Apps Education Edition. 
5. Get member/email lists ready - $0
   There are many email campaign services out there, but Nate recommends MailChimp, because it can store up to 1,000 subscribers and send up to 6,000 emails per month for free.
6. Test acquiring new members - $50
   Place ads via Google Adwords and Facebook Ads. Start off with $25 on each to test it out.

Source: The Case Foundation | How to start a Non-Profit.