date: 2005-01-23 23:34:28+00:00
slug: announcement-pdpc-fundraiser
title: '[Announcement] PDPC Fundraiser'
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+Good evening to everyone. Here's hoping you're having an excellent new year. In the next day or so, [Peer-Directed Projects Center](http://freenode.net/pdpc.shtml), the IRS 501(c)(03) parent organization of **freenode**, will begin its fundraising campaign for the fiscal year ending 30 June 2006. We're still working on budget estimates for FYE 2006, and we begin the campaign with about $2,440 in donations over and above those required for the current year.
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+The board of directors of PDPC passed the following resolution today, pertaining to fundraising:
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<blockquote> _ Whereas Peer-Directed Projects Center is an IRS 501(c)(03) organization, with a responsibility to contribute to the public welfare, and whereas donors to PDPC represent a broad range of community participants, and whereas the recent tsunami has demonstrated a genuine need for public support for international relief and welfare organizations, and